Summertime, Part 1: Melody

from: Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle with Chad Manning

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Summertime

Summertime, Part 1: Melody

Summertime, Part 2, Improvising

Summertime, Part 1: Melody

In this lesson, you’ll learn the swing tune “Summertime” and work on learning to improvise. Chad shows you the app/software program iRealPro, which you can get for your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. It provides great practice tracks for hundreds of jazz, swing, country, bluegrass, and pop songs. Then he shows you the melody of “Summertime,” singing it along with the fiddle.

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