Fiddle Tune: Kenny Baker’s “Salty”
I’m not the first to proclaim their love of Kenny Baker. I have all those County LPs and love each of them.
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Rock Mandolin Lesson: Jimi Hendrix The Wind Cries Mary part 2
Part 2 to instruction in how to play The Wind Cries Mary Tablature at my patreon site
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child mandolin arrangement
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Grateful Dead: Slipknot
Many moons ago, I aspired to be a Dead-head, in my tie-dyes, long hair, and malodorous hippie glory. Blues for Allah, along
Old-Time Fiddle Tune: Ed Haley’s “Half Past Four”
I learned this tune through the John Hartford String Band. John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist, and Scott Nygaard had a great version kicking
Blues Mandolin: Lick over the IV chord
This is a lesson from several years back demonstrating a common lick played over the IV chord. This is heard in the
Blues Mandolin Lesson: Johnny Young’s No. 12 is at the Station.
This is the intro to No 12 is at the Station on Johnny Young’s early 70’s Bluesway album I Can’t Keep My
Motif Development for Instrumental Writing
This short lesson demonstrates how to approach instrumental construction through keeping a static melodic line, but creating a descending harmonic structure. This
Double Stop Shuffles: Blues Mandolin Lesson
Shuffles are the rhythmic background of the blues. There are a variety of ways they can be played in about as many
Pine Grove Furnace: Original mandolin tune available
Pine Grove Furnace is a tune I wrote in 2008 while staying in Pine Grove Furnace, Pennsylvania. It was written as a