This course has concluded. To view the current list of courses offered, visit the Winter Online Course page.
Here is the Curriculum for Bluegrass Mandolin 101, which will run from March 30 to June 6, 2015. Class sessions take place online every Monday evening from 8-9 pm CST, and practice/review sessions take place online every Saturday morning from 9-9:45 am CST. For more info about the course, visit the Bluegrass Mandolin 101 and 102 page. To go to the registration page, click here.
WEEK 1 (3/30/15)
Three warmup exercises
Intro to position playing
Intro to Double stops
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Bonus material: Down to the River to Pray
WEEK 2 (4/6)
Moving to the Key of A
Some tag licks to add to your solos
Backup playing and fills
I’ll Fly Away
Bonus material: You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
WEEK 3 (4/13)
Small Position Shifts
Adding some more licks to your solos
Double Stop Exercises in D
Banks of the Ohio
Bonus material: Keep on the Sunny Side of Life
WEEK 4 (4/20)
Position Playing II
Three different kickoffs
Chord tones in position playing
Man of Constant Sorrow
Bonus material: Redwing
WEEK 5 (5/4)
Shifting from Position I to Position II
Transposing to Other Keys
You Are My Sunshine
Bonus material: Where the Soul of Man Never Dies
WEEK 6 (5/18)
More Position Shifts
Turnarounds: I-V-I Progressions
Double Stop exercises in C
Sittin’ On Top of the World
Bonus material: Gold Watch and Chain
WEEK 7 (5/25)
Moving Double Stops Around to Create Melody
An Approach to Improvising
Soldier’s Joy
Bonus material: Panhandle Country
WEEK 8 (6/1)
Other keys: B, E, F, Bb.
A few licks using “open” style double stops
My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
Bonus material: Goin’ Up Home to Live in Green Pastures
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The View From Here
Walking on the Moon
Latitude
Music du jour
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