Welcome to Melodic Embellishment

from: Melodic Embellishment with Sharon Gilchrist

This lesson is part of the course Melodic Embellishment with Sharon Gilchrist.

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In this workshop, Sharon will use common bluegrass and old-time tunes like “Old Joe Clark,” “Whiskey Before Breakfast,” “June Apple,” “Angeline the Baker,” and more to demonstrate her method for teaching students how to embellish and vary melodies as a way to begin to improvise.

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SESSION 1: “Old Joe Clark” Sustain and Rhythmic Embellishment Techniques

In Part 2 of the session, Sharon walks you through the basic melody of “Old Joe Clark” and isolates the four basic rhythms contained in the melody. Then she shows you how to use these rhythms to create variations on the melody.

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The Melodic Embellishment Subscription Includes:

Eight one-hour sessions, recorded during Sharon's live workshop series
Sharon's method for teaching students how to embellish and vary melodies as a way to begin to improvise
Instruction on varying simple fiddle tunes in rhythmic and melodic ways
Advice on how to begin creating your own solos and improvisations
High-quality video recordings
Notation and tablature for each session with variations and complete solos

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Welcome to Melodic Embellishment

Sharon talks about what she will be doing in her Melodic Embellishment workshop. The specific tunes that Sharon will use are listed below, and there are PDFs (notation and tab) and audio MP3s of each tune as well, so you can download those and work on the basic melodies of the material before the workshop begins.

Old Joe Clark Cluck Old Hen Angeline The Baker Clinch Mountain Backstep June Apple Wayfaring Stranger Whiskey Before Breakfast Soldier's Joy Gold Rush

“Old Joe Clark” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Cluck Old Hen” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Angeline The Baker” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Clinch Mountain Backstep” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“June Apple” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Wayfaring Stranger” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Whiskey Before Breakfast” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Soldier’s Joy” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Gold Rush” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

“Old Joe Clark” MP3 (Available to subscribers)

“Cluck Old Hen” MP3 (Available to subscribers)

“Angeline The Baker” MP3 (Available to subscribers)