The Musical Heritage Center of Middle Tennessee in Pegram is hosting t a Matt Flinner mandolin workshop for players of all ability levels from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Fiddle & Pick in Pegram.

Topics will include new approaches to rhythm playing. Flinner will share a few standard bluegrass songs and examine different ways of playing rhythm behind them. Use of various chord forms, double stops and linear motion across chord progressions will be discussed.

Matt Flinner will also discuss fills and licks — both standard and not-so-standard fills and licks to use on standard and not-so-standard bluegrass songs. Emphasis will be on immediate practical use (jam sessions), and many examples from Monroe style to jazzier licks will be given.

Flinner also plans to apply these ideas in several keys to help improve participants’ knowledge of the fingerboard.

A $50 registration fee is being charged. Space is limited and early reservations are strongly recommended.

Fiddle and Pick, founded by music educator Gretchen Priest-May, is a place “where people old and young can come to discover the joy found in making traditional music, mainly, but not limited to, fiddles, banjos, mandolins, guitars and similar instruments, and in particular, music played in the Middle Tennessee region throughout its history,” according to the founder.

Information is available at http://fiddleandpick.ning.com