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Sitting on Top of the World, Part 3: Embellished Solo


This lesson is part of the course Bluegrass Mandolin Fingerboard Method with Sharon Gilchrist.
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Learn to play solos to any bluegrass song in any key with Sharon's intermediate-level method for learning the fingerboard, based on arpeggios, chop-chord shapes, and double stops.
 
 
The Bluegrass Mandolin Fingerboard Method Subscription Includes:
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  • Melody-based solos for more than 20 popular bluegrass songs
  • Extensive right- and left-hand technique lessons
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Sitting on Top of the World  
 
Sitting on Top of the World  
 
Sitting on Top of the World, Part 3: Embellished Solo
Sitting on Top of the World, Part 3: Embellished Solo
 

Sharon shows you how to vary the basic double-stop solo solo for “Sitting on Top of the World” with melodic variations, seventh chord double stops, Monroe licks, and more.


 
 
 

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article: Session Video and Materials | Melodic Embellishment: A Doorway to Improvisation
 

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video: Joe K. Walsh and Grant Gordy: “Lulu's Back in Town”
 

Mandolin/guitar duo play a tune popularized by Fats Waller in the 1930's.
 
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