This variation opens with a open note line which involves some harmonics. The B part is inspired by guitar Hero Edward Van Halen.

One of my favorite tunes to play at the National Flat Picking championship contest.

Great chord progression along with a memorable melody make this a tune fun and full of surprises.

The classic flatpicking tune Cherokee Shuffle. We study the finer points and this version has a cool transition into the B part that makes us think about the movement into the new chord.

I teach four of my most requested lines of the song Studebaker.

A great introduction to playing up the neck with this classic!

This variation is an example of what I might play in a jam.

This second round finds us going up the neck for the A part and the B part has some interesting cross picking parts.

This second round finds us going up the neck for the A part and the B part has some interesting cross picking parts.

Part B of the flat picking standard Salt Creek. It continues to be a favorite played at most jams.

Part A of the flat picking standard Salt Creek. It continues to be a favorite played at most jams.

Detailed instruction on how to play the melody to this great fiddle tune. We work through the challenges of the A and B parts.

The third variation in this series of Cripple Creek lessons. This up the neck version includes some open ringing notes along with melody.

This version of Cripple Creek we add notes to the A part but still reinforce the melody. we also learn a snappy and bouncy B part.

Cripple Creek 1 is a classic tune that you rarely hear anymore. We are going to learn 3 different versions of this tune. This version is the basic melody which includes double stops.

This tune was one of my Dad's favorite to play on his fiddle. It's also one of my first tunes I remember playing rhythm to my Dad. I absolutely love this melody as it transports me back in time.

I teach the basic melody to this great tune.

The last section of this fiddle tune. We will learn a syncopated line and a tension and resolve section on this variation.

First variation of this great melody in this series of videos.

In this lesson we learn one of the prettiest melodies ever written. We will study round one (A and B parts) of this arrangement. Overlapping tones makes this tune challenging and fun to learn.