Midnight on the Water, Part 2

from: Bluegrass Mandolin: Beginning to Advanced with Sharon Gilchrist

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Learn bluegrass mandolin with Sharon Gilchrist in this collection of essential lessons from her Peghead Nation courses, designed to take you from beginning technique and must-know bluegrass tunes, to intermediate fretboard theory and songs, to advanced soloing techniques, and much more.

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Once you know the arpeggios based on the L shape, you can easily find double stops to harmonize the melodies of the songs you’re playing. Sharon shows you two handy double stops in the L shape for D, G, and A, and gives you a couple exercises using them.

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Midnight on the Water

Midnight on the Water, Part 1

Midnight on the Water, Part 2

“Midnight on the Water” Play-Along Track

Midnight on the Water, Part 2

You’ll learn the B part to “Midnight on the Water” in this video. Sharon starts by showing you the melody without tremolo and then shows you how to add tremolo to some of the melody notes. She also shows you how to play some of the triplet phrases in the first few bars of the B part.

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