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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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    an illustration of a banjo and a laptop, ready for a player to learn from this blog series to improvise on banjo

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

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    How to Start Improvising on Banjo With Confidence

    an example of free improvisation on banjo with a man playing for his wife

    Free Improvisation on Banjo Makes You a Better Player

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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

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    Bluegrass Fiddle: How To Make Your Break Sing

    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

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    Missy Raines demonstrates playing in 3/4 time on her upright bass in the studio

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

    an artistic rendering of a female bass player playing a bluegrass waltz

    Bluegrass Waltz Beat One: Which Notes to Play and When

    a small jam group practices in a home living room, the bass player demonstrates walking bass lines in 3/4 time as they jam on a waltz

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

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    close up muted light photo of mike marshall's hands playing a Loar mandolin

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

    Mike Marshall recording mandolin lessons in the ArtistWorks studio

    The Mandolin: How It Became the Heart of Bluegrass

    cepia tone closeup of a hand holding a blue chip mandolin pick

    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

    Black and white photo of a keyboardist on stage playing a pop progression to adoring fans at a live festival.

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

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Close up of Sean McGowan playing a hollow body guitar demonstrating thumb muting technique

Thumb Muting: How to Clean Up Fingerstyle Guitar Sound

August 11, 2026
Guitar
Sean McGowan demonstrates shadowing with the thumb, tinted desaturated photo of Sean playing guitar with a rack of guitars behind him in a greenroom

Shadowing with the Thumb: How to Add Bass Notes to Fingerstyle

August 11, 2026
Guitar
close up muted light photo of mike marshall's hands playing a Loar mandolin

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

July 24, 2026
Mandolin
Mike Marshall recording mandolin lessons in the ArtistWorks studio

The Mandolin: How It Became the Heart of Bluegrass

July 24, 2026
Mandolin
cepia tone closeup of a hand holding a blue chip mandolin pick

Choro Music: The Beating Heart of the Brazilian Bandolim

July 24, 2026
Mandolin
young women smiling playing mandolin in a practice room

Mandolin Improv for Beginners: How to Dive Into Variations

July 24, 2026
Mandolin
Man improvises in a jam circle at a bluegrass festival between bands, playing an F5 style mandolin and smiling

How to Play Improvised Solos on Mandolin With Real Confidence

July 24, 2026
Mandolin
young female mandolin player improvises confidently at a jam in a park with other players in a social setting

Beautiful Tone and a Compelling Story: The Next Level

July 24, 2026
Mandolin
girl sits cross legged at her laptop playing a black strat and improvising over a backing track

Start Improvising on Guitar: Proven Approaches for Beginners

July 17, 2026
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