Michael G

Very nice recording and playing, Mary. I’m impressed with your intonation – mine falls apart so quickly when I try new tunes. Thanks for posting!

Nice job Keith – love those slides and double stops. Great rhythm too. I know what you mean about so many things to remember. When I try to focus on double stops, it seems like everything else falls apart. I wish I’d started playing when I was 7. Oh well, better late than never!

Hey Keith that’s awesome! You got slides, double stops and shuffle bowing all going at the same time. Nice work – you are further down the ‘beginner’ path than me for sure – I have been struggling a lot with double stops. May I ask what practice strategies you use to help with double stops?

That’s an awesome version. When Santa hears that, he’s gonna come running to your town! Very nice – love those slides and bluesy, fiddle-y notes.

THis is inspiring to see/hear. I worked on a vibrato on guitar for a few years before it finally clicked for me. My breakthrough on guitar vibrato arrived when I bought my first telecaster. There was something about the weight distribution and the feel of the neck that opened the door for me, and once I found it, I could play vibrato on any…[Read more]

That’s a real knuckle-buster. I love this style of music, but I have a hard time with those triplets.

Thanks, Kate! It’s my first attempt at making a video of myself playing. I posted it with trepidation – I appreciate your encouraging words.