Techniques

Here’s a detailed backup lesson for Jesse James in the key of B!

Mary Had A Little Lamb Beginner Mandolin

Here’s a lesson on where melodies come and how to transpose them to different keys using the simple song Mary Had A Little Lamb.

Here’s a short lesson that reviews the three moveable chord shapes (F, D and Barre) and how to play them in major and minor.

Here’s a lesson on how to use chord tones and passing tones to find common bluegrass melodies.

Here’s a lesson on where melodies come and how to transpose them to different keys using the simple song Mary Had A Little Lamb.

Here’s a lesson that will help strengthen your pinky and show how you can use your pinky to play in a more traditional mandolin style.

Here’s a lesson that shows how to take a single note melody and turn it into a bluegrass style solo.

Here’s a lesson that will examine how to play the melody of Sally Goodin’ in Scruggs Style, Melodic Style and Single String Style.

Here’s a lesson that teaches the fiddle tune Cuckoo’s Nest and will talk about how to play this song out of chord shapes.