Midwest
Banjo Camp Schedule, JUNE 3-5, 2005 Midwest
Banjo Camp Schedule, JUNE 3-5, 2005
All Classes are Instructional (Hands-on) Unless Otherwise Noted
| bluegrass | bluegrass | bluegrass | bluegrass | old-time | old-time | old-time | Novices | |
| Fri noon | Registration | |||||||
| Fri. 12:30-2:15 PM |
Early Bird Bluegrass Jammers Congregate Here. |
Early
Bird Old Time Jammers
Congregate Here. |
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| Fri 1:15 | Faculty Meeting: | |||||||
| Fri 2:30-3:45 |
Intro. to Single String Playing. (Luberecki) |
From
Bluegrass to Western swing: A New Slant on Bluegrass Chord Progressions. (Keith) |
The Essential Earl: Licks & Techniques for Intermediate Players.(Evans) |
Fiddle Tunes of Ed Haley for Clawhammer. (Benford) |
Song-Arranging for Clawhammer. (Miles) |
Demo/Instruc-tional: Black Banjo Styles. (Seeger) |
Bluegrass.
Intro Class: The 3 Basic Rolls. (Henry) -------- Old Time Intro Class: Tuning, First Chords, the Basic Frailing Rhythm.(Mabus) |
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| Fri 4:00-5:15 | Creating
Solos in a Bluegrass Style.
(Munde) |
The
Well Tempered Banjo: Playing in All 12 Keys. (Barnes) |
Intro.
to Bluegrass Composition. (Cyporyn) |
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Demo: Old Time Fingerpicking. (Martin, Gellert) |
The Fundamentals of Drop- and Double-Thumbing. (Perlman) |
Intro to Round Peak Clawhammer. (Leftwich) |
Learning
to Hear Chord Changes.
(Henry) -------- Old-time: More Chords, Working on the Right hand.(Mabus) |
| Fri 6-7:00 | Friday Dinner | |||||||
| Fri. 7:15- 8:45 |
Orientation / Meet the Faculty | |||||||
| Fri.9-10:30 | Jam
with: Evans & Munde |
Jam
with: Cyporyn & Luberecki |
Jam
Workshop with: Barnes, Keith, Rossbach & Knupfer |
Jam
with: Martin & Gellert |
Jam
with: Benford & Leftwich |
Intermediate Jam: Led by Miles | Bluegrass
Slow Jam: Led by Henry Led by Mabus |
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| Fri 10:45-? | Bluegrass Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: | Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: | ||||||
| bluegrass | bluegrass | bluegrass | bluegrass | old-time | old-time | old-time | Novices | Spec. Events | |
| 8-9:00 AM | Saturday Breakfast | ||||||||
| Sat 9:15- 10:30 |
Jazz Chords on Banjo. (Barnes) |
Roll Logic: How the Rolls Work. (Munde) |
Up the Neck Backup Basics. (Evans) |
Fundamentals of Banjo Set-Up (Luberecki) |
Ozark & Oklahoma Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer. (Leftwich) |
Principles of Back-Up, Clawhammer Style, Int/Adv. Level. (Perlman) |
Dock Boggs Style: Learn Boggs'Version of Sugar Baby, and more. (Seeger) |
Bluegrass. Help, I've Never Vamped Before!(Henry) --------- Old Time:Melody & Fills Using Hammers, Pulls, & Slides. (Mabus) |
Old
Time Jam Workshop, (Gellert, Martin Rossbach) |
| Sat. 10:45-12:00 noon |
Tools & Techniques: Using 3rds & 6ths in Bluegrass. (Munde) |
From Scales and Modes to Leads and Breaks. (Keith) |
Stuff You Ain't Supposed to Play on Bluegrass Banjo: Rock & Roll, Fret-Tapping & Other Weird Tricks. (Luberecki) |
Bluegrass Jam Workshop (See Special Events) |
That Old Time Rhythm. (Benford) |
Repertoire Class: Twin Sisters, House Carpenter, June Apple (Martin |
If Bach Had a Banjo: Clawhammer Settings of Baroque Music. (Miles) |
Bluegrass: First Banjo Tune(s). (Henry) ---------- Old-time: First Fiddle Tunes. (Mabus) |
Bluegrass Jam Workshop (Cyporyn, Rossbach & Knupfer) |
| 12:15-1:15 PM | Saturday
Lunch |
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| Sat 1:30-2:45 |
Chord Soloing & Voice-Leading (Keith) |
Where'd Everyone Go?: Playing Bluegrass without the Band. (Barnes) |
Playing Slow Songs, Bluegrass Style: Backup & Solos. (Evans) |
Scruggs-Style Improvization: Rearranging Licks to Make New Songs (Henry) |
Clawhammer Repertoire Class: Tater Patch, Last Chance, Chinqapin. (Martin) |
Strategies for Playing Up the Neck in Clawhammer. (Perlman) |
Making the Banjo Talk: Finding the Native Language of Old-Time Banjo. (Gellert) |
Licks & Tricks for Novices. (Cyporyn) -------- Old-Time: Review of Clawhammer Basics. (Miles) |
Backup Guitar Class. (Rossbach) ---- Bluegrass Fiddle Trouble-Shooting Session (Knupfer) |
| Sat 3:00-4:15 |
Demo: Melodic Summit: (Keith, Munde |
Demo: Banjo Twilight Zone. (Luberecki, Barnes) |
Demo: All Scruggs, all the Time. (Evans, Henry, with Rossbach) |
Michael Miles' Clawhammer: Using Tone, Articulation, Phrasing & Silence to Create a Tapestry of Sound (Miles) |
The Thumb-lead Fingerpicking Styles of Roscoe Holcomb & B.F. Shelton. (Seeger) |
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer. (Benford) |
Old-Time Novice Class. In Good Time: Playing in Synch with Others. (Leftwich) |
Old-time Fiddle Class. (Gellert) --- |
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| Sat. 4:30-5:45 |
Blending Scruggs, Melodic & Single String Styles. (Luberecki) |
Int./Adv. Bluegrass Back-Up. (Munde) |
Bach Minuets for Bluegrass Banjo. (Cyporyn) |
Work That Metronome!: Keeping a Rock-Solid Beat in Bluegrass. (Barnes) |
Demo: Traditional Songs form the mid South. (Seeger, Leftwich) |
Demo: Tunes of Henry Reed and Edn Hammons for Clawhammer. (Benford, Perlman) |
Demo: Unusual Tunings: (Gellert, Martin) |
Bluegrass Novice Class: From Vamping to Lead. (Henry) |
Demo: Composition Round-Table. (Miles, Cyporyn, Mabus) |
| 6-7:00 | Saturday Dinner | ||||||||
| Sat. 7:15-9:45 | Faculty Concert | ||||||||
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Sat. 10:00-11:15 |
Jam with: Barnes & Luberecki |
Jam with: Munde, Keith, Rossbach & Knupfer |
Jam with: Evans & Cyporyn |
Jam with: Martin & Leftwich |
Jam with: Benford & Gellert |
Intermediate Jam: led by Perlman & Miles |
Bluegrass Slow Jam: Led by Henry -------- Old Time Slow Jam: Led by Mabus
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Sat.11:30-? |
Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: | Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces: | |||||||
| bluegrass | bluegrass | bluegrass | bluegrass | old-time | old-time | old-time | Novices | Spec. Events | |
| 8-9 AM | Sunday Breakfast | ||||||||
| Sun 9:15-10:30 |
Building Solos Based on the Melody (Luberecki |
Fiddle Tune Arrangements (Munde) |
From Pythagorus to Bluegrass: The Mathematics of Music. (Keith) |
Intro to Classic Banjo. (Evans) |
Playing by Ear: Getting the Tunes in Your Head onto Your Banjo. (Martin) |
Hammer-ons, Pull-Offs, Triplets & Ornaments in Clawhammer Style. (Perlman |
Advanced Round Peak Clawhammer. (Leftwich) |
Bluegrass: Playing with Good Tone and Rhythm. (Barnes) ------- Old Time:some Great Old Tunes for Novices. (Benford) |
Instant Clawhammer for Bluegrass Pickers: Cast Away Those Fingerpicks & Play Banjo the Old-Fashioned Way. (Miles) |
| Sun 10:45-12 noon |
Single-String Movable Scales in All Keys for Bluegrass Banjo. (Cyporyn) |
Playing in the keys of C and D, bluegrass Style (Evans)
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Beyond Bluegrass: Using 3 finger Banjo in Unusual Contexts. (Barnes) |
From the Horse's Mouth: Using Keith-Tuners for Soloing. (Keith) |
The Old Jimmy Sutton: A Study in Syncopation. (Gellert) |
Clawhammer Sound-Alikes:Three Up-Picking Styles that Mimic Down-Picking. (Seeger) |
Syncopation & Improvisation as Composing Tools for Clawhammer. (Miles) |
Bluegrass.
Beginning Chord Theory, 2nd Tune. (Henry) ------- Old-time: Review, Suggestiions for Future.(Mabus ) |
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| 12:10-12:30 PM | Group Photo | ||||||||
| 12:45-1:45 | Sunday Lunch | ||||||||
| Sun 2-3:10 |
Bluegrass Demonstration: Banjo Duets. (Barnes, Cyporyn, Evans, Henry, Keith, Luberecki, Munde, Rossbach) |
Old-Time
Demonstration: Banjo-Fiddle Duets. (Benford, Gellert, Leftwich, Mabus, Martin, Miles, Perlman, Seeger) |
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| Sun 3:15 | Camp Ends | ||||||||
