Important Message from Stu Hamm!
Hello fellow bass players!
I had to have some surgical junk done that will sideline me for 3-6 weeks. Nothing too serious, I’ll be back soon and stronger than ever! I wanted you all to know, and I hope you'll understand, that I will be delayed responding to your videos until mid-November at the earliest.
See you soon, keep practicing!
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Pre-Sale VIP Memberships for “Old Time & Bluegrass Fiddle with Brittany Haas” Now Available!
We’re excited to announce that pre-sale VIP memberships are now available for our newest course, “Old Time & Bluegrass Fiddle with Brittany Haas.” While the course officially launches in December, joining early grants you access to a handful of amazing perks and exclusives leading up to the launch, including:
Bluegrass Guitar Lesson: An Introduction to Crosspicking
As is the case with most genres, there are a handful of guitar techniques that must be utilized to accurately capture the aesthetic of the bluegrass style. Picking techniques, such as alternate picking and crosspicking, in particular, are tremendously important when playing bluegrass guitar. Therefore, it’s critical to take your time and focus on executing these techniques correctly and precisely as you begin to implement them into your playing. Eventually, the physical mechanics of these methods will become ingrained into your muscle memory, and they must be properly established from the get-go.
Bluegrass Vocal Lesson: An Introduction to Vocal Harmony
As a vocalist, it's essential to not only be able to sing in a solo setting, but also perform with other singers and instrumentalists as well. When performing in an ensemble with multiple vocalists, it’s sometimes the case that the singers will all sing the same notes of a melody in unison. However, more often than not, vocalists in an ensemble will sing melodic lines that complement one another alongside the piece’s primary melody. This common practice is referred to as vocal harmony.
New Course: Announcing “Old Time & Bluegrass Fiddle with Brittany Haas”
We are excited to announce our newest course coming in December 2022, “Old Time & Bluegrass Fiddle with Brittany Haas.”
Blues Guitar Lesson: Soloing Over the 12 Bar Blues Changes
One of the most fundamental chord progressions that has shaped a near-endless number of songs in genres ranging from blues to jazz, rock, bluegrass, and beyond is the 12 bar blues. It’s a song form that is deeply rooted in American, and now world, music culture, and is an essential chord structure that every musician should know and explore.
Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg’s Mandolin World Retreat 2023
We’re excited to announce that world-renowned mandolinists and ArtistWorks master mandolin instructors, Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg, will once again be hosting their annual “Mandolin World Retreat” in Benicia, CA. This coming year, it will be over an extended, 3-day weekend from March 3-5, 2023.
Bryan Sutton’s Blue Ridge Guitar Camp 2023
We are excited to announce that, after facilitating a fantastic five-day musical event this past June, Grammy Award-winning guitarist and ArtistWorks bluegrass guitar instructor, Bryan Sutton, will once again be hosting his Blue Ridge Guitar Camp in 2023 from May 31 through June 4.
New Lesson Just Added!
A new lesson has just been added to the Intermediate & Jazz Fiddle departments! In this new lesson, Darol teaches and performs a technique he calls “The 3 Skooches”. CLICK HERE to go straight to Part 1 in the Intermediate Fiddle department, or go to the Jazz Fiddle department and find it there. Happy Fiddling!
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New Interview with Sierra Hull added!
We're very happy to let you know that as you've seen from the recent home page message video, Michael and Sierra Hull recently got together on camera backstage at the FreshGrass Festival in MA. The even better news is he filmed a whole bunch more exclusive discussion and jamming for you during that sessions and we've just posted it all for you in the Special Guests section of the Lessons tab. In this new 7 part series, they get into a variety of musical topics and perform multiple tunes including singing harmonies together and trading some seriously hot solos. To navigate directly to first segment now CLICK HERE. Enjoy!
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