Session 5 is the first of four workshops on single-string technique. Bill starts with the basics, discussing right-hand positions and working on getting a great tone using single-string technique. You’ll work on right-hand single-string picking patterns using an alternation of the thumb and index fingers across the strings and then adding the middle finger to the right-hand picking mix. He also gives you right-hand exercises featuring crossovers, where the index finger moves to pick a lower string. Then he applies what you’ve learned to basic and more elaborate down-the-neck versions of ‘Old Joe Clark,’ using the G Mixolydian scale, and ‘Whiskey Before Breakfast’ in the key of D.”
