One of the most beautiful melodies ever! I breakdown this fiddle tune in detail and talk about its subtle ornaments. I also talk about the dynamics used to bring this great melody to life in your performance.
Read MoreI just got a guitar, now what? All you need to know on how to get started playing. How to hold the guitar and tips on holding your pick. Learn the names of the string pitches and tuning the guitar. How to properly note with your left hand. Learn your first chord and strum.
Read MoreA time honored fiddle tune classic! I first heard this tune from my Dad. My Dad was a really good fiddler and he played this tune with fire! We will break this tune down in real detail. There will be three rounds, one in which is a cross picking version. There is a close up shot of each segment on my right hand. Almost an hour long!
Read MorePresenting four of my favorite Jazz lines to spice up your solos. I teach one of my favorite Clint Strong lines. Turnaround in the key of G and a tritone arpeggio are also demonstrated. Last is a versatile minor line you can use in many situations.
Read MorePresenting four of my favorite Jazz lines to spice up your solos. I teach a G intro line that is built from a G chord shape. The next line is a favorite of mine. I play a IV maj7 line over a V chord. I have cool iim7 line to V that make use of some outside sounding notes. Last is a slick key of D turnaround that is fun to play!
Read MoreFour lines in the key of G. First line starts with a chromatic descending line and ends with a bluesy outro. Next is a banjo line that will challenge your left hand. The third line is one my favorite open melodic lines ever. Last is a rowdy, bluesy line with attitude! All 4 lines in G are transcribed and are included in the lesson.
Read MoreFour of my favorite lines that you can use to spice up your solos. First is a descending line with some smooth slides in G. Second line is a cascading open floating line in the key of D. Next line is a three position ascending line in C. Last line is a crafty and challenging line in the key of G. All are taught in detail with subtle techniques discussed.
Read MoreIn lesson two, we build an arpeggio from each major scale degree. I show you the process of constructing these arpeggios in detail. We put all these new arpeggios together at the end of the lesson.
Read MoreOne of my all time favorite jam tunes! I teach this one note for note and explain the techniques that make this one a must learn part of your repertoire.
Read MorePresenting Jay Ungar’s masterpiece Ashokan Farewell. I break down the finer points of this beautiful melody and go into detail how to embellish the tune.
Read MoreOne of my favorite tunes to play at the National Flat Picking championship contest.
Great chord progression along with a memorable melody make this a tune fun and full of surprises.
Read MoreThe first lesson in this series on Basic Arpeggios. We will learn a major scale and learn how to extract the arpeggio from that scale. The big lesson will be on how to turn this arpeggio into music and how I use them in my own playing.
Read MoreThis tune is a timeless classic that continues to be requested at most jams.
Read MoreAnother classic fiddle tune that I've been picking for a long time. It's a bouncy number with a tasty variation on the second round. A detailed study of this superb melody.
A great introduction to playing up the neck with this classic!
Read MoreA lesson on the finer points of guitar tone. Explore techniques on how to achieve your best sound out of your guitar. Lead playing and playing up the neck are discussed.
Read MoreThe framework solo is similar to the melody the singer would sing.
Read MorePart B of the flat picking standard Salt Creek. It continues to be a favorite played at most jams.
Read MorePart A of the flat picking standard Salt Creek. It continues to be a favorite played at most jams.
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