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	Charlie left a comment on: Shuffling and Soloing In G Soloing in 2nd Position, Part 2 Thanks Duke! It was an honour to trade fours with you! Afraid I couldn't get a cut were my 16 month year old boy wouldn't insist on sitting in (but at least you know the blues is...
	Bruce dumes left a comment on: Shuffling and Soloing In G Soloing in 2nd Position, Part 2 Hey Duke! I'm still working on this and I'm absolutely loving the challenge. Hearing my playing in context with yours was a real eye opener! ;-) This set of lessons is fantastic...
	Dennis gruenling published a lesson: Moan A Chrome Third Chorus Breakdown Hi, Dennis Gruenling here with the next installment of my first Chromatic harmonica study piece - Moan-A-Chrome! This section features some licks and patterns I made up while...
	Duke robillard published a lesson: Shuffling and Soloing In G Soloing in 2nd Position, Part 2 Howdy Friends, This week we are finishing up the shuffle in G solo with last half of the second chorus. As always get this under your belt then try to expand on the basic ideas....
	Corey harris published a lesson: Elder Green Blues Singing and Endings Now we are ready to look at endings and how to effectively sing the song. I used the ending that is on the original recording because I think that it works best. Of course, feel...
	Chris eldridge published a lesson: Billy In The Lowground Introduction to Crooked Rhythm Hello All! This week we’re jumping into a fun new realm of music - “crooked” tunes. Crooked is a term that’s used (usually in the context of old-time music) to describe a tune...
	Rick estrin left a comment on: Getting Out of Town Verse 3 - I and IV Chord I hope it’s changed for the better. :-)
	Marc graci left a comment on: Getting Out of Town Verse 3 - I and IV Chord This song changed my life.
	Marc graci liked a comment: No backing track
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Learning The Tune Kip, as always you’re just killing it. You seem really calm and relaxed as you’re playing. That practice of mindfulness has really paid off and it’s awesome to see. I think it’s...
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Cultivating Physical Intelligence Honestly, I think it just has to do with finger/hand/forearm strength. When I first started playing I couldn’t play a G chord without my ring and pinky finger collapsing...
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Old Grimes B Section Melody Hi Torgeir, yes, this swing feels better to me! We will all always be working with tension and mindfulness, so it’s good that you’re making friends with it. Re the swing, have...
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Cultivating Physical Intelligence Sure, happy to talk about that more in detail in an upcoming video! I definitely do switch between the various types of right hand techniques depending on what I’m playing. There...
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Church Street Blues Tony Rice's Version (a Study in the Right Hand) Hey Darren, you sound really good on here! Lovely playing and singing. This performance feels very musical and settled. There is one immediate thing to point out though: there are...
	Darren left a comment on: Church Street Blues Tony Rice's Version (a Study in the Right Hand) hey Chris. Not sure if you saw this video. Mike got it up and running for me. Any thoughts?
	Dennis gruenling left a comment on: Moan A Chrome Second Chorus Breakdown Hi Bill - Yes, and yes! Good questions!
	Dennis gruenling liked a comment: Hi Dennis, On the distorted notes, are you always bleeding into the hole above? And are you doing those TB? Thanks.
	Bill blatner left a comment on: Moan A Chrome Second Chorus Breakdown Hi Dennis, On the distorted notes, are you always bleeding into the hole above? And are you doing those TB? Thanks.
	Mike widman left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Cultivating Physical Intelligence How do you keep the left-pinky middle-joint from collapsing? This may occur for example when playing an open position D/C# chord, where the fourth finger is fretting the low C#...
	Kip marchetti left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Learning The Tune Hi Chris - I should be cutting the grass but here I am picking on Billy in the Lowground. Always a work in progress. Kip
	Dennis gruenling published a lesson: Moan A Chrome Second Chorus Breakdown Hey There, Harpers! This week we tackle the 2nd chorus of my chromatic piece “Moan-a-Chrome” and we learn something important here. The lick and pattern we focus on here is...
	Duke robillard published a lesson: Shuffling and Soloing In G Soloing in 2nd Position Hello Folks, This week we are working on the first half of the second solo chorus. The idea here is to bring the solo up a notch in intensity by gradually move into the second...
	Corey harris published a lesson: Elder Green Blues Simple Solo Lick In this lesson we will look at a simple solo lick (not in the original) that I use that can help to make the song a little more interesting. At this point you should have...
	Christian frentzen left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Cultivating Physical Intelligence Hi Chris, thanks so much,that is very interesting! I meant floating not sweeping - I confused those two. I would still be interested in your floating technique. Could you show us a...
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Cultivating Physical Intelligence Hey everyone, thanks for your thoughtful comments! Yes, it really is all about “getting out of your own way.” There are all sorts of roadblocks that we put up for ourselves that we...
	Chris eldridge liked a comment: Hi Chris, thanks for that lesson and your very inspiring music! I am still a beginner when it comes to flatpicking but I noticed that you are among a few players I know who don't...
	Chris eldridge liked a comment: Chris - Great reminder and lesson. To a relative newbie to flatpicking - can I still say that after 3 years - I find that tension is one of the single biggest hurdles to overcome....
	Chris eldridge liked a comment: LIke Kip said, great reminder and lesson. A few weeks ago I was preparing to play a series of gigs with a bluegrass band---my first ever paid bluegrass gigs!!--that liked to play...
	Christian frentzen left a comment on: Billy In The Lowground Cultivating Physical Intelligence Hi Chris, thanks for that lesson and your very inspiring music! I am still a beginner when it comes to flatpicking but I noticed that you are among a few players I know who don't...
	Andre loiselle liked a comment: Andre! This s--- does the same to me. It's a f-------- rush! Play on dude!