New Lesson Just Added!
We’re excited to announce a new lesson has just been added to the curriculum: “Southern Flavor”, which you can find in the Bill Monroe Tunes, or CLICK HERE to go straight there. Enjoy!
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Two New Lessons Added!
We’re excited to announce two intermediate lessons have just been added to the curriculum: Approach Licks and Micro Variations. To go straight to Approach Licks, CLICK HERE, and to go straight to Micro Variations, CLICK HERE. More new content is headed your way soon, enjoy!
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ArtistWorks Community Donates Mandolin to Fellow Student
On December 30, 2021, a wildfire broke out in Colorado that would grow to become the most devastating in the state’s history. Over the course of just a few short days, the fire, which became known as the Marshall Fire, burned nearly 6,200 acres, destroyed over 1,000 homes and buildings, and required the evacuation of roughly 35,000 people. Causing over $500M in damages, the Marshall Fire was absolutely devastating and impacted the lives of thousands of Coloradans.
Darol Anger Jams with Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Hearing an amazingly talented musician perform solo is always a treat. However, when two brilliant minds join forces and play as a duet, the potential for a truly spectacular musical performance increases exponentially. It’s especially intriguing to hear two musicians perform on the same instrument side-by-side. The unique qualities of each player are amplified in the context of duelling instruments, which often makes for a remarkable listening experience.
Two New Lessons Added!
We’re excited to announce another two lessons have just been added to the curriculum: “Skip to My Lou” - Down the Neck, which you can find in the Beginner section, or CLICK HERE to go straight there. The second lesson is Chordal Inversions: Barre - F - D, which you can find in the Intermediate section, or CLICK HERE to go straight there. Much more to new content is headed your way soon, enjoy!
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Special Guest Interview: Mike Seeger
The next 5 parts of this series have just been added, if you've already checked out the first 4 parts, CLICK HERE to go part 5. If you're just seeing this for the first time CLICK HERE to start from the beginning. Stay tuned to the blogs for announcements, there's much more to come!
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Bluegrass Guitar Lesson: Harmonizing a Major Scale with Chris Eldridge
Understanding the framework of the fretboard and the manner in which chords and notes fit together and relate to one another is essential as you progress on the acoustic guitar. Knowledge of basic music theory and how those concepts manifest themselves on the fingerboard will make everything from internalizing new tunes to learning songs by ear, alternating between keys, and more that much easier. It will also provide you with the confidence to take on new challenges as the puzzle pieces of bluegrass guitar continue to fit together.
Darol Talks with Gabe Witcher
We’re happy to announce the addition of a new interview series with the incredible Gabe Witcher - Grammy winning Artist/Producer/Composer and founding member of the genre-bending acoustic quintet, Punch Brothers. Darol and Gabe get deep into fiddle topics and their lives around it. Along the way they play Angeline the Baker and Gold Rush together and much more. The interview in its entirely is there for you to enjoy, to go to the first part of the interview now CLICK HERE. Happy Friday everyone, enjoy!
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Bluegrass Banjo Lesson: Leapfrogging 6ths with Tony Trischka
Parallel sixth harmonies can be heard throughout countless musical genres. They’re particularly prevalent, however, in country and bluegrass styles, and often function as a tool to transition smoothly between chords or key centers within a tune. As such, it’s important for bluegrass musicians of all instruments and skill levels to practice parallel sixth passages and develop a firm understanding of how to find them on their instrument and utilize them in the context of a song or improvisation.
New Podcast: Punch Brothers’ “Hell On Church Street”—An Interview with Chris Eldridge & Noam Pikelny
In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our Director of Content & Production, Marcus Luscombe guest-hosts an exclusive conversation with founding members of the Punch Brothers and ArtistWorks bluegrass instructors Chris Eldridge and Noam Pikelny. Together, they discuss the Punch Brothers’ latest album Hell On Church Street, which was recently released on January 14, 2022. They cover topics ranging from the conceptualization of the album to its unique recording process, the band’s first post-lockdown tour to support the release, and more. The show is available wherever you listen to podcasts, or you can listen here at ArtistWorks.