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Advanced Bluegrass Mandolin Soloing Curriculum (1/7-3/15)

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Sale extended!  Register by 12/15 and save $50! 

Register for Advanced Bluegrass Mandolin Soloing with Matt Flinner

 

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Join Grammy-nominated mandolinist Matt Flinner for a look into the mandolin styles of many of the bluegrass masters: Bill Monroe, Jesse McReynolds, Tim O’Brien, Adam Steffey and many others. Each week, students will look at two transcribed solos by one of the greats, along with some related exercises to help both improve technique and find ways of using melodic ideas in other solos.

Class sessions take place on Tuesdays at 2 pm and 9 pm eastern time (they’re the same—we’ve added the 2 pm time for the convenience of students in the UK and Europe, but anyone who finds the time convenient is welcome to join!  And students can attend both sessions if they want to).  Practice/review sessions will take place on Saturdays at 12:30 pm eastern time.  The weeks of February 25 and March 4 will be off.  There will be a total of eight weeks of classes in 10 weeks’ time.  

The course is recommended for intermediate to advanced players.

 

Register by 12/15 and save $50! 

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Week 1 (1/7)

Bill Monroe 

Melodic Exercise I

Chord Tone Exercise in a Few Keys

Rhythms using down-strokes

Playing melody in chop chord position

Picking Exercise I

Brand New Shoes

Sittin’ on Top of the World

 

Week 2 (1/14)

David McLaughlin 

Picking Exercise II

Expanding on Monroe Style

Some syncopated licks

Say You’ll Take Me Back 

My Long Journey Home

 

Week 3 (1/21)

Dempsey Young

Triplet Patterns

Open style double stop licks

Some chromatic patterns

Sun’s Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday

Southbound

 

Week 4 (1/28)

John Duffey

Playing rock and roll licks on the mandolin

Various positions on the neck

Moving between positions

Structuring solos using double stops and licks

Sunrise

Girl from the North Country

 

Week 5 (2/4)

Tim O’Brien  

Picking Exercise IV

A few jazz-influenced licks

Some more position shifts

Open strings in B

If I Should Wander Back Tonight

Blue Night

 

Week 6 (2/11)

Jesse McReynolds

Crosspicking Exercises I and II

Double stops up the neck in various keys

How to create crosspicking solos

Are You Missing Me

She Left Me Standing on the Mountain

 

Week 7 (2/18)

Adam Steffey 

Picking Exercise V

A few bluesy chromatic runs

More position shifts

Raleigh and Spencer 

It Won’t Work this Time

 

Week 8 (3/11)

Sam Bush 

Picking Exercise III

Melodic Exercise II 

A few up the neck licks

Doin’ My Time

Stream Powered Aeroplane

 

The course fee is $225.  Register by 12/15 for just $175!

Register for Advanced Bluegrass Mandolin Soloing with Matt Flinner

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