New Crosspicking Mandolin EP and Transcription Book Now Available!
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Fancy Boy highlights a style of crosspicking that Tristan Scroggins began developing after overwhelming positive response to videos he had posted online. Based on the crosspicking style created by Jesse McReynolds, Scroggins incorporates advanced left-hand techniques to bring more melody notes into his arrangements in a style reminiscent of Bill Keith’s melodic banjo innovations. This style has cheekily been referred to by his peers as “Scroggs Style.” Engineered by Brandon Bostic, this project features Scroggins’s arrangements of five tunes. The tunes are accompanied in various configurations by an award-winning cast of Nashville locals: the directors of Nashville Acoustic Camps Megan Lynch (fiddle) and Adam Chowning (guitar), as well as Tyler Andal (clawhammer banjo/fiddle), a fellow young phenom and multi-instrumentalist.
“Home Sweet Home” is the EP’s first single. Scroggins plays both mandolin parts solo on this track; the melody is played on his signature Stelling mandolin to an overdubbed accompaniment on a borrowed Topher Gayle five-string “Mandonator.” Here, this classic tune is recreated with a signature sound that doesn’t change the melody of the tune but reimages how it can be played on the mandolin.
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Snowflake Breakdown - A Part Cross String Picking
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Click Here to Watch Tristan Perform "GRANA" Live in the Peghead Nation Studio
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Tristan Scroggins/ No You Step Back (ASCAP)
