Bluegrass Fiddle Licks: The "Waterfall" Arpeggio

Great lick for tagging a solo or break, playing backup, filling the spaces, and building your technique. Bobby Hicks, renowned Bluegrass Fiddler, used this tool often in his solos.
This is a Lesson and Playalong for how to Improvise and play back up in a bluegrass song.
Bluegrass is a bit different from other fiddle styles in that the genre's emphasis is on SONGS. That means 90% of fiddle playing in this genre is improvised "back up" to a singer or other instrumentalists taking improvised (Or planned) solos. Learning the language of bluegrass involves transcription, listening, some common licks, and common scales (Pentatonic, Major and Minor Blues) and double stops for use in improvisation/backup
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[@thomasperry9147]

"i tried it and it works!" real testimony from a fiddler, me who sounds better now

[@cal_laz]

Saw your screen crawl for your newsletter and signed up. Thanks for the time you put into these videos.

[@johntait491]

Thanks Austin. Like your last video on The Major Blues Scale, this is helpful in learning "licks and tricks" for improvisation. More please. 👍

[@clintonrich60]

Nice job teaching. Can't wait to see the PDF

[@practice4089]

perfect. thank you!

[@EmersonGale]

Love it!

[@JimPlattes]

I would have been helpful to play the whole lick through, slowly, a couple times through at first. Just so we can hear what you're presenting. Thank you

[@edemilsonludwinskidossanto9327]

👏👏👏

[@ronkatchmark6708]

Could you possibly do a tutorial on foggy mountain breakdown,can't seem to find any,thanks.

[@AustinScelzo]

Chris Hague has a good one here: czcams.com/video/hBsQ1UQjjOs/video.html&ab_channel=TheFiddleChannel

[@JustFiddler]

aku suka sekali ! matur suksma

[@AustinScelzo]

Suksma Mewali :)

[@JustFiddler]

@@AustinScelzo you are welcome

[@8754roberto]

Hello where did you learn to play the fiddle and how long did it Take you?

[@AustinScelzo]

I learned as a teenager going to fiddle camps! www.austinscelzo.com/post/what-i-ve-learned-from-fiddle-camps I'm still learning today :)