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MIDWEST Banjo Camp Schedule, JUNE 4-6 , 2010

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All Classes are Instructional (Hands-on) Unless Otherwise Noted

 

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

12:15-1:30p

 

Early Bird Bluegrass Jam

 

Early Bird Old-Time Jam:

 

12:30-1:30p

Faculty Meeting: Kirk Cafeteria Conference Rm

1:45-2:45p

Orientation: Auditorium

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


 

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

7:15-9:15p

Faculty Concert, Part I: Auditorium

Fri.9:30-10:45p

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 



MIDWEST Banjo Camp Schedule, Saturday June 5, 2010

(Note: levels are at top of each column, unless otherwise noted)

 

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

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

Bass #4

Landsberg

Amplifying the Banjo: A Guide to Mics & PA Systems


Billik

(Rm. 412)

12:15-1:15p

Saturday Lunch: Kirk Cafeteria

1:15-1:45p

Group Photo (Bring Your Instrument!); Location: Library Steps

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!

6-7:00p

Saturday Dinner: Kirk Cafeteria

7:15-9:00p

Faculty Concert, Part II: Auditorium

Sat. 9:15- 10:45p

 

Open Jam:

Keith

Experts' Jam: Cavanaugh,

Knupfer,

Kruger Bros Band,

McKinney

Intermediate Jam:

Evans & Wernick

 

Intermediate Jam:

Luberecki & Talbot

Bluegrass Jam from a List:

Sumner

Slow Jam:

Henry

 

 

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

 

 

10:45-11:15

Snack Time!: Vestibule at Mott Main Entrance

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

 

 


MIDWEST Banjo Camp Schedule, Sunday June 6

(Note: levels are at top of each column, unless otherwise noted)

 

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

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

1:00-1:30p

Artists' Store Last Call

1:30-245

 

Farewell Bluegrass Jam

 

Farewell Old-Time Jam

 

3:00 PM

 Camp Ends