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Nick Amodeo is a multi-instrumentalist based out of Denver, Colorado. A self taught musician, he took up guitar at age 12 before moving on to mandolin and electric bass. He is the 2005 Colorado state mandolin champion, and was featured on the 2007 Downbeat magazine Blues Album of the Year, Otis Taylor’s “Definition of a Circle.” Nick has shared the stage with such artists as Buddy Guy, Chuck Campbell, Mollie O’Brien, Nick Forster and Pete Wernick of Hot Rize, and ma... (more) Nick currently offers 21 guitar lessons at JamPlay, with 17 intermediate lessons and 4 song lessons.
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A sub-genre of country music which blends improvising with folk-like melodies. Pioneered by Bill Monroe in the 1930s in the "bluegrass" state. Nick will present flatpick techniques.
Nick Amodeo introduces the Bluegrass Series and explains what to expect in the following lessons.
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Nick discusses the history of bluegrass and the influence it has had on other styles of music.
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Nick explains the musical role that each instrument plays in a bluegrass band.
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Nick explains how to play some of the most commonly used chords in the bluegrass genre.
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Welcome to a right hand "boot camp" with Nick Amodeo! In this lesson, Nick demonstrates several picking and strumming exercises that will whip your right hand into shape.
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Nick Amodeo continues his discussion of picking technique in this installment of right hand "boot camp."
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Nick presents several exercises that develop string skipping and crosspicking technique.
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Nick covers some exercises and scales that develop left hand technique.
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Nick explains how to play various slurs such as slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs. Also included are some common bluegrass licks that utilize these techniques.
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Nick covers some basic bluegrass strumming patterns.
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Nick covers some of the most commonly used scale patterns in bluegrass.
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Nick applies fundamental guitar techniques from previous lessons to the song "Nine Pound Hammer."
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Nick demonstrates his interpretation of "Texas Gales." You might say this one will blow you away!
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Nick teaches the song "Home Sweet Home" and uses it to demonstrate cross picking techniques. Nick also covers the chords, and a chord with melody version to correspond with a picked version he has created.
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Join Nick Amodeo as he teaches both a simple and a more complex rendition of some popular bluegrass fiddle tunes.
Join Nick as he teaches two different versions of Over The Waterfall: one with a simple melody and one more complex version that will utilize some more advanced techniques.
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Learn a basic melody to Blackberry Blossom and then when you've mastered that, take on the more complex version!
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Join Nick as he teaches another great fiddle tune, Bury Me Beneath The Willow. Learn the basic melody, a cross-picking version and then challenge yourself with the more complex solo guitar version.
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Nick demonstrates some or your favorite songs with a bluegrass background.
Welcome to the song lesson of "Man of Constant Sorrow" presented by Nick Amodeo! Nick demonstrates his take on this classic bluegrass tune.
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Nick demonstrates the classic song "Temperance Reel." This song features a mix of Celtic and bluegrass sounds and is a fantastic intermediate song to learn.
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Nick introduces the fantastic bluegrass song "Forked Deer." Utilizing a capo, this is a great song lesson to help apply some basic bluegrass techniques.
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Nick Amodeo demonstrates the chords and a few different versions of the melody to the traditional bluegrass tune called "Shady Grove".
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Nick Amodeo is a multi-instrumentalist based out of Denver, Colorado. A self taught musician, he took up guitar at age 12 before moving on to mandolin and electric bass. He is the 2005 Colorado state mandolin champion, and was featured on the 2007 Downbeat magazine Blues Album of the Year, Otis Taylor’s “Definition of a Circle.”
Nick has shared the stage with such artists as Buddy Guy, Chuck Campbell, Mollie O’Brien, Nick Forster and Pete Wernick of Hot Rize, and many others. Nick currently is the mandolin department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado and has over 10 years teaching experience.
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