Learn how to get that fiddley sound by learning beginner-level fiddle tunes and bluegrass songs, with technique tips for both hands and basic theory.
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June Apple
In the second part of this lesson, you’ll learn the B part of “June Apple” phrase by phrase, as well as the “Georgia shuffle” bowing pattern, which works well on the B part. You’ll also learn how to add drone strings to the A and B parts.
The great bluegrass singer and banjo player Ralph Stanley recently passed away at the age of 89. His bluegrass banjo tune “Clinch Mountain Backstep” has become a bluegrass standard that players of every instrument should know. It’s in A Mixolydian and has an extra beat in the second half. Chad starts by playing through the A Mixolydian scale and then takes “Clinch Mountain Backstep” apart phrase by phrase. He also shows you how to anticipate or “jump” the beat as well as some bluesy slides and double stops.
"Clinch Mountain Backstep" (Available to subscribers)
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