Pick It Up - Video Music Lesson Series - Elderly Instruments

Rob Bourassa shares a fingerstyle/flatpicking hybrid technique inspired by his hero, Tony Rice, to the tune of Brown’s Ferry Blues. Enjoy this lesson from Rob, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Rolly Brown shares a simple yet sophisticated chord structure that can be moved anywhere around the neck. Enjoy this lesson from Rolly, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Mike Stevens shares some very cool rhythmic harmonica techniques to add or reinforce a groove in your playing. Enjoy this lesson from Mike, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Mike Marshall shares a little trick to add a new flavor to your arpeggios and improvisation, by incorporating a half step below the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of each scale. Enjoy this lesson from Mike, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Darren Nicholson from Balsam Range shares how to cut through the mix on your mandolin by incorporating open strings, while playing the tune “Sally Goodin”. Enjoy this lesson from Darren, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Andy Cohen demonstrates a “reversal”, using two picking fingers and your right hand, to get a real bouncy feel. Enjoy this lesson from Andy, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Scott Sharrard demonstrates a slide guitar lick in open G from Muddy Waters “Can’t Be Satisfied”. Enjoy this lesson from Scott, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Ken Perlman demonstrates an elusive banjo technique, alternate string pull-offs. Enjoy this lesson from Ken, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Joe Wilson demonstrates an essential technique on the dobro. Enjoy this lesson from Joe, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Claudio Parravicini walks you through a fun musical phrase for the banjo. Enjoy this lesson from Claudio, and see if you can Pick It Up!

You can take lessons with Claudio through our website!

BB Bowness shares a fun exercise for the more advanced banjo player, introducing rolling ideas around chord shapes up the banjo neck. Enjoy this lesson from BB Bowness, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Greg Cahill shares some of his banjo wisdom, with a couple short G licks that lead to the C chord. Enjoy this banjo lesson from Greg Cahill, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Kenny Smith shares a great sounding floating lick for flatpicking guitar, as well as a story about the album that taught him to flatpick that his father purchased from Elderly Instruments. Enjoy this guitar lesson from Kenny Smith, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Mean Mary demonstrates how she uses her banjo tuners to musical effect in her original song, “Dark Woods”. Enjoy this fun banjo lesson for all skill levels from Mean Mary, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Seth Bernard demonstrates how to accompany yourself during a solo or melody with a part from his song “Who You Are” from his new album “Let Love Light the Way”. Enjoy this lesson from Seth, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Adam Hurt demonstrates a cool technique to add some rhythmic excitement to the empty spaces in your clawhammer banjo playing. Enjoy this lesson from Adam, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Marcy Marxer will take you on a ‘Sentimental Journey’. Grab your ukulele and follow along as Marcy walks you through the chord changes note by note. This ukulele lesson is for beginners, but everybody can enjoy it. See if you can ‘Pick It Up’!

Cathy Fink shares a powerful right-hand banjo stroke that she may just have made up, and could use some help naming it. Any ideas? Enjoy this banjo lesson from Cathy, and see if you can Pick It Up!

Chris Rietz spent many years working here at Elderly Instruments. He is a skilled instructor of fingerstyle guitar, and continues to sharpen his guitar skills and knowledge in retirement. Chris shares a sweet sounding lick from an American blues singer and guitarist that you don’t hear about often, Clifford "Grandpappy" Gibson. Enjoy this guitar lesson from Chris Rietz, and see if you can Pick It Up!