Bluegrass Licks in the Key of G

from: Advanced Bluegrass Fiddle with Chad Manning

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Learn fiddle in the styles of Kenny Baker, Stuart Duncan, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, and other bluegrass greats by learning classic tunes, with improvisation exercises and advanced techniques.

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Bluegrass Licks in the Key of G

In this lesson, you’ll learn some bluesy bluegrass licks in the key of G that you can use behind a vocalist or as part of your solo. Chad shows you a number of short phrases based on a G major and G7 arpeggio and how he articulates them and modifies them with bluesy slides, chromatic notes, double stops, etc.

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