In this Improvisation for Fiddlers and Violinists lesson, Alisa Rose (@arosefiddle ) shows you how to improvise over the popular fiddle tune “Goodbye Liza Jane.” Learn how to decorate the melody using register shifts, double stops, bowing patterns, neighbor notes, melodic fragments, and other ways to create variations that are still recognizable as the melody. Join us!
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In his latest Contemporary Flatpicking Guitar lesson on Peghead Nation, @grantgordy shows you numerous ways to master the E-major scale in various positions on the guitar fingerboard, including both prescriptive fingerings and some alternative options. Join Grant for this lesson and new material each month!
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In this Contemporary Bluegrass Banjo lesson on Peghead Nation, @wesleycorbett shows how to play the Bill Monroe fiddle tune and bluegrass jam classic, “Gold Rush.” You’ll learn an intermediate-level version that combines melodic and single-string style passages with Scruggs-style licks. Check it out!
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In his latest Gypsy Jazz Mandolin lesson on Peghead Nation, @aaronjweinstein teaches "Dinah." Harry Akst wrote the music and Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young contributed lyrics to this enduring jazz/pop standard. Aaron teaches the core 32-bar AABA form in the key of G, which is common for string-oriented jazz ensembles. Join Aaron for this lesson and new material each month!
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In this Folk & Bluegrass Songs for Fiddle lesson on Peghead Nation, @jamwithlauren shows how to play “Sitting on Top of the World.” She starts in the key of D and then works through the keys of G, C, and A, giving you new ideas for bluesy licks, melodic variations, and syncopation. Join us!
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In this lesson from Bill Evans' new Creating Bluegrass Banjo Solos course, @billevansbanjo teaches the sentimental favorite, "Grandfather's Clock," in the key of G with a standard AABB format. Bill starts by showing you the basic melody, and then he adds various rolls to flesh out the bones into a full-fledged bluegrass banjo solo. Join Bill in this brand new course, with new material coming every month!
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In this Alternate Tunings Fingerstyle Guitar lesson on Peghead Nation, @dougyoungguitar shows how to play in the key of A in DADGAD, using the Celtic and bluegrass favorite “Red-Haired Boy.” Check it out!
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In his latest Advancing Mandolinist lesson on Peghead Nation, @joe_k_walsh shows how to play "Waiting on Vassar." This great jam tune first appeared on David Grisman’s 1976 Rounder Record, and it was standard in his live shows. It has a tightly composed A part and an open-ended B section for improvising over a looping chord progression. Join Joe for this lesson and new material each month!
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New course now available! Norman Blake–Style Guitar with @greg_schochet ! Please join us in this extensive dive into the style of one of the legends in bluegrass, old-time, and country music, with a talented, new-to-Peghead-Nation instructor who is well-versed in the nuances of Norman.
Steeped in the tradition of Maybelle Carter, Norman Blake’s highly personal flatpicking style combines complex picking and strumming patterns with harmonized melody lines, syncopation, and fretting-hand embellishments. In this Peghead Nation course, Greg Schochet breaks it all down systematically, so you can emulate Blake’s rolling, fluid playing. The course includes lessons on how to play many of Norman Blake’s best-loved songs and instrumentals, like “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane,” “Church Street Blues,” “Billy Gray,” “Randall Collins,” and many more, all with detailed notation/tab. Greg will be adding a new lesson to the course every month, so the library, and your Blake tunes and techniques will continue to grow. Join us in Norman Blake–Style Guitar with Greg Schochet!
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In this Intermediate Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle lesson on Peghead Nation, @chadmanning5 shows how to play the old-time fiddle tune “Sail Away Ladies.” The version recorded by Uncle Bunt Stephens in the 1920s is a great way to learn some Southern-style old-time bowing. It’s a simple melody, but the bowing and rhythm of the phrases can be tricky. Join us!
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@bourgeois_guitars has expanded its collaboration with @eastmanguitars with the introduction of the Downeast line. In this video, Teja Gerken plays the Downeast OMCE Soloist, which brings the legendary Soloist concept into an affordable realm. Check out the full-length demo at ! #pegheadnation #bourgeoisguitars #eastmanguitars
In his latest Irish Guitar lesson on Peghead Nation, John Doyle shows you the basic chords you’ll need for playing in the key of A minor. Then he’ll show you how to apply them to backing up “The Congress” reel and how to add some embellishments, too. Join John for this lesson and new material each month!
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