| Doublestop Excercises for Mandolin |
| Maybe four years ago I was looking for a way to better understand doublestops (playing two notes together to form a part of a chord) and came up with a set of exercises that really made sense to me at the time. I might think of things a little differ (more) |
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Posted Tue, Nov 18, 2008 by David
Pick Lessons |
| Nashville Numbering and Reading Guitar Chords |
| When you go to a bluegrass jam, a lot of times you'll hear the chords to a song being called out not as G, C, or D or A, D, and E but as I (one), IV (four), V (five). This is called the "Nashville Numbering System" and it's a very useful way of refering to the chords in a song by their position relative to the root or key. (more) |
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Posted Tue, Oct 28, 2008 by David
Pick Lessons |
| Using Harmony Files from The Pick |
| From time to time and for the use of PickUp Bands, I'll make a multi-track harmony file that consists of a simple guitar track plus me singing the lead, tenor, and baritone harmony parts. (more) |
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Posted Wed, Aug 6, 2008 by David
Pick Lessons |
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