Lessons

Mandolin Lesson Christopher Henry 1

Christopher Henry teaches his approach to Monroe style mandolin improvisation. He presents beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of difficulty using the song “Blue Ridge Cabin Home” as his example. This is video 1 of 2. This video presents the instruction. The second video presents demonstrations of the tune at various tempos and practice tracks. 1:45…

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RPP Video Lesson

In this video Brad Davis will show you how to practice the “Rhythm Pick Pattern” or RPP. The exercises help you to work on right hand control and accuracy on the guitar and Brad will show you how you can utilize the technique to spice up your rhythm playing.

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Vocal Lesson with Dede Wyland 2

Vocal coach Dede Wyland teaches the basics of breath support to help you improve your singing abilities.

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Chris Sexton Fiddle

In this video the fiddle player for the award-winning bluegrass band Nothin’ Fancy, Chris Sexton, shows you very helpful details about holding your fiddle bow and bowing technique.

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Rhyme Lesson for Songwriters

In this video award-winning songwriter Mark “Brink” Brinkman explains how to find rhyming words when writing your songs. He teaches you how to keep the message of your song the priority, not the rhyme…and he gives you some hints on how to do that.

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Kenny Smith Guitar Lesson – D Augmented Lick

In this lesson Kenny Smith teaches you how to play one of his favorite flatpicking guitar licks.

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