Lessons

In this video lesson Dan Miller demonstrates an arrangement of “I Saw The Light” on the banjo and then provides examples of how to vary the Scruggs style phrases over the first G chord section and the first C chord section while keeping the melody in tact.

In this video lesson, one in a series that focuses on adding to your Scruggs style vocabulary, Dan Miller demonstrates eight different phrases that can be played over the C chord and relates them to particular common bluegrass banjo tunes.

In this instructional video, Mike Mitchell presents a variety of fiddle tags in various keys.

In this video lesson, one in a series that focuses on adding to your Scruggs style vocabulary, Dan Miller demonstrates eight different phrases that can be played over the C chord.

In this video lesson Dan Miller presents a banjo solo to “Nine Pound Hammer” using a number of the Scruggs style phrases over the G chord that have been presented in the previous videos on building a Scruggs style banjo vocabulary.

In this fiddle lesson video Mike Mitchell teaches you how to play a fiddle solo to J.D. Crowe’s “Blackjack” based on a Mark O’Connor solo taken from a YouTube video of O’Connor performing the tune in a live show with J.D. Crowe.