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Using Slurs in Fiddle Tunes

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Slurs can throw off your pick direction in a fiddle tune. Learn how to use them correctly with the help of this excerpt from Bluegrass Guitar Essentials.

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Learn to Play the Traditional Tune "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down"

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This excerpt from Traditional Songs with Jody Stecher shows you how to play in the key of F.

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Create New Melodic Lines By Looking at the Five-Note Scale in a Different Way

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This excerpt from Weekly Workout: Pentatonic Patterns, instructs you to create new pentatonic melodic lines by looking at the five-note scale in a different way.

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Play a Fingerstyle Arrangement of "Great is Thy Faithfulness"

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Today’s excerpt from Gospel Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar invites you to play a classic hymn of praise that has a beautifully sweet melody.

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Learn to Play the Traditional Tune "Duncan and Brady"

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In this excerpt from Arranging Folk and Blues Songs, “Duncan and Brady” is arranged in a minor key to emphasize the macabre aspect of this murder story.

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