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One of the ways you can start embellishing melodies is by varying the pickups to lines of the melody. In “Worried Man Blues” the vocal pickup is just one word/note: “it.” In this video, Lauren shows you how you can start varying the pickup rhythmically and melodically.
| “Been All Around This World,” Key of B |
| “Been All Around This World,” Key of B, Part 1: Melody and Chords |
In this lesson, you’ll venture into the key of B, which can be daunting to many fiddlers, because the closed handshape is pretty much a necessity. But B is a common key in bluegrass bands, so it’s good to become familiar with it, and you’ve already learned how to play “Been All Around This World” with the closed handshape in the key of A. Lauren shows you the B major scale using the closed handshape on the top two strings, and then shows you the melody and for “Been All Around This World.”
| “Been All Around This World,” Key of B, Notation (Available to subscribers) |
