There's lots of great bluegrass going on inside the AOB.... click on the heading to read all about it!  To add additional instruments to your existing account, be sure to visit this link while logged in.

New series of videos on how the Mandolin has infiltrated different genres of music: Mandolin Symposium - Music Appreciation.  Recorded live at the 2011 Mandolin Symposium, interviews include: Chris Acquavella, Andy Statman, Marla Fibish, Eric Thompson, David Grisman, and Don Steirnberg... and don't forget about all the other great interviews located in the Special Guests section!

Tony's interview with Bela Fleck continues... In Part 3, Bela goes through some early banjo exercises which helped develop his signature banjo technique.  Find all of Tony's interview in Special Guests, and be on the lookout for more Bela coming soon!

[[wysiwyg_imageupload:5:]]The fiddling fun continues with the next installment of the Jonathan Cooper Interview.  Now Available in Special Guests....watch Part 2: HERE

Julian Lage first started playing jazz guitar at age 5 and quickly become recognized as a child prodigy. He was the subject of the Academy Award nominated documentary Jules at Eight, and went on to perform at the 2000 Grammy Awards at age 13. He recently visited our Napa studio to play guitar with Martin Taylor and talk about his early days of learning guitar. The Julian Lage interview part 1 also features a beautiful Bill Evans tune. Be sure to check out all of Martin's interviews here: Guitar Conversations.

Bela Fleck talks about his early banjo teachers, how he first heard Tony's music, taking banjo lessons from Tony, and the importance of developing his own playing style.  Find Part 2 of the 6 part interview here:

All of Tony's interivews can be found the Special Guests area on the bottom right.

Two more parts of the Gruhn Guitars Field Trip just added! Be sure to check out all of Bryan's interviews in the Special Guests section.

Andreas has just added a new lesson on Block Chords titled: Harmonizing the Scale Part 1. This is great guitar technique for big band arrangements. Find it in Jazz Advanced!

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Darol recently spoke with violin luthier Jonathan Cooper about fiddle making, the history of the violin, and much more fun filled fiddle facts. Watch part 1 in Special Guests, more coming soon!

NEW in Special Guests, Tony talks with long time friend and former banjo student Bela Fleck.  Watch Part 1 of the 6 part series HERE.