Lessons

This video is part of a much longer video titled “Rhythm, Timing and Groove” that was put together as a companion to a book by the same name. The book was published, but the video was never produced. Here Brad Davis talks about three interesting rhythm guitar concepts: the “Muted Strum,” the “Rake,” and the…

In this lesson Banjo Ben Clark teaches you how to play three variations of the famous “Shave and a Hair Cut” banjo ending.

In this video lesson Mike Mitchell, from the Floyd Music School, teaches you how to play (and sing) the classic “Wildwood Flower” on the fiddle. He demonstrates a simple melody-based version and a couple of variations.

In this video lesson David Benedict, from Mile Twelve and “Mandolin Mondays” fame, demonstrates how to put a swing feel into your mandolin playing and provides you with a few right hand exercises to help you add various accents and dynamics into your playing and gain better control over your right hand.

In this lesson Orrin Star teaches how to flatpick “Old Joe Clark”. This is an excerpt from an instructional video that Orrin produced for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. Unfortunately, Orrin passed away in 2017, but his excellent flatpicking instruction lives on. We hope you enjoy learning this version of “Old Joe Clark” from Orrin Star.

This is the second of a two-part video lesson where Tim May teaches you how to develop creative solos on the mandolin. In this video he talks about using straight scale and folded scale patterns drawing from six different scales: major scale, major pentatonic scale, major blues scale, minor pentatonic scale, minor blues scale, and…