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Guitar Courses

Beginning Guitar

Adrianne Serna

Learn to play guitar from scratch and sing some of your favorite songs with simple but powerful chords and strum patterns. Includes 24 great songs to play, with chord and lyric sheets.

Beginning Guitar

Adrianne Serna

Learn to play guitar from scratch and sing some of your favorite songs with simple but powerful chords and strum patterns. Includes 24 great songs to play, with chord and lyric sheets.

Roots and Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar

Scott Nygaard

Learn the essential techniques of roots and bluegrass rhythm guitar by playing classic and contemporary songs, with flatpicking technique tips and strums, bass runs, and fills.

Roots and Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar

Scott Nygaard

Learn the essential techniques of roots and bluegrass rhythm guitar by playing classic and contemporary songs, with flatpicking technique tips and strums, bass runs, and fills.

Fingerstyle Guitar

Stevie Coyle

Learn to play fingerstyle guitar, from traditional Travis-picking tunes to arrangements of contemporary fingerstyle tunes, song accompaniment and more, with acclaimed performer, teacher, and entertainer Stevie Coyle.

Fingerstyle Guitar

Stevie Coyle

Intermediate Flatpicking Guitar

Scott Nygaard

Learn to play fiddle tunes and other bluegrass and roots melodies, with an emphasis on alternate picking, simple scales, and developing good picking- and fretting-hand technique. Designed for guitarists just starting to play melodies as well as intermediate players who want to work on their flatpicking technique.

Intermediate Flatpicking Guitar

Scott Nygaard

Fingerstyle Blues Guitar

Orville Johnson

Learn to play fingerstyle blues, with a bottleneck slide and without, through songs from blues legends Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins, Tampa Red, Blind Willie Johnson, and more.

Fingerstyle Blues Guitar

Orville Johnson

Roots of Jazz Guitar

Matt Munisteri

Learn to play the 1920s and ’30s chord melody and rhythm guitar styles of Eddie Lang, Nick Lucas, Freddie Green, Carl Kress, and other early jazz greats. With chord melody solos to popular swing melodies, advanced rhythm guitar techniques, and acoustic jazz picking techniques.

Roots of Jazz Guitar

Matt Munisteri

Advanced Flatpicking Guitar

Scott Nygaard

Learn the essential techniques of bluegrass flatpicking guitar through classic and lesser-known songs and tunes, from bluegrass blues to old-time fiddle tunes to country swing sounds.

Advanced Flatpicking Guitar

Scott Nygaard

Learn the essential techniques of bluegrass flatpicking guitar through classic and lesser-known songs and tunes, from bluegrass blues to old-time fiddle tunes to country swing sounds.

Irish Backup Guitar

Flynn Cohen

Learn to accompany jigs and reels and other traditional Irish dance tunes in the style pioneered by Irish guitar greats Paul Brady, Mícheál Ó Dhomhnaill, and Dáithí Sproule and used at Irish seisiúns. With chord voicings, rhythm patterns, and practice tracks.

Irish Backup Guitar

Flynn Cohen

Western Swing Guitar

Matt Munisteri

Learn to play the classic western swing rhythm style pioneered by Eldon Shamblin, as well as “twin guitar” solos from Bob Wills’s guitarists and the soloing styles of greats like Junior Barnard, Jimmy Wyble, and others.

Western Swing Guitar

Matt Munisteri

Blues Guitar

Orville Johnson

Become a complete blues player through these lessons in country blues fingerpicking, blues lead guitar, and bottleneck slide, with great technique lessons and blues songs from Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, and more.

Blues Guitar

Orville Johnson

Irish Flatpicking Guitar

Flynn Cohen

Learn to play traditional Irish dance tunes such as reels, jigs, and hornpipes on the guitar in the style of Paul Brady, John Doyle, Arty McGlynn, and others. With technique lessons on jig picking, triplets, and other techniques derived from traditional Irish tenor banjo playing.

Irish Flatpicking Guitar

Flynn Cohen

Flatpicking Old-Time Fiddle Tunes

Scott Nygaard

Explore playing traditional American fiddle tunes on the guitar from the perspective of an old-time square dance fiddler, with an emphasis on phrasing, rhythm, and melodic improvisation that is constant but never extreme. You’ll learn 14 tunes in four keys and get examples and ideas for melodic variations for each tune.

Flatpicking Old-Time Fiddle Tunes

Scott Nygaard

Maybelle Carter–Style Guitar

Cathy Fink

Learn to play guitar like the legendary Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family, whose recordings are one of the backbones of the old-time country music and bluegrass repertoire and helped create the country music genre. Includes transcriptions of Maybelle’s thumb-lead style on classic songs.

Maybelle Carter–Style Guitar

Cathy Fink

Contemporary Flatpicking Guitar

Grant Gordy

Former David Grisman Quintet guitarist Grant Gordy shows you his modern approach to flatpicking and how he combines a wide array of musical influences to create his unique style. With advice on theory and navigating the fingerboard and how to use that knowledge to create your own solos.

Contemporary Flatpicking Guitar

Grant Gordy

Alternate Tunings Fingerstyle Guitar

Doug Young

Alternate tunings can create beautiful guitar sounds that are impossible in standard tuning, and make some things easier to play. You’ll learn to play fingerstyle melodies in a variety of popular alternate tunings, including favorites like dropped D, DADGAD, and open G, as well as more unusual tunings.

Alternate Tunings Fingerstyle Guitar

Doug Young

Bluegrass Guitar Fingerboard Mastery

Stash Wyslouch

A step-by-step approach to decoding the mysteries of the guitar neck through the lens of bluegrass, old-time, and country music.

Bluegrass Guitar Fingerboard Mastery

Stash Wyslouch

A step-by-step approach to decoding the mysteries of the guitar neck through the lens of bluegrass, old-time, and country music.

Clawhammer Guitar

Steve Baughman

Learn how to use the traditional clawhammer style of old-time banjo on the guitar to play traditional dance tunes with a powerful groove or sweet, contemplative melodies. With clawhammer technique exercises and 12 great tunes to play.

Clawhammer Guitar

Steve Baughman

Celtic Guitar

Tony McManus

Learn to play reels, jigs, airs, and other traditional forms, both fingerstyle and with a flatpick. Celtic guitar master Tony McManus walks you through melodies and shows you how to bring tunes to life with the ornamentation that defines Irish and Scottish traditional music.

Celtic Guitar

Tony McManus

Weekly Guitar Workout

Scott Nygaard

This series of exercises will help guitarists learn the fingerboard and expand their knowledge of chord and scale theory, with handy tips on picking and fretting techniques that will improve their sound. Includes 100 workouts.

Weekly Guitar Workout

Scott Nygaard

Advanced Fingerstyle Workshop

Teja Gerken

Meet 15 of the best players in the international fingerstyle guitar community, as they demonstrate their techniques, playing styles, and signature tunes.

Advanced Fingerstyle Workshop

Teja Gerken

Meet 15 of the best players in the international fingerstyle guitar community, as they demonstrate their techniques, playing styles, and signature tunes.

Guitar Chord Theory

Mark Goldenberg

Learn guitar chord theory in-depth with Mark Goldenberg, a respected touring and session guitarist and a student of the legendary Ted Greene. You'll explore basic major and minor chord inversions all over the neck and on all string sets, as well as wide-triad voicings; harmonized major scales; major, minor, and dominant seventh-chord voicings; and more.

Guitar Chord Theory

Mark Goldenberg

Swing Guitar Soloing

Matt Munisteri

Study classic swing solos from Charlie Christian, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Lester Young, and learn key guitar techniques that will help you create a voice of your own.

Swing Guitar Soloing

Matt Munisteri

Study classic swing solos from Charlie Christian, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Lester Young, and learn key guitar techniques that will help you create a voice of your own.

Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos

Scott Nygaard

Learn to create interesting solos with this applied theory workshop. You’ll learn how to use scales and arpeggios to create melodic lines, about thematic soloing and improvising, how to create lines with a sense of forward motion, how to combine the melody of a song with fills, melodic variations, arpeggios, and more.

Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos

Scott Nygaard

The Song According to Matt Munisteri

Matt Munisteri

Learn to improvise through chord changes and expand your knowledge of the fingerboard and music theory by exploring some of Matt’s favorite songs from a variety of sources: jazz, folk, country, and 1960s pop music.

The Song According to Matt Munisteri

Matt Munisteri

Mandolin Courses

Beginning Mandolin

Sharon Gilchrist

Get started off right on the mandolin, with basic techniques, scales and chords, and simple and popular bluegrass and old-time tunes to play. Includes downloadable Play-Along audio practice tracks for rhythm and melody on all tunes, advice on embellishing melodies and playing tremolo, and more.

Beginning Mandolin

Sharon Gilchrist

Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites

Joe K. Walsh

Learn the essential instrumental tunes you’ll encounter at bluegrass jam sessions everywhere. Designed for intermediate level mandolinists, with tunes, techniques, and solos from mandolin greats.

Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites

Joe K. Walsh

Learn the essential instrumental tunes you’ll encounter at bluegrass jam sessions everywhere. Designed for intermediate level mandolinists, with tunes, techniques, and solos from mandolin greats.

Old-Time Mandolin

John Reischman

Learn to play old-time fiddle tunes and song melodies with mandolin master John Reischman. Includes advice on picking technique and playing old-time rhythm on the mandolin.

Old-Time Mandolin

John Reischman

Learn to play old-time fiddle tunes and song melodies with mandolin master John Reischman. Includes advice on picking technique and playing old-time rhythm on the mandolin.

Gypsy Jazz Mandolin Essentials

Aaron Weinstein

Learn to play swing and jazz mandolin from scratch, with a step-by-step method for learning swing chord voicings, as well as simple, swingin’, melody-based solos for some of the most popular songs in the jazz and swing repertoire. Designed for newcomers to playing jazz and swing.

Gypsy Jazz Mandolin Essentials

Aaron Weinstein

Bluegrass Mandolin Fingerboard Method

Sharon Gilchrist

Learn to play solos to any bluegrass song in any key with Sharon's intermediate-level method for learning the fingerboard, based on arpeggios, chop-chord shapes, and double stops.

Bluegrass Mandolin Fingerboard Method

Sharon Gilchrist

Learn to play solos to any bluegrass song in any key with Sharon's intermediate-level method for learning the fingerboard, based on arpeggios, chop-chord shapes, and double stops.

Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle

Chad Manning

Learn the basics of music theory as it relates to four-string instruments tuned in fifths. Chad’s practical approach will deepen your knowledge of chords, scales, and arpeggios, and help you integrate them into your playing.

Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle

Chad Manning

Creative Mandolin Backup

Sharon Gilchrist

Sharon Gilchrist’s Creative Mandolin Backup course is designed for intermediate-level mandolinists who want to develop their rhythm and backup beyond the basic mandolin chord forms and chop or boom-chick rhythm. With easy-to-grasp applied theory concepts and instruction in using chord inversions.

Creative Mandolin Backup

Sharon Gilchrist

Monroe-Style Mandolin

Mike Compton

Learn traditional bluegrass-style mandolin as exemplified by the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, with original transcribed solos and tips on reproducing Monroe’s sound, rhythm, and feel.

Monroe-Style Mandolin

Mike Compton

Learn traditional bluegrass-style mandolin as exemplified by the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, with original transcribed solos and tips on reproducing Monroe’s sound, rhythm, and feel.

Irish Mandolin

Marla Fibish

Learn traditional Irish mandolin, with an emphasis on playing the dance music of Ireland with an authentic Irish feel and rhythm.

Irish Mandolin

Marla Fibish

Learn traditional Irish mandolin, with an emphasis on playing the dance music of Ireland with an authentic Irish feel and rhythm.

Intermediate Bluegrass Mandolin

Sharon Gilchrist

Learn to play solos on classic bluegrass songs and instrumentals using bluegrass mandolin techniques like tremolo, double stops, two-string melodies, and more.

Intermediate Bluegrass Mandolin

Sharon Gilchrist

Learn to play solos on classic bluegrass songs and instrumentals using bluegrass mandolin techniques like tremolo, double stops, two-string melodies, and more.

Melodic Mandolin Tunes

John Reischman

Learn great traditional and original tunes in a variety of styles—old-time, bluegrass, Latin, jazz, and more—from a modern mandolin master.

Melodic Mandolin Tunes

John Reischman

Learn great traditional and original tunes in a variety of styles—old-time, bluegrass, Latin, jazz, and more—from a modern mandolin master.

The Advancing Mandolinist

Joe K. Walsh

Explore all the modern mandolin techniques, from tremolo, chords and double stops, and soloing and improvisation tips, with plenty of bluegrass, old-time and swing tunes to keep you moving forward.

The Advancing Mandolinist

Joe K. Walsh

Explore all the modern mandolin techniques, from tremolo, chords and double stops, and soloing and improvisation tips, with plenty of bluegrass, old-time and swing tunes to keep you moving forward.

Chord Melody Mandolin

Aaron Weinstein

Learn how to combine chords and melody to play jazz standards in the style pioneered by jazz mandolinist Jethro Burns and guitarists like Joe Pass and Bucky Pizzarelli.

Chord Melody Mandolin

Aaron Weinstein

Learn how to combine chords and melody to play jazz standards in the style pioneered by jazz mandolinist Jethro Burns and guitarists like Joe Pass and Bucky Pizzarelli.

Weekly Mandolin Workout

Ethan Setiawan

This series of workouts will help mandolinists learn the fingerboard, strengthen and increase the dexterity of their fingers, and expand their knowledge of chord and scale theory, with advice on picking and fretting techniques.

Weekly Mandolin Workout

Ethan Setiawan

Swing and Jazz Mandolin

Joe K. Walsh

Learn to play swing and jazz melodies and classic solos from jazz legends like Lester Young, Miles Davis, and Django Reinhardt, as well as swing mandolinists like Tiny Moore and Jethro Burns. For each song, you’ll learn the melody and a solo, along with tips on technique, phrasing, and improvisation.

Swing and Jazz Mandolin

Joe K. Walsh

Octave Mandolin

Joe K. Walsh

Learn to transfer what you know on the mandolin to its bigger cousin and how to exploit the octave mandolin’s potential for more complex, guitar-oriented accompaniment styles. For intermediate mandolin, fiddle, or guitar players with a basic knowledge of their instrument.

Octave Mandolin

Joe K. Walsh

Brazilian Choro Mandolin

Ian Coury

Learn to play Brazilian choro music on the mandolin with young Brazilian virtuoso Ian Coury, from the classic sounds of Jacob do Bandolim to the modern style of Hamilton Holanda. Includes play-along tracks with Ian’s Brazilian backing band.

Brazilian Choro Mandolin

Ian Coury

Melodic Embellishment

Sharon Gilchrist

In this workshop, Sharon will use common bluegrass and old-time tunes like “Old Joe Clark,” “Whiskey Before Breakfast,” “June Apple,” “Angeline the Baker,” and more to demonstrate her method for teaching students how to embellish and vary melodies as a way to begin to improvise.

Melodic Embellishment

Sharon Gilchrist

Improvising for Mandolin and Fiddle

Joe K. Walsh

Learn to improvise on fiddle tunes, create new melodies over chord changes, practice the arpeggios and scales you need to play jazz tunes, and more. Joe lays out his approach to improvising and practicing improvising, with exercises and solos that illustrate his unique, widely acclaimed, freewheeling style.

Improvising for Mandolin and Fiddle

Joe K. Walsh

Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos

Aaron Weinstein

Learn to play swing rhythm mandolin and how to create rhythmic chord solos, using eight classic jazz and swing tunes, with one of the world’s greatest swing mandolinists, Aaron Weinstein.

Swing Mandolin: Rhythm and Chord Solos

Aaron Weinstein

Learn to play swing rhythm mandolin and how to create rhythmic chord solos, using eight classic jazz and swing tunes, with one of the world’s greatest swing mandolinists, Aaron Weinstein.

Banjo Courses

Beginning Banjo

Bill Evans

The driving sound of the banjo is at the heart of many styles of roots music. Get started with basic chords, strums, and fingerings, along with simple bluegrass rolls, accompaniment patterns, clawhammer style, and more.

Beginning Banjo

Bill Evans

Bluegrass Banjo

Bill Evans

Learn to make your banjo drive the band or play sweet melodies, with solos to well-known songs and tunes, backup techniques, and more.

Bluegrass Banjo

Bill Evans

Learn to make your banjo drive the band or play sweet melodies, with solos to well-known songs and tunes, backup techniques, and more.

Clawhammer Banjo

Evie Ladin

Learn old-time clawhammer banjo from the beginning, with basic clawhammer technique exercises and lots of great old-time and traditional songs to play.

Clawhammer Banjo

Evie Ladin

Learn old-time clawhammer banjo from the beginning, with basic clawhammer technique exercises and lots of great old-time and traditional songs to play.

Old-Time Banjo

Bruce Molsky

Learn the tunes and techniques of some of the legends of old-time banjo, taught by one of the icons of contemporary old-time music.

Old-Time Banjo

Bruce Molsky

Learn the tunes and techniques of some of the legends of old-time banjo, taught by one of the icons of contemporary old-time music.

The Banjo According to Danny Barnes

Danny Barnes

Roots music iconoclast Danny Barnes reveals his systematic approach to the banjo, with one-of-a-kind insights on improvisation, reading music, getting a good sound out of the banjo, rhythm and timing, and more.

The Banjo According to Danny Barnes

Danny Barnes

Contemporary Bluegrass Banjo

Wes Corbett

Learn the style of contemporary three-finger banjo used by Béla Fleck, Noam Pikelny, Ron Block, and others. With lessons on single-string and melodic style, fingerboard theory, improvisation, and more. For intermediate to advanced players.

Contemporary Bluegrass Banjo

Wes Corbett

Earl Scruggs: A Player's Guide

Bill Evans

Earl Scruggs: A Player’s Guide picks up where Earl’s renowned instruction book Earl Scruggs and the Five-String Banjo leaves off, teaching tunes and techniques that will help each student become a more complete Scruggs-style player.

Earl Scruggs: A Player's Guide

Bill Evans

Melodic and Single-String Banjo

Bill Evans

Learn the two bluegrass banjo techniques that were added to Scruggs-style to create exciting bluegrass music from the 1950s to the present day, melodic-style and single-string.

Melodic and Single-String Banjo

Bill Evans

Learn the two bluegrass banjo techniques that were added to Scruggs-style to create exciting bluegrass music from the 1950s to the present day, melodic-style and single-string.

The Banjo Style of J.D. Crowe

Bill Evans

Next to Earl Scruggs, J.D. Crowe is the most influential five-string bluegrass banjo player in the history of the instrument and The Banjo Style of J.D. Crowe provides an overview of his long career, teaching tunes and techniques from J.D.’s earliest days with Jimmy Martin through his classic recordings with The New South and his remarkable work with The Bluegrass Album Band. The series is designed for intermediate to advanced banjo players, and features guest banjo stars Ron Block and Ron Stewart.

The Banjo Style of J.D. Crowe

Bill Evans

Fiddle Courses

Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle

Chad Manning

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.

Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle

Chad Manning

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.

Beginning Celtic Fiddle

Emerald Rae

Learn to play the fiddle from scratch using traditional Scottish and Irish melodies. With essential techniques for both hands.

Beginning Celtic Fiddle

Emerald Rae

Learn to play the fiddle from scratch using traditional Scottish and Irish melodies. With essential techniques for both hands.

Intermediate Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle

Chad Manning

Learn classic bluegrass and old-time tunes and improve your playing with fiddle techniques like unison drones, slides, pulses, and more advanced bowing patterns, as well as advice on improvising and soloing on bluegrass songs.

Intermediate Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle

Chad Manning

Old-Time Fiddle

Bruce Molsky

Get deep into the roots of Southern Appalachian old-time fiddling. Bruce breaks down the melody, bowing patterns, rhythms, and embellishments of each tune he teaches so you can really learn to play like Bruce and the old masters he learned from.

Old-Time Fiddle

Bruce Molsky

Folk and Bluegrass Songs for Fiddle

Lauren Rioux

Learn to craft your own fiddle solos to folk and bluegrass songs by creating melodic and rhythmic interest using pickups, double stops, licks, and fills. You’ll work through each song in multiple keys so you can become comfortable with transposition on the fly, a crucial component for successful jamming.

Folk and Bluegrass Songs for Fiddle

Lauren Rioux

Jazz Violin

Aaron Weinstein

Learn to play jazz violin like the masters, with lessons on building solos for standard jazz songs using improvisational devices you can play anywhere. Aaron shows you how to use melodic variation, repeating motives, harmonic entry points, and more. Includes rhythm tracks, analysis of each solo, rephrasing suggestions, and more powerful tips.

Jazz Violin

Aaron Weinstein

Advanced Bluegrass Fiddle

Chad Manning

Learn fiddle in the styles of Kenny Baker, Stuart Duncan, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, and other bluegrass greats by learning classic tunes, with improvisation exercises and advanced techniques.

Advanced Bluegrass Fiddle

Chad Manning

Learn fiddle in the styles of Kenny Baker, Stuart Duncan, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, and other bluegrass greats by learning classic tunes, with improvisation exercises and advanced techniques.

Western Swing Fiddle

Chad Manning

Learn to play classic western swing melodies and solos from western swing fiddle greats like Johnny Gimble, Joe Holley, and others. For each song, you’ll learn the melody and a solo, along with tips on western swing fiddle technique, phrasing, improvisation.

Western Swing Fiddle

Chad Manning

Irish Fiddle

Dale Russ

Learn traditional Irish fiddle, with an emphasis on playing the dance music of Ireland, including jigs, reels, polkas, slip jigs, hornpipes, and more, with an Irish feel and ornamentation.

Irish Fiddle

Dale Russ

Learn traditional Irish fiddle, with an emphasis on playing the dance music of Ireland, including jigs, reels, polkas, slip jigs, hornpipes, and more, with an Irish feel and ornamentation.

Fiddle Styles Workshop

Brittany Haas

Meet some of the best fiddlers on the planet in these intimate workshops that get to the root of a host of individual fiddle styles. Includes 24 complete tunes and transcriptions.

Fiddle Styles Workshop

Brittany Haas

Meet some of the best fiddlers on the planet in these intimate workshops that get to the root of a host of individual fiddle styles. Includes 24 complete tunes and transcriptions.

Old-Time Fiddle Styles

Bruce Molsky

Learn a variety of old-time fiddle tunes in different regional styles from great players of the past. Bruce teaches a variety of classic tunes, with advice about bowing, double stops, ornamentation, and ideas for more listening and learning.

Old-Time Fiddle Styles

Bruce Molsky

Improvising for Fiddlers and Violinists

Alisa Rose

Learn to improvise and connect to your own creative impulses through musical games, simple exercises, and fiddle tunes. You’ll explore improvisation fundamentals of rhythm and pitch, learn how to create and vary melodies, use small building blocks or motifs to build a solo, practice scales and arpeggios, and much more.

Improvising for Fiddlers and Violinists

Alisa Rose

Creative Jam Skills

Lauren Rioux and Brittany Haas

Learn techniques to take a new tune or an old tune you love to the next step—with bowing and phrasing ideas, chordal and rhythmic exploration, and soloing practice.

Creative Jam Skills

Lauren Rioux and Brittany Haas

Learn techniques to take a new tune or an old tune you love to the next step—with bowing and phrasing ideas, chordal and rhythmic exploration, and soloing practice.

Intro to Jazz Violin

Aaron Weinstein

Learn to play jazz violin from the ground up with acclaimed violinist and mandolinist Aaron Weinstein, who teaches you pre-composed solos for eight jazz and swing classics based on improvisation devices like melodic variation, repeating motives, using harmonic entry points, and more. Includes rhythm tracks, analysis of each solo, rephrasing suggestions, and more. Appropriate for mandolinists as well as fiddlers.

Intro to Jazz Violin

Aaron Weinstein

Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle

Chad Manning

Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle

Chad Manning

Dobro Courses

Beginning Dobro

Mike Witcher

Learn the basics of the lap-style resonator slide guitar, with essential tips on right- and left-hand technique as well as arrangements of classic tunes and songs.

Beginning Dobro

Mike Witcher

Learn the basics of the lap-style resonator slide guitar, with essential tips on right- and left-hand technique as well as arrangements of classic tunes and songs.

Dobro Workshop

Mike Witcher

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.

Dobro Workshop

Mike Witcher

Ukulele Courses

Ukulele

Marcy Marxer

Start playing easy versions of your favorite songs on the ukulele today. You’ll learn the basics, like strumming, first-position chords, and keeping solid time, all while playing a variety of songs that sound great on the lovable little “dancing flea.” Then move on to more intermediate-level techniques with more fun songs to play. Includes Play-Along Tracks so you can play along with Marcy.

Ukulele

Marcy Marxer

Bass Courses

Bass

Zoe Guigueno

Learn to play upright bass from scratch with advice on right- and left-hand technique and in-depth lessons on playing bass patterns, scales, and melodies in most common keys. With bass lines from great roots music songs so you can play along.

Bass

Zoe Guigueno

Musicianship Courses

Learning by Ear

Lissa Schneckenburger

Learn to pick up tunes on the fly and increase your ability to interact with your fellow musicians with this valuable ear-training course. With lots of exercises and advice on mastering this essential musical skill.

Learning by Ear

Lissa Schneckenburger

Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos

Scott Nygaard

Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos

Scott Nygaard

Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle

Chad Manning

Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle

Chad Manning

Improvising for Mandolin and Fiddle

Joe K. Walsh

Improvising for Mandolin and Fiddle

Joe K. Walsh

Improvising for Fiddlers and Violinists

Alisa Rose

Improvising for Fiddlers and Violinists

Alisa Rose

Creative Jam Skills

Lauren Rioux and Brittany Haas

Learn techniques to take a new tune or an old tune you love to the next step—with bowing and phrasing ideas, chordal and rhythmic exploration, and soloing practice.

Creative Jam Skills

Lauren Rioux and Brittany Haas

Learn techniques to take a new tune or an old tune you love to the next step—with bowing and phrasing ideas, chordal and rhythmic exploration, and soloing practice.

Fundamentals of Good Singing

Dede Wyland

Learn fundamental skills that can make all the difference in your singing. Learn to breathe like a singer, gain a clear understanding of breath support, power your voice the right way, release tension, and sing with greater expression.

Fundamentals of Good Singing

Dede Wyland

Vocal Courses

Fundamentals of Good Singing

Dede Wyland

Fundamentals of Good Singing

Dede Wyland