G’day! In this Soldier’s Joy: Banjo Lesson, we’ll take a look at the melody of the tune on the 5-string for the advancing intermediate picker, focusing on both the 3 finger single-string & melodic techniques. Soldier’s Joy is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of D and for this arrangement we are in standard open G tuning. Go to lesson...
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Devil’s Dream: Banjo Lesson
G’day! In this Devil’s Dream: Banjo Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune for the intermediate picker, focusing on the single-string technique. Devil’s Dream is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of A. It has challenging left hand note combinations featuring both arpeggios and scale passages and is a great work out for your right hand, alternating between the thumb & index fingers during many 8th note passages, but is darn fun to play & a great session tune! Go to lesson...
Devil’s Dream: Guitar Lesson
G’day! In this Devil’s Dream: Guitar Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune for the intermediate picker, which includes some great cross picking passages. Devil’s Dream is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of A. It has challenging left hand note combinations featuring both arpeggios and scale passages and is a great work out for your right hand featuring many 8th note passages plus several cross picking arpeggios, but is darn fun to play & a great session tune! Go to lesson...
Liberty: Banjo Lesson
G’day! In this Liberty: Banjo Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune for the progressing intermediate to advanced picker, focusing on the melodic technique. Liberty is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of D, and this arrangement is played in standard open G tuning. Go to lesson...
Devil’s Dream: Mandolin Lesson
G’day! In this Devil’s Dream: Mandolin Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune for the advancing beginner/intermediate picker. Devil’s Dream is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of A. It has challenging left hand note combinations featuring both arpeggios and scale passages and is a great work out for your right hand, crossing strings during many 8th note passages, but is darn fun to play & a great session tune! Go to lesson...
Foxhunters, The: Guitar Lesson
G’day! In The Foxhunters: Guitar Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune. The Foxhunters is a traditional Irish Slip Jig (9/8 time) in the key of D. The left hand note combinations are relatively straight forward, but is quite a challenge for your right hand! As part of this lesson we’ll look at the advanced picking techniques required to fluently play the tune and help the pulse and accents be present. Go to lesson...
Big Sciota: Melodic Banjo Lesson
G’day! Big Sciota is one of my all time favourite fiddle tunes. It has a sweet sounding melody and is great fun to play! In this Big Sciota: Melodic Banjo Lesson we’ll take a look at an intermediate melodic banjo arrangement of the tune, played in the key of G. The melody sits in the melodic G major scale, using a large part of the neck. Go to lesson...
Big Sciota: Guitar Lesson
Howdy! Big Sciota is one of my all time favourite fiddle tunes. It has a sweet sounding melody and is great fun to play! In this Big Sciota: Guitar Lesson we’ll take a look at an intermediate guitar arrangement of the tune, played in the key of G. The melody sits in the open position for Part A, using the G major scale, and moves a little further up the neck in Part B. Go to lesson...
Big Sciota: Mandolin Lesson
Howdy! Big Sciota is one of my all time favourite fiddle tunes. It has a sweet sounding melody and is great fun to play! In this Big Sciota: Mandolin Lesson we’ll take a look at an intermediate mandolin arrangement of the tune, played in the key of G. The melody sits in the open position, using the G major scale, so we’ll also take a look at how to play the scale, plus the arpeggios for the chords used in the tune. Go to lesson...
St Anne’s Reel: Banjo Lesson
G’day! In this banjo lesson we’ll take a look at an arrangement of the traditional tune, St Anne’s Reel. A very pretty tune, played in a melodic style, we’re in the Key of D and the banjo is in standard tuning (G D G B D).
In this jam packed lesson we’ll also cover two variations of the D Major scale in standard tuning, plus a back up arrangement on the banjo (avoiding the 5th string when needed!). Go to lesson...