I have been busy! I just posted a bunch of new videos. Most are product profiles of my more recent books with sample solos and such. Some are video lessons for mandolin and guitar. All can be accessed through my website: https://musixnow.com/new-videos/
If you’re a mandolin player you might be interested in my in-depth lesson on the Cycle of Fifths chord progression and the mandolin chords you can use to play through it. I use Sweet Georgia Brown as an example tune. Sweet Georgia Brown is a wonderful and very popular jam tune for players in all kinds of styles of music. It’s kind of a right of passage for developing musicians to learn these more advanced chords, combine them into a progression, play the melody, and eventually improvise solos. After learning the progression in Sweet Georgia Brown you'll began to recognize it in hundreds if not thousands of other songs. https://youtu.be/t0Q8NVlyTyY
I also posted a video about my new Gypsy Swing and Hot Club Rhythm Complete for mandolin and guitar. The video explains what the books are about and how you can use them to learn 29 swing and jazz standards, chords, melodies, the rhythm comp and practice solos. I included some samples from the book. https://youtu.be/MJD227PswOs
Two other mandolin centered videos are about a couple of my recent books: Early Music Gems for Mandolin. The videos include some audio and page samples from the book. https://youtu.be/eQMFCLdcEdU and Wedding Music for Mandolin https://youtu.be/Lj5sNorzbiM
Happy Spring and here’s hoping you enjoy the new videos.
Dix
List of the videos:
Product Profiles:
All About Chords https://youtu.be/M1jSvp8VT9M
Ear Training https://youtu.be/KY6v8dEMvQU
Early Music Gems https://youtu.be/eQMFCLdcEdU
Gypsy Swing and Hot Club Rhythm Complete https://youtu.be/MJD227PswOs
Musix Luggage Tags https://youtu.be/qdLJeYwyNP0
Make Your Fiddle Swing https://youtu.be/ROm9fb5kaY8
Music Photos https://youtu.be/ej3uszSe5-U
Stickers https://youtu.be/DgGIRZIOLgw
Wedding Music for Mandolin https://youtu.be/Lj5sNorzbiM
Other videos:
What is Crosspicking? https://youtu.be/A2otGzKRw0A
Over the years I’ve received quite a few questions about crosspicking: What is it? Is it difficult? How do I get started learning to crosspick? If you haven’t heard or used the technique yourself you might have similar questions.
Crosspicking is a somewhat advanced though beautiful way to play the guitar or mandolin. I’ve published two books about it: Old-Time Gospel Crosspicking Guitar Solos and Christmas Crosspicking Solos for Guitar.
To answer questions like those above and to hopefully encourage people to explore crosspicking I recorded a short video discussing and demonstrating how it’s done. The video is called What is Crosspicking? https://youtu.be/A2otGzKRw0A
Sweet Georgia Brown Mandolin Chord Lesson https://youtu.be/t0Q8NVlyTyY
One of my favorite jam tunes over the years has been Sweet Georgia Brown. I love the tune’s chord changes and audiences always seem to recognize and enjoy hearing it. Sweet Georgia Brown is also kind of right of passage for all styles of developing musicians. It’s a challenge to learn these more advanced chords, combine them into a progression, play the melody, and eventually improvise solos. It’s a challenge but a rewarding one that opens the door to many other songs of this type.
Learning Sweet Georgia Brown taught me about a set of chord changes called “the cycle of fifths” which is everywhere in pop, country, and bluegrass music. After learning the progression in Sweet Georgia Brown I began to recognize it in hundreds if not thousands of other songs. This new video teaches mandolin chords and the cycle of fifths progression in depth. I may have to do a similar lesson for guitar. Let me know if you’d like to see one.
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