Lessons

For this week’s lesson we are providing another selection from James Alan Shelton’s “Clinch Mountain Guitar” instructional DVD. Here James will teach you how to crosspick “Uncloudy Day” the Clinch Mountain way. Guitar tablature is provided on the lessons page of the Bluegrass Unlimited web site.

In this video, the second in a series of video on Basic Dobro Back-up, Dan Miller provides tablature for a variety of roll patterns and discusses using rolls in Dobro back-up. He also demonstrates how to connect chord changes with connecting licks. In the next lesson in this series Dan will discuss fill licks.

In this video Dan Miller discusses an overall approach to accompaniment in a bluegrass band and the Dobro’s part in that mix. He then demonstrates various techniques and patterns that a Dobro player can use to provide a “chunk” rhythm (muted back beat). In Part 2 he will discuss using rolls in Dobro back up….

In this 3rd part to the Basic Banjo Backup series, Dan Miller provides information about adding interest to your back up rolls, plus demonstrates a few fill licks and talks about tone, dynamics, and note articulation as it applies to back up and accompaniment.

In this video, Dan Miller shows how to use some simple banjo rolls over chords to use as backup, then explains how to add notes to the rolls to make the back up more interesting. He also demonstrates how to add phrases that will connect chord changes together and presents some up-the-neck backup patterns. Tablature…

In this video Dan Miller talks about backup, rhythm and accompaniment in a bluegrass band and how the banjo player participates in the rhythm section of a band. He also demonstrates some beginning techniques used in banjo back up.