Bill Evans, Chad Manning, Scott Nygaard: “Clinch Mountain Backstep”
While in the Peghead Nation studio last month Chad Manning, Bill Evans, and Scott Nygaard took a few minutes between shooting videos for their courses to play this Ralph Stanley bluegrass banjo classic.
While in the Peghead Nation studio last month Chad Manning, Bill Evans, and Scott Nygaard took a few minutes between shooting videos for their courses to play this Ralph Stanley bluegrass banjo classic.
Bill teaches “Clinch Mountain Backstep” for the banjo in his Bluegrass Banjo course. And Scott teaches the song for the guitar in his Intermediate Flatpicking Guitar course.
You can learn to play fiddle from Chad in his Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle, Intermediate Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle, Advanced Bluegrass Fiddle, Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle, and Western Swing Fiddle courses.
Learn banjo from Bill in his Beginning Banjo, Bluegrass Banjo, Earl Scruggs: A Player’s Guide, Melodic and Single-String Banjo, and The Banjo Style of J.D. Crowe.
Learn guitar with Scott in his Roots and Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar, Intermediate Flatpicking Guitar, Advanced Flatpicking Guitar, Weekly Guitar Workout, and Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos courses.
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