A modern-day mandolin master shows you how to play melodies, improvise variations and take a hot lead solo. He teaches a variety of tunes, keys and styles, from classic bluegrass to contemporary originals. Sam helps you build technique with warm-ups, scales, drills, and a unique callous building exercise, plus: how to improve your speed and right hand picking, play with good time, and vital info about lead soloing and improvising. "Fisher's Hornpipe," "Cloverleaf Rag," "The Old North Woods," "Midnight On The Stormy Deep" and "Blue Mountain." Intermediate. Includes note/tab as PDF file on the disc. 100 min.