Lessons

In this video lesson, Austin Scelzo shows you how to play chop chords on the fiddle for backup.

In this video lesson Mike Mitchell explores Double Stops in the key of G on the fiddle.

In this video lesson Mickey Abraham demonstrates how a simple pattern on the mandolin, which his friend Christopher Henry calls “Dawgatonics,” can be used over a number of chord changes used for popular bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes. Learn this simple pattern and you can jam all night!

In this final video in the series highlighting bass runs on the guitar, Dan Miller demonstrates a variety of runs, moving from G to C to D and back to G in the key of G. These runs are variations on the techniques shown in previous videos, to show how you can grow your catalog…

In this video Dan Miller continues his series working with bass runs on the guitar. In this lesson he demonstrates a bass-run heavy (less strums) approach similar to that of old-time guitar player Roy Harvey. While this style may not work well when accompanying a full band, it can fit nicely when backing up on…

In this video Dan Miller continues his series on playing bass runs on the guitar. Here he demonstrates how to create movement in the rhythm accompaniment using notes out of the major pentatonic scale while playing over the same chord.