Musicianship Courses

Available Musicianship Courses

Learning by Ear

with Lissa Schneckenburger

Intermediate

• 14 Lessons

• 3 Tunes

Learn to pick up tunes on the fly and increase your ability to interact with your fellow musicians with this valuable ear-training course. With lots of exercises and advice on mastering this essential musical skill.

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Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos

with Scott Nygaard

Intermediate / Advanced

• 9 Lessons

• 15 Tunes

Learn to create interesting solos with this applied theory workshop. You’ll learn how to use scales and arpeggios to create melodic lines, about thematic soloing and improvising, how to create lines with a sense of forward motion, how to combine the melody of a song with fills, melodic variations, arpeggios, and more.

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Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle

with Chad Manning

Beginner / Intermediate

• 43 Lessons

• 6 Tunes

Learn the basics of music theory as it relates to four-string instruments tuned in fifths. Chad’s practical approach will deepen your knowledge of chords, scales, and arpeggios, and help you integrate them into your playing.

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Improvising for Mandolin and Fiddle

with Joe K. Walsh

Intermediate / Advanced

• 9 Lessons

• 8 Tunes

Learn to improvise on fiddle tunes, create new melodies over chord changes, practice the arpeggios and scales you need to play jazz tunes, and more. Joe lays out his approach to improvising and practicing improvising, with exercises and solos that illustrate his unique, widely acclaimed, freewheeling style.

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Improvising for Fiddlers and Violinists

with Alisa Rose

Intermediate / Advanced

• 9 Lessons

• 13 Tunes

Learn to improvise and connect to your own creative impulses through musical games, simple exercises, and fiddle tunes. You’ll explore improvisation fundamentals of rhythm and pitch, learn how to create and vary melodies, use small building blocks or motifs to build a solo, practice scales and arpeggios, and much more.

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Creative Jam Skills

with Lauren Rioux and Brittany Haas

Intermediate

• 7 Lessons

• 6 Tunes

Learn techniques to take a new tune or an old tune you love to the next step—with bowing and phrasing ideas, chordal and rhythmic exploration, and soloing practice.

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Fundamentals of Good Singing

with Dede Wyland

Beginner / Intermediate

• 14 Lessons

• 0 Tunes

Learn fundamental skills that can make all the difference in your singing. Learn to breathe like a singer, gain a clear understanding of breath support, power your voice the right way, release tension, and sing with greater expression.

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