 CDs & MUSIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSINSTRUCTIONAL DVDs, CDs & BOOKS  Fiddle Contest Judging  
Could there be a better way to prepare for a fiddle contest than to ask Megan Lynch to pre-judge your tunes and help you improve them before you actually play them in a contest? Megan will judge as many rounds as you need. Make a video of yourself playing your tunes. Upload to YouTube or other online site where Megan can review them. Or, you can send her a DVD! It's so simple. Do it! 
Bluegrass: The Comprehensive Fiddler CD 
I've taught thousands of camps, workshops, and private lessons, all over the world. I can't count how many times I've heard, "I sure wish there was something, just one thing, that could teach me how to be a bluegrass fiddler." I finally listened. This CD covers every aspect of my years of teaching bluegrass fiddling. Use it to play along and work on your fundamentals, use it to learn to be a better listener, use it to inspire you to new heights as a creative musician. This is the Comprehensive Fiddler - it's got it all! Sample MP3 files
Bluegrass Jamming Essentials DVD   Most people pick up one of the bluegrass instruments with an eye towards getting to play with other musicians. For some, the goal is no more grand than to participate in local jam sessions or parking lot picking at festivals, while others hope to join up with an amateur band - or even pursue playing professionally. This AcuTab DVD, Bluegrass Jamming Essentials, is designed to assist pickers in any of those camps take a big leap forward - or take their first baby steps. Bill Evans and Megan Lynch have assembled a fine group of fellow bluegrass professionals to assist in this presentation. If you want to learn about playing in a bluegrass band, you couldn't do much better than this bunch! Bill is a popular west coast banjo picker, and one of the most sought after banjo teachers in the US. Megan is a six time National Fiddle Champion currently touring with Pam Tillis. Bill and Megan have taught band workshops all over the world. Mandolinist Adam Steffey has toured with Alison Krauss, Mountain Heart, Dan Tyminski and The Boxcars. On guitar, Tim Stafford holds down the rhythm in bluegrass supergroup Blue Highway and is also an Alison Krauss alumnus. Bass player David Thomas tours with Special Consensus. Together this top-notch band demonstrates the basics of playing in a bluegrass band, plus dozens of tips and tricks that will make you a more effective player at jams. In this 2 1/2 hour video, the five of them describe the basic roles of the bass, mandolin, guitar, banjo and fiddle in the band setting, and cover such crucial topics as tuning, choosing keys and tempos, proper capo use and more. Other concepts covered include backup and fills, soloing, playing with drive, a variety of song formats, and communication within a band while playing. They demonstrate all this using familiar songs, chosen to show these important concepts in a variety of keys, tempos and styles. And for each song, they leave a spot for you to play your own break! Song Titles
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This project was developed to help people dive into the world of Harmony singing by providing some common jam tunes and highlighting the often obscured harmony parts.
