Andy opens with “Whiskey Before Breakfast,” “Big Mon,” “Red Haired Boy,” and “Angeline the Baker,” moving freely between melody, improvisation, pull-offs, and arpeggiated fills.
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Big Mon Pt 1
Big Mon Pt 2
Improv Arpeggios
Red Haired Boy Warmup
Red Haired Boy
Angeline the Baker Melody
Triplet Pulloffs
Triplet Pulloffs Long
Red Haired Boy Improv
Crosspicking Accents And Rolls
Accented fiddle lines, two-string threes, three-string rolls, dynamics, and triadic figures introduce the curved alternate-picking motion at the heart of Andy’s acoustic playing.
Red Haired Boy Accents
Two String Threes
Three String Rolls
Two String Threes Dynamics
Two String Triads
Black Mountain Rag
Brilliancy
Brilliancy B Section
Fishers Hornpipe
Fisher's Hornpipe And Pattern Variations
“Fisher’s Hornpipe,” stair-step patterns, mixed groups of fours and fives, two-note-per-string arpeggios, and “Whiskey” variations show how Andy continually reshapes traditional material.
Fisher Improv
Fisher Improv Harmony
Fisher Improv Arpeggios
Stair Steps Variation
Stair Steps Outside Inside Slow
Stair Steps Outside Inside
Stair Steps
Fours and Fives Variation
Fours and Fives
2nps Arpeggios Tk1
2nps Arpeggios Tk2
Whiskey Section A
Whiskey Section B
Whiskey Variation Tk1
Whiskey Variation Tk2
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Whiskey Section A Simple
Whiskey Section A Notey
Whiskey Before Breakfast Simple
Arpeggios And Hammer-Ons
Wide arpeggios, diminished shapes, “Jerusalem Ridge,” and staged hammer-on comparisons reveal how Andy mixes fretted articulation with alternate-picked string changes.
Truth And Lie Arpeggios
Vestal Arpeggios G String
Vestal Arpeggios D String
Vestal Arpeggios Slow
Diminished Arpeggios Tk1
Diminished Arpeggios Tk2
Jerusalem Ridge
Jerusalem Hammers Tk1
Jerusalem Hammers Tk2
Up Down Hammer
Up Down Hammer Stages
Hammer vs Pick
Scale Picking And Double Escape
Ascending sixes, fiddle melodies, scalar improvisation, and four-string arpeggios compare Andy’s crosspicking motion with faster single-escape solutions and legato assistance.
Sixes Ascending
Sixes Ascending Tk2
Sixes Ascending Crosspick
8th of January Melody
8th of January
8th of January Fill
Improv Scalar
G Position Improv Tk1
Four-String Arpeggios
Steve Morse-inspired shapes, inverted rolls, strummed arpeggios, and multiple sections of “Whiskey Before Breakfast” develop a broad family of four-string picking patterns.
Four-String Arpeggios Warmup
Morse Arpeggio
Four-String Arpeggios Short
Four-String Arpeggios
Circular Roll Tk1
Four-String Arpeggios Inverted
Four-String Arpeggios Strum
Arpeggios in the Wind
Whiskey Section A
Whiskey Section B
Whiskey Section C
Whiskey Section C Variation
Wheel Hoss
Whiskey Section C Arpeggios Short
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Whiskey Section A End
Whiskey Section A End Variation
Whiskey Section C Arpeggios Tk1
Whiskey Fill
Whiskey Fill Fiddle Style
Whiskey Section C Arpeggios Tk2
Circular Roll Tk2
Red Haired Variations
Banjo Rolls And Crosspicking
Béla Fleck-inspired rolls, pulse groupings, “Dixie Breakdown,” “Manzanita,” and alternate string crossings explore the banjo-like side of Andy’s double-escape technique.
Fleck Rolls Tk1
Fleck Rolls Tk2
Pulse Roll Variations
Forward Roll
Completed Roll
Pulse Roll
Pulse Roll Stairway Arpeggios
Stairway Arpeggios
Completed Roll Variation
Dixie Breakdown
Manzanita Crosspick Rotation
Stony Point Arpeggio
Alternate Crossings
Angeline Pickslant vs Crosspick
Ricky And Cal Blues
Rhythm, Harmony, And Dynamics
Bass-string rolls, “Pick It Apart,” bright and dark G runs, augmented colors, swing, and dynamic string-crossing patterns connect Andy’s picking mechanics to accompaniment and harmony.
Ricky And Cal Roll
Ricky And Cal Roll Inverted
Bass String Rolls
Pick It Apart
Pick It Apart Arpeggios Tk1
Pick It Apart Arpeggios Tk2
Pick It Apart Swing Tk1
Pick It Apart Arpeggios Tk3
Pick It Apart Swing Tk2
Strummy Rhythm
G Run Bright
G Run Bright and Dark
Improv Bright and Dark
Improv Bright Tk1
Improv Bright Tk2
Augmented Arpeggio
Alternate Crossings Pattern
Alternate Crossings Dynamics
Bluechip BC Jazz Rolls
Pick Grip And Tone
Different BlueChip picks, a side-finger grip, chicken-picking attacks, and G-position speed tests show how pick shape, grip, and touch alter the response of the same basic motion.
Bluechip CT55 Rolls
Side Finger Grip Rolls
Chicken Tk1
Chicken Tk2
Chicken Tk3
Chicken Tk4
G Position Improv Tk2
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
G Position Speed Short
G Position Speed
Jerusalem Ridge
Jerusalem Ridge
Traditional Repertoire
Performances of “Jerusalem Ridge,” “Red Haired Boy,” and related improvisations compare direct melody, Tony Rice-inspired language, and Andy’s own increasingly elaborate variations.
Red Haired Boy
Red Haired Improv Tk1
Red Haired Improv Tk2
Red Haired Improv Rice Style
Red Haired Improv Tk3
Mixolydian Crosspick Tk1
Mixolydian Improvisation
Crosspicked Mixolydian lines, suspended blues sounds, swing, whole-tone colors, and extended improvisation demonstrate Andy moving beyond standard fiddle-tune harmony.
Mixolydian Improv Tk1
Mixolydian Improv Tk2
Mixolydian Suspended Blues
Mixolydian Swing
Mixolydian Improv Tk3
Mixolydian Crosspick Tk2
Mixolydian Blues
Mixolydian Scale Ascending Descending
Mixolydian Scale Ascending
Mixolydian Improv Tk4
Whole Tone Improv
Red Haired Roll Interlude
Mixolydian Improv Tk5
Red Haired Boy
Red Haired Boy
Outro
Andy returns to “Red Haired Boy” for a final complete performance after the long exploration of acoustic vocabulary and picking mechanics.
