Maiden’s Prayer, Part 1: Melody

from: Advanced Bluegrass Fiddle with Chad Manning

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Maiden’s Prayer

Maiden’s Prayer, Part 1: Melody

Maiden’s Prayer, Part 2: Improvising

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Maiden’s Prayer, Part 1: Melody

Bob Wills’ western swing fiddle instrumental “Maiden’s Prayer” is also popular at bluegrass jam sessions. As well as learning the melody in this lesson, Chad gives you lots of ideas about improvising on “Maiden’s Prayer,” showing you how to use the arpeggios of the A and E chords as jumping-off points for improvising. He starts by showing you his version of the melody, which includes some nice double stops and sliding harmonics.

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