Lessons

In this video lesson Dan Miller presents a banjo solo to “Blue Ridge Cabin Home” 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 video lesson Dobro master Billy Cardine explains and demonstrates a Dobro rhythm technique that can be used when you want to help your rhythm accompaniment on the Dobro have a fuller sound than what is typical when using a chop or roll.

In this video lesson, Dan Miller continues with his series on building a Scruggs style banjo vocabulary. In this lesson he shows some more phrases that can be played over the G chord and then demonstrates now one might combine some of the phrases shown in all of the lessons posted to date. A banjo…

In this video Randy Lanham shows how to read a style of mandolin tablature, then displays an arrangement for the song “Angelina Baker” (or Angeline the Baker”) using that tablature while the mandolin plays the tune along with a rhythm track. He then demonstrates how to play the tune on the mandolin. This is an…

In this video Dan Miller continues his series on learning the Scruggs style banjo vocabulary. Here he demonstrates a variety of phrases that can be played over a G chord and discusses variations of those phrases that will help modify the licks to fit different song melodies.

In this video lesson Mike Mitchell teaches you how to play Randy Howard’s arrangement of “New Camptown Races” on the fiddle. A PDF of the music can be found on the Bluegrass Unlimited website Lesson page.