Lessons
Cross picking Wildwood Flower on the Mandolin
The last couple of weeks we’ve been on the subject of crosspicking on the mandolin. This week we have Tim May playing a McReynolds style crosspicking arrangement of “Wildwood Flower.” Mandolin tablature is available on the Bluegrass Unlimited website lesson page.
Mandolin Cross picking and Harmonized Scales 2
This week’s video lesson is a follow up to last week’s mandolin lesson on crosspicking and harmonized scales. In this lesson Dan Miller demonstrates how to use three different crosspicking rolls on an arrangement of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” He also demonstrates how to use harmonized scales in arrangements of the A part…
Mandolin Cross picking and harmonized Scales
In this video Dan Miller demonstrates four different crosspicking patterns that are typically used by mandolin players and how to use a toggle to come out of a crosspicking roll. He also explains harmonized scales and demonstrates how to use double-stops, the toggle, and crosspicking over harmonized scale patterns.
Timing – Working with a Timing Device
About 20 years ago Tim Stafford produced a video for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine titled “Acoustic Guitar Fundamentals.” In the video Tim presented his ideas about Tone, Timing, Tuning, Taste, and Technique. In this excerpt from that video we present a segment of the Timing portion of the video where Tim describes how to work with…
Nolan Faulkner’s Mandolin Tune The Blind Fiddler
In this video Scott Napier teaches you how to play the Nolan Faulkner mandolin tune “The Blind Fiddler.”
Creating Mandolin Solos 2
In this video Dan Miller demonstrates how to take a simple melody-using the song -When The Saints Go Marching In- as the example-and create a mandolin solo by using tremolo (and variations of the tremolo), double stops, neighboring notes, and the toggle technique.