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    Picking Hand Posture for Guitar: A Simpler Way to Play

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    Single Notes vs. Chords: How One Simple Motion Powers Both

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    How to Pick Guitar Strings Cleanly and With Confidence

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    Improvise on Banjo With a Proven Step-by-Step Approach

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    How to Start Improvising on Banjo With Confidence

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    Free Improvisation on Banjo Makes You a Better Player

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    Bluegrass Band: How To Improvise

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    Bluegrass Fiddle: How To Make Your Break Sing

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    Proven Chord Progression Patterns: Why Music Feels So Familiar

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    Playing in 3/4 Time on Upright Bass: Bluegrass Waltz Guide

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    Bluegrass Waltz Beat One: Which Notes to Play and When

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    Walking Bass Lines in 3/4: Add Motion, Keep the Rhythm

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    Mandolin: A Beginner’s Guide to the Instrument and Its Styles

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    The Mandolin: How It Became the Heart of Bluegrass

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    Choro Music: The Beating Heart of the Brazilian Bandolim

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    Piano student studies a chord progression chart at the piano in his practice room at home

    Proven Chord Progression Patterns: Why Music Feels So Familiar

    A bluegrass band performs to a warm lit barn dance in a roadhouse venue

    Chord Progression Essentials: Master the I-IV-V to Unlock Rock, Blues, and Americana

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    The Mighty I-V-vi-IV Chord Progression: The Powerful Hit Song Roadmap

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a young bluegrass band practices a jam in a living room, the banjo player demonstrates backup over a mandolin solo

How to Play Banjo Backup Over a Mandolin Solo

August 22, 2026
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a bluegrass band performs on stage at an outdoor daytime festival, the band is backing up the bass while he takes a solo

Backing Up a Bass Solo: Less is More, Nothing is Better

August 22, 2026
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a women in her 20's plays banjo backup while a guitarist takes a solo at a bluegrass outdoor festival

Banjo Backup: How to Stay Present and Play Smart

August 22, 2026
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Sierra Hull playing mandolin in a rustic setting

Start Improvising on Mandolin and Sound Good Doing It

July 24, 2026
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ArtistWorks & TrueFire Artist Nominations for the 2026 IBMA Awards

July 16, 2026
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Five musicians jam in a cozy living room, playing guitar, banjo, violin, and upright bass together.

Bluegrass Band: How To Improvise

July 10, 2026
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Fiddler mid-phrase with the bow drawing across the strings, enjoying the moment

Bluegrass Fiddle: How To Make Your Break Sing

July 10, 2026
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Bluegrass Mandolin: How To Master the Chop and Lead

July 10, 2026
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Bluegrass Upright Bass: How to Improvise With Confidence

July 10, 2026
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