ALL of 'em.

Bluegrass is a great way to work on the Ionic mode chops in soloing. Yep, all the Major Scale patterns on the neck will usually easily apply and here is the one real place where open strings in scaling counts. Of course, being able to play the entire solo in 1st or 2nd position only is the big plus.

Also, because the chord changes are typically few and easy, great for the ear training to play along with Bluegrass shows on the radio, where you don't know what's next, but aren't likely to have something that is in need of being repeated four times before ya got all the chords in the change, man.

I'm sure the Bluegrass aficionados will be along with their favorites to recommend, will be interesting to see who they name.

Until then, Doc Watson.

And Don't Let Your Deal Go Down,


--Mac