If you're into playing bluegrass, it's a good idea to learn about four finger mandolin scales.
As with any string instrument, learning to use all of your fingers is going to be an essential task. Although all four fingers aren’t always needed, there are times when using the 4th finger will make it easier to shift positions and to properly execute hammer-ons and pull-offs. Economy of motion is particularly important when key changes require large position shifts or when the other three fingers are fretting other notes.
We just added a new mandolin lesson that's all about David Grisman Solo for "I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent)". Mike was recording a video response for a student here and decided to make a complete lesson out of the topic - "how to transcribe a solo", in this case a Dawg solo. This 4-part lesson was recently added to Additional Tunes & More section and is over 40 minutes of new material! Click here to go to part 1.
This is the last in a recent series of new lessons on fiddle arpeggios. Next month we'll be adding more new fiddle lessons with a focus on Double Stops. Find it in the Intermediate section or just click here!
Summer's here and that means it's time for some of the greatest bluegrass festivals in the world. If you're heading out to any, be sure to stay hydrated and sunscreened. Here's the bluegrass festivals ArtistWorks is proud to be sponsoring this year, as well as which ArtistWorks teachers you'll find performing: