Lessons

Playing Over the Flat 7 Chord

In previous videos we have addressed the various scales that you can use when playing over chords that are diatonic to the key, especially the I, IV, and V chords. But, what do you do when the Flat 7 chord shows up, as it does in fiddle tunes like “Salt Creek” and “Red Haired Boy.”…

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Moving Into Your Solo

In this video Brad Davis discusses and demonstrates how to use a walk up to one of the notes of the first chord of a song to help launch your solo.

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Two Bar Hot Licks in G, C & D for Fiddle

In the October 2023 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine, we featured fiddler Justin Branum and his fiddle instruction website. So that you can get a feel for the kind of lessons Justin provides on his site, we are providing a sample lesson where Justin teaches two-bar licks that can be played over the G, C…

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Using Carter Style with a Variety of Melodies

In this video Italian flatpicker Beppe Gambetta demonstrates the utility of the Maybelle Carter style of flatpicking (melody line combined with chordal strums) over complex melodies.

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Flop Eared Mule for the Fiddle – 3 ways

In this video Mike Mitchell provides three variations of the fiddle tune “Flop Eared Mule”

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Fill Licks in Every Key

All bluegrass guitar players are familiar with the popular “G-Run.” In this video Italian flatpicking guitar master Beppe Gambetta teaches a different lick in every key that can be used in the same place you might insert a G-Run when playing in the key of G.

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