Bluegrass,

Bluegrass,

Bluegrass,

Bluegrass

Intermediate

Bluegrass

Novice

Demos

Old-time,

Old-time,

Old-time,

Old-time

Intermediate

Old-Time Novice

Special Classes

Fri noon

Registration: East Wing Front Hall

Fri. 12:30-2:15p

Early Blue-grass Jam

Early Old- Time Jam

1:15p

Faculty Meeting: Special Dining Rm.

Fri 2:30-3:45p

Intro to Jazz Chords & Fingersing Positions on Banjo

Jones

The Essential Earl: Licks & Techniques

Evans

Roll-Logic:

How the Rolls Work

Munde

Hearing the Basic Chord Changes:

I-IV-V

Henry

The Three Basic Rolls

Sumner

Intro to Minstrel Style Claw-hammer

Buehling
more info

Missouri Fiddle-Contest Tunes, Clawham-mer Style

Barton-Para
more info

“The Banjo Style of Uncle Dave Macon”

Seeger
more info

Review of Clawham-mer Basics

Miles

Getting Started at Clawham-mer

Woodward

Staff Rehearsals

Knupfer,

Marshall,

McKeever

Fri 4:00-5:15p

Intro to

Be-Bop Banjo

Barnes
more info

Constructing Solos in All Twelve Keys

Cahill

Intro to Single-String Style

Luberecki
more info

Drive & How to Get It

Beazley

Working on Chords

Sumner

Demo: Black & Minstrel Banjo Styles:

Seeger,

Buehling

Tunes from Ozark Fiddlers

Barton Para
more info

Intro to Round Peak Clawhammer

Joe Newberry
more info

Singing with the Banjo

Fink

Fundamentals of Drop- and Double-Thumbing

Perlman

First Chords, Working on the Right Hand

Woodward

Staff Rehearsals

Knupfer,

Marshall,

McKeever

6-7:00p

Friday Dinner: Dining Hall

7:15-8:00p

Orientation

8-9:15p

Faculty Concert, Part 1

Fri.9:30-11:00p

Jam with: Barnes & Luberecki

Jam with: Evans & Munde

Intermediate Jam with: Cahill & Jones

Jam Workshop: Henry, Knupfer, McKeever

Slow Jam with: Sumner & Sedgwick

Vocals Jam & Song Circle with: Miles

Jam with: Newberry

Jam with: Perlman & Barton Parra

Jam Workshop: Marshall, Fink, Marxer

Slow Jam: Woodward

Minstrel & Classic Era Jam: Buehling

Fri

11:10p-?

Bluegrass Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

8-9:00a

Saturday Breakfast: Dining Hall

Sat 9:15-10:30a

Where’d Everybody Go?: Bluegrass without the Band

Barnes

Mapping Out a Tune from Start to Finish

Evans
more info

Playing in the Minor Keys

Cahill

Appropriate & Musical Backup for Vocals

Beazley

Help, I’ve Never Vamped Before!

Henry

Intro to the Akonting: a West African precursor of the banjo.

Sedgwick
more info

Playing Close Harmonies, for Clawham-mer

Perlman
more info

Minstrel Versions of Old-time Tunes

Buehling
more info

Arranging a Song & Its Accompani-ment

Fink

Putting Drive in the Right Hand

Newberry

More Right-Hand Work, First Fiddle Tunes

Woodward

Banjo Set-up and Design

Nechville
more info

Sat. 10:45-12:00 noon

Stuff You Ain’t Supposed to Play on Banjo

Luberecki
more info

Fundamentals of Bluegrass Backup

Munde

Plug-In & Play Impro-visation

Jones
more info

Hearing More Complicated Chords: A7, E7 B7, F

Henry

First Banjo Tunes

Mike Sumner

Demo: All Scruggs, All the Time

Barnes, Cahill, Evans

North Caro-lina Tunes for Claw-hammer

Newberry

If Bach Had a Banjo: Baroque Music for Claw-hammer

Miles

Clawham-mer versions of Bluegrass Instrumen-tals & Songs

Seeger
more info

Grandpa Jones’ Songs & Tunes

Barton-Para
more info

Using Hammers, Pulls, & Slides

Woodward

Old-time Fiddle Class

Marshall

12:15-1:15p

Saturday Lunch: Dining Hall

1:15-1:45p

Official Group Photo (Bring Your Banjo!): Location TBA

2:00-3:15p

Integrating Scruggs, Melodic & Single-String Styles

Cahill
more info

Playing in Keys Other than G Without the Capo

Munde

Jamming with Harmonized Scales

Jones

Breaks in First Position

Henry

Good Tone & Timing from the Start

Beazley

Demo:

Banjo Twilight Zone:

Barnes, Luberecki

Illinois Fiddle Tunes for Banjo

Barton Para

Hammers & Pull-offs for Melody & Ornamen-tation

Perlman
more info

Dock Boggs’ “Danville Girl”

Seeger
more info

Playing in 3/4 Time, Clawham-mer Style

Fink

Basics of Backup

Miles

Backup Guitar Class

McKeever

3:30-4:45p

Adding Jazz to Bluegrass, & Bluegrass to Jazz

Jones

Fretboard Geography: Chords & Scales

Munde

Killer Right Hand Tone: Tips & Exercises

Luberecki

Using the “In the Mood” Roll for Back-Up

Evans
more info

From Vamping to Lead

Mike Sumner

Demo:

Women of the Banjo

Barton Para

Beazley, Fink, Henry

Classic Banjo: An Intro to Pre-Bluegrass Fingerstyle

Buehling
more info

Syncopation,

Sound, & Silence

Miles
more info

Fiddle Tunes of Henry Reed, for Clawham-mer

Perlman

Great Tunes Using Only the 2^nd Fret & 5^th String.

Newberry
more info

More Fiddle Tunes

Woodward

Bluegrass Fiddle TroubleShooting

Knupfer

4:45-5:45p

Free Period: Or, Jam on Your Own in Any Class Room or Public Area

6:00-7:00p

Saturday Dinner, Dining Hall

7:15-8:45p

Faculty Concert

 9-10:30p

Jam with: Munde & Cahill

Jam with: Barnes & Jones

Jam with: Beazley & Luberecki

Intermediate Jam: Evans & Henry

 Slow Jam:Sumner

Jam with: Newberry & Perlman

Jam with: Fink & Barton Para

Old-time Vocals Jam: Seeger

Intermediate Jam: Miles

Slow Jam: Woodward

Minstrel & Classic Era Jam: Buehling

10:35-10:55

Snack Time!: Location TBA

11:00p-?

Jams!

Bluegrass Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

Sun. 8-9a

Sunday Breakfast: Dining Hall

Sun 9:15-10:30a

Advanced Back-Up

Jones

Fiddle Tune Arrangements

Munde

Blues & Modal Playing

Evans

Single-string Scales Workshop

Barnes

Fundamen-tals to Build On

Luberecki

Old-time Banjo Solo

Tunes

Newberry

Celtic Tunes for Minstrel Banjo

Buehling
more info

Hornpipes & Strathspeys, Clawham-mer Style

Perlman

Intros, Endings & Fillers

Miles

Right Hand Drills for Solid Playing.

Fink

Demo-Instructional. The Rhythm in the Bones: How to Play "the Bones" & Make Your Own Set.

Ervin

Sun 10:45-12 noon

Performance Lab: the Doctor is In!

Beazley

Slow Songs on Banjo

Cahill

Beyond Bluegrass:

Banjo in Unusual Contexts

Barnes

Intro to Simple Improv-isation

Henry

More Tunes, Suggestions for the Future

Sumner

Demo & Panel: Composing for Banjo

Evans, Miles, Munde

Thumb-Lead Fin-gerstyle:

including Roscoe Holcomb

Seeger

Using the Banjo to Flavor a Vocal Performance

Newberry

Creating Variations on a Tune

Fink

Jimmy Driftwood Songs & Tunes

Barton-Para
more info

Reviewing the Basic Skills

Woodward

Old-time Fiddle Class

12:15-1:15

Sunday Lunch: Dining Hall

Sun 1:30-2:45

Demo: Bluegrass Songs on Banjo

Beazley,

Henry, Sumner

 Demo: Blues Banjo

Evans, Jones, Barnes

Demo: Fiddle Tunes on Banjo

Barton Para,

Luberecki, Munde, Perlman

Demo: Classic Banjo, an Overview

Buehling

Demo: Old-time Songs on Banjo.

Fink,

Newberry, Seeger, Woodward

The Magic Banjo: from the Stage Presentation

Miles

3:00 PM

 Camp Ends