Rebecca, Part 2: Variations

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Learn fiddle in the styles of Kenny Baker, Stuart Duncan, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, and other bluegrass greats by learning classic tunes, with improvisation exercises and advanced techniques.

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Bill Cheatham

In this video, Chad talks about some some approaches to improvising on “Bill Cheatham” and shows you a few variations. He shows you the “target notes” in each part and how you can think about creating lines that get to those notes, giving you some specific examples that illustrate what he means.

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Rebecca

Rebecca, Part 1

Rebecca, Part 2: Variations

Bobby Hicks plays a great fiddle solo on Herschel Sizemore’s recording of “Rebecca” and Stuart Duncan recorded a fantastic fiddle solo on Jim Mills’ album Bound to Ride. In this video, Chad shows you some variations on “Rebecca” inspired by Stuart’s solo.

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