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All Classes are Instructional (Hands-on) Unless Otherwise Noted
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Bluegrass: Advanced |
Bluegrass: Advanced |
Bluegrass: Upper In-termediate |
Bluegrass: Upper Int-ermediate |
Bluegrass: Lower Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Lower Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Novice |
Old-time: Advanced / Fingerstyle |
Old-time: Advanced |
Old-time: Upper In-termediate |
Old-time: Upper Intermediate |
Old-time: Lower In-termediate |
Old-Time: Novice |
Fiddle Track |
Guitar Track |
Bass Track |
Jams & Special Classes As Noted |
Fri noon |
Registration On-Going: Continues Till 3:00 PM |
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12:15-1:30p |
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Early Bird Bluegrass Jam |
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Early Bird Old-Time Jam: |
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12:30-1:30p |
Faculty Meeting: Kirk Cafeteria Conference Rm |
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1:45-2:45p |
Orientation: Auditorium |
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Fri 3:00-4:15p |
Tone Color & Acoustic Special Effects J Kruger |
The Banjo Style of JD Crowe Evans |
Playing in a Band: Analyzing the Banjo's Role Talbot |
Intro to Melodic Bluegrass Keith |
How to Make Your Own Easy Solos in G Wernick |
Review of Basic Bluegrass Banjo Techniques Henry |
The Three Basic Rolls Sumner |
Intro to Old-time Finger-picking Brown |
Playing Tunes in Two Octaves Hurt |
Intro to Round Peak Clawhammer Leftwich |
Missouri Fiddle Tunes Barton Para |
Review of Clawhammer Basics Miles |
Getting Started at Clawhammer McMurray |
Old-time Fiddle #1 Jabbour |
Bluegrass Guitar #1 U Kruger |
Bass #1 Landsberg |
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Fri 4:30-5:45p |
Don Reno Techniques & Tunes McKinney |
Blues Banjo: Improvising Over a Three Chord Harmony Cavanaugh |
The Essential Earl: Licks & Techniques Evans |
Adventures in Improv: Create New Breaks for Old Favorites Luberecki |
Fitting in at a Jam: Hearing & Following Chord Changes Wernick |
Learning the Fingerboard: Exercises & Techniques J Kruger |
Working on Basic Chords Sumner |
The Finger-picking style of Dock Boggs Benford |
Tommy Jarrell's John Brown's Dream Leftwich |
How to Play with Fiddlers: Concepts & Strategies Brown |
Singing with the Banjo: Create Settings That Enhance Your Voice Mabus |
Fundamentals of Drop- and Double-Thumbing Perlman |
First Chords, Working on the Right Hand McMurray |
Old-time Fiddle #2 Jabbour |
Bluegrass Guitar #2 U Kruger |
Bass #2 Landsberg |
Secrets of Banjo Set-Up: Head & Tailpiece Tension, Action, etc. Talbot |
6:00-7:00p |
Friday Dinner: Kirk Cafeteria |
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7:15-9:15p |
Faculty Concert, Part I: Auditorium |
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Fri.9:30-10:45p |
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Progressive Jam: Cavanaugh Knupfer, McKinney |
Open Jam: J Kruger, U Kruger, Landsberg |
Intermediate Jam: Evans & Talbot |
Intermediate Jam: Luberecki & Keith |
Learn How to Jam: Wernick |
Slow Jam: Sumner |
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Open Jam: Leftwich & Benford |
Learn How to Jam: Jabbour, Mabus, D Para |
Intermediate Jam: Brown & Hurt |
Slow Jam: McMurray |
Composers'Circle: Miles |
Vocals Jam: Barton Para & Henry |
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Fri 11:00p-? |
Bluegrass Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: Any Classroom, Lounge, Vestibule, or Other Common Area |
Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: Any Classroom, Lounge, Vestibule, or Other Common Area |
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MIDWEST Banjo Camp Schedule, Saturday June 5, 2010
(Note: levels are at top of each column, unless otherwise noted)
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Bluegrass: Advanced |
Bluegrass: Advanced |
Bluegrass: Upper Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Upper Inter- mediate |
Bluegrass: Upper Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Lower Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Lower Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Novice |
Old-time: Advanced / Fingerstyle |
Old-time: Advanced |
Old-time: Upper Inter- mediate |
Old-time: Upper Intermediate |
Old-time: Lower Intermediate |
Old-Time: Novice |
Fiddle Track |
Guitar Track |
Bass Track |
Jams & Special Classes As Noted |
8-9:00a |
Saturday Breakfast: Kirk Cafeteria |
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Sat 9:15-10:30a |
Essentials of Single String: Closed Scale Positions, Mode Exercises McKinney |
Learn an Original Compo-sition by Jens Kruger J Kruger |
Rock 'n' Roll, TV Themes & Other Stuff You Ain't Supposed to Play on Banjo Luberecki |
Make Your Own Solos in the Keys of C, D, and Up the Neck in G Wernick |
Understanding Basic Jazz Chord Progressions Cavanaugh |
Intro to Bluegrass Backup: Making It Drive Using Forward Rolls Evans |
On Beyond G, C & D Chords: Hearing the Less Common Chord Changes Henry |
Putting Left- & Right-Hand Skills Together Sumner |
Wade Ward's 3-Finger Chording Style
Leftwich |
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes
Benford
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Moroccan Melodies & Rhythms for Claw-hammer
Miles |
Building Up Speed: Concepts & Strategies
Mabus |
Mastering the Mech-anics of Good Tone
Hurt |
More Right-hand Work, First Fiddle Tunes
McMurray |
Old-time Fiddle #3
Jabbour |
Bluegrass Guitar #3
U Kruger |
Bass #3
Landsberg |
Banjo Maintenance & Repair
Reinsmith
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Sat. 10:45-12:00 noon |
Devil's Dream & Other Melodic Fiddle Tune Arrangements
Keith |
Modern Jazz Improvi-sation, Part I: Soloing
Cavanaugh |
Scruggs-Style Picking in the key of C, in gDGBD & gCGBD
Talbot |
Up the Neck Scruggs-Style Backup
Evans |
Using Theory to Play Better: Intervals, Chords, Substitutions, Etc.
McKinney |
Doing More With Less - How to Simplify the Art of Bluegrass Banjo
J Kruger |
Picking it Solid: Achieving Clarity, Punch, & Timing:
Wernick |
A Few Simple Tunes
Sumner |
The Claw-hammer Styles of Fields & Wade Ward
Brown |
If Bach Had a Banjo: Going Baroque, Clawham-mer Style
Miles |
Intro to Syncopation, Claw-hammer Style
Perlman |
Grandpa Jones Songs & Tunes
Barton Para |
Going Modal: Playing in "Sawmill" Tuning (gDGCD)
Mabus |
Using Hammers, Pulls, & Slides
McMurray |
Old-time Fiddle #4
Leftwich |
Bluegrass Guitar #4
U Kruger
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Bass #4 Landsberg |
Amplifying the Banjo: A Guide to Mics & PA Systems Billik (Rm. 412) |
12:15-1:15p |
Saturday Lunch: Kirk Cafeteria |
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1:15-1:45p |
Group Photo (Bring Your Instrument!); Location: Library Steps |
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Sat. 2:00-3:15p |
Developing Your Own Approach to Compositions for 5-String J Kruger |
A Scruggs-Style Approach to Fiddle Tunes, with some Melodic Licks Talbot |
3rds & 6ths: Playing Melody & Harmony Together Keith |
Walking Basslines, Texas-Swing & "Stride" Bass as Approaches to Backup McKinney |
Refine Your Backup: Using 2nds, 4ths, & 5ths Instead of 3rds in Common Chords Gaugier |
Drill on Rolling Through Chord Changes Wernick |
Basic Chord Theory & Chord Shapes Around the Neck Luberecki |
"Help, I Never Vamped Before!" Henry |
More Old-time Finger-picking: 2-finger & 3-finger Styles Brown |
Syncopation, Sound & Silence: the Style of Michael Miles Miles |
Exploring Cumber-land Gap Tuning Hurt |
Uncle Dave Macon's Cumberland Mt. Bear Chase Barton Para |
That Old-Time Rhythm Benford |
Theory for Novices: Keys, Chords & Tunings: Mabus |
Bluegrass Fiddle Knupfer |
Bluegrass Guitar #5 U Kruger |
Bass #5 Landsberg |
Open Old-time Jam Jabbour & D Para |
Sat. 3:30-4:45p |
Modern Jazz Improvisation, Part II: "Comping" (Chords & Rhythm) Cavanaugh |
Bluegrass to Western Swing: A New Slant on Bluegrass Chord Progressions Keith |
Earl Scruggs' Boogie-Woogie Style Evans |
Decon-stucting Blackberry Blossom: Make Up Your Own Breaks Luberecki |
Playing with Taste: Balancing Silence & Clutter Sumner |
Developing Speed McKinney |
Exploring & Maximizing Tone Talbot |
Learn a Tune or Two by Ear Henry |
Wade Ward's Clawham-mer Version of Chilly Winds Leftwich |
The Fiddle Tunes of Melvin Wine for Clawham-mer Benford |
Clawham-mer Backup Using Arpeggios & Bass Runs Perlman |
The Chuck & Other Rhythmic Space Fillers Hurt |
Banjo Pickin' Girls: Songs from the Coon Creek Girls & Cousin Emmy Barton Para |
Start Playing Today: Arranging Simple Songs for Banjo Brown |
Old-time Fiddle #5 Jabbour |
Old-time Guitar D Para |
Bass #6 Tom T. Ball |
Open Bluegrass Jam Knupfer |
5:00-5:45p |
Special Concert - Kruger Brothers Band: Auditorium. Or, Free Period: Jam on Your Own in Any Class Room or Public Area! |
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6-7:00p |
Saturday Dinner: Kirk Cafeteria |
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7:15-9:00p |
Faculty Concert, Part II: Auditorium |
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Sat. 9:15- 10:45p |
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Open Jam: Keith |
Experts' Jam: Cavanaugh, Knupfer, Kruger Bros Band, McKinney |
Intermediate Jam: Evans & Wernick |
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Intermediate Jam: Luberecki & Talbot |
Bluegrass Jam from a List: Sumner |
Slow Jam: Henry |
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Open Jam: Jabbour & Perlman |
Intermediate Jam: Leftwich & Brown |
Intermediate Jam: Benford & Mabus |
Old-time Jam from a List: Hurt |
Slow Jam: McMurray |
Vocals Jam: Barton Para, D Para |
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10:45-11:15 |
Snack Time!: Vestibule at Mott Main Entrance |
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11:15p-? Jams! |
Bluegrass Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: Any Classroom, Lounge, Vestibule, or Other Common Area |
Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: Any Classroom, Lounge, Vestibule, or Other Common Area |
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MIDWEST Banjo Camp Schedule, Sunday June 6
(Note: levels are at top of each column, unless otherwise noted)
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Bluegrass: Advanced |
Bluegrass: Advanced |
Bluegrass: Upper In-termediate |
Bluegrass: Upper Int-ermediate |
Bluegrass: Lower Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Lower Intermediate |
Bluegrass: Novice |
Old-time: Advanced / Fingerstyle |
Old-time: Advanced |
Old-time: Upper In-termediate |
Old-time: Upper Intermediate |
Old-time: Lower In-termediate |
Old-Time: Novice |
Fiddle Track |
Guitar Track |
Bass Track |
Jams & Special Classes As Noted |
8-9:00a |
Sunday Breakfast: Kirk Cafeteria |
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Sun 9:15-10:30a |
Blending Scruggs, Single String, & Melodic Styles Luberecki |
Melodic Frontiers: Using Penta- tonics & 4-String Arpeggios Keith |
Intro to Chord- Melody Playing McKinney |
Playing Fiddle Tunes Single- String Style Cavanaugh |
Effective Practice Strategies for Adult Learners Evans |
Playing Banjo with Vocals: A Game Plan Henry |
Instant Banjo: Finding Basic Melodies & Arange-ments J Kruger |
Converting Clawham-mer Arrange-ments to Old-time Finger-picking Benford |
Waltzes, Clawhammer Style Perlman |
Western North Caro-lina Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Hurt |
Four Keys, No Waiting: Changing Keys at Jams with Minimal Retuning Mabus |
Simple Tunes Everyone Should Know Leftwich |
Simple Backup for Novice Level Players Cathy Barton Para |
Bluegrass Fiddle Trouble- Shooting Knupfer |
Guitar D Para |
Bass #7 Jeremy Darrow |
Instant Clawham-mer for Bluegrass Players Miles |
Sun 10:45a - 12 noon |
Hot Rize Banjo: Tunes from the Band Repertoire Wernick |
Using 3-Finger Rolls on Single Strings Cavanaugh |
Counter-point Tricks: Blend Trad. & Contem-porary Bluegrass McKinney |
Playing in 3/4, or Waltz Time Talbot |
Simple Solos Starting with the Melody Luberecki |
An Easy Up the Neck Break Henry |
Review, Suggestions for the Future Sumner |
Clawham-mer Jazz: Dave Brubeck's Take Five Miles |
Round-Peak Retrospective: Contrasting Creed, Jarrell, & Cockerham Brown |
Ozark Fiddle Tunes Barton Para |
Making a Tune or Song Your Own Mabus |
Glen Smith's Mississippi Sawyer: A Simple Classic Benford |
Review, Suggestions for the Future McMurray |
Old-time Fiddle Class #6 Jabbour |
Bluegrass Guitar #5 U Kruger |
Bass #8 Landsberg |
Using Open-D Tuning in Clawhammer (f#DF#AD): Int. Level Richardson |
12:15-1:15p |
Sunday Lunch: Kirk Cafeteria |
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1:00-1:30p |
Artists' Store Last Call |
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1:30-245 |
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Farewell Bluegrass Jam |
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Farewell Old-Time Jam |
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3:00 PM |
Camp Ends |
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