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Billy in the Lowground, Part 1: Basic Melody


This lesson is part of the course Dobro Workshop with Mike Witcher.
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Explore a variety of dobro styles, from bluegrass and fiddle tunes to blues and contemporary sounds, and get insights on technique that will help you clean up your playing, while learning the techniques of Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, and other dobro greats.
 
 
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Billy in the Lowground  
 
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Billy in the Lowground, Part 1: Basic Melody
Billy in the Lowground, Part 1: Basic Melody
 
The fiddle tune “Billy in the Lowground” is not a standard Dobro tune, but it’s popular at bluegrass and old-time jams. It’s in the key of C, and Mike plays it without a capo, so it’s a great exercise in playing scalar melodies in the key of C with alternate picking. He starts by showing you a C major scale, with an alternate picking exercise, and then he shows you two versions of “Billy in the Lowground,” one using alternate picking and one in which he works some roll patterns into the fiddle-tune melody. Mike walks you through the basic version of both parts of “Billy in the Lowground” in this video.

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