Lessons

In this video lesson Dan Miller continues his series on using alternating pick direction on the mandolin. This lesson focuses on the pick direction as it relates to dotted-quarter notes. As an exercise, Dan demonstrates an arrangement of the A and B parts of the fiddle tune “Maple Sugar” using a lot of dotted-quarter note…

In this video Mike Mitchell demonstrates fiddle bowing for playing rhythm to the fiddle tune “Soldier’s Joy”

In this video Dan Miller presents Part 2 of the Alternating Pick direction technique on the mandolin and provides a number of more difficult exercises than those presented in the first video lesson. This includes using more intricate timing patterns and keeping you pick direction straight when you execute hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides.

In this video Dan Miller discusses the Alternating Pick direction technique on the mandolin and provides a number of basic exercises to help you familiarize yourself with this technique.

In this lesson, Dan Miller demonstrates two arrangements of the fiddle tune “Mississippi Sawyer” for the mandolin. The first arrangement is a very simple beginner version. The second arrangement adds some embellishments to the simple version.

In this video lesson Dan Miller demonstrates and arrangement to the song “Jesse James” on the banjo. This video is part of a series discussing Scruggs style phrases on the banjo and this is the conclusion of the series on playing over the D chord, so in this arrangement a variety of D chord phrases…