American Banjo Camp
Schedule, Sept. 5-7 2003
All Classes are Instructional
(“Hands-on”) Unless Otherwise Noted
|
|
Bluegrass Cabin 1 |
Bluegrass Cabin 2 |
Bluegrass Cabin 3 |
Old-Time Cabin 4 |
Old-Time Cabin 5 |
Old-Time Cabin 6 |
Special Events (Location as Noted) |
||
|
Friday
noon-2:30 |
Registration (Dining Hall) |
||||||||
|
12:30-2:15 |
Early
Bird Bluegrass Jam |
|
Early
Bird Old Time Jam |
|
|||||
|
1:15-2:15 |
Faculty Meeting (Auditorium) |
||||||||
|
2:30-3:45 |
"The
Basics of Bluegrass
Banjo" (Schwimmer) |
Bluegrass
Banjo Backup I: "Down the Neck" (Evans) |
De‑Mystifying Bluegrass Harmony (Keith) |
That
Old Time Rhythm (Benford) |
Arranging
Songs for Old Time Banjo (Leftwich) |
An
Intro to Basic Clawhammer Skills (Perlman) |
|
Fiddle
Class (Level
and Subject to be Determined) Williams Cabin 7 |
|
|
4:00-5:15 |
Creating
Your own Breaks with Melody, Rolls & Chord Shapes (Schwimmer) |
Getting
Drive and Tone in Bluegrass Banjo (Evans) |
Constructive
Jam Workshop (Keith) |
Kentucky
Fiddle Tunes (Benford)
|
Fundamentals
of Round Peak Clawhammer (Leftwich) |
Concepts
for Playing Up the Neck in Claw- hammer
Style (Perlman) |
Principles
of Backup- Guitar
J.
Canote, with G.Canote Cabin 7 |
|
|
|
6:00-7:00 |
Friday Dinner |
||||||||
|
7:15-8:30 |
Orientation / Meet the Faculty (Auditorium) |
||||||||
|
Friday
8:45-? |
Bluegrass
Slow Jam, Leader: David
Cahn Cabin 1 |
Bluegrass
Up-to-Speed Jam Leaders: Langston, Williams,
Evans (1st hr.),
Schwimmer (2nd hr). Dining Hall |
|
Old
Time Slow Jam Leader: Laura
Smith Cabin 4 |
Old
Time Up-to-Speed Jam Leaders: G. Canote, J.Canote Benford (1st
hr.) Leftwich & Perlman
(2nd hr.) Auditorium
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saturday 8:00-9:00 |
Saturday Breakfast |
||||||||
|
9:15-10:30 |
"The
Basics of Bluegrass Banjo ‑ Level II" (Schwimmer) |
Earl’s
Way (Evans) |
Western
Swing Chord Progressions (Keith) |
The
Fiddle Tunes of Ed Haley for Clawhammer Banjo (Benford) |
The
Thumb-Lead Two Finger Style of Carroll County, Virginia (Leftwich)
|
Fundamentals
of Drop and Double Thumbing in Clawhammer (Perlman) |
|
|
|
|
10:45-noon |
|
Basic
Bluegrass Rolls (Evans) |
Fiddle
Tunes Melodic Style (Keith) |
De‑Constructing
a Fiddle Tune to Come up with an Old Time Arrangement (Benford) |
Finding
your Way Around a Fretless (Leftwich) |
|
How
to Jam: A User Friendly Approach to the Old Time Session (Greg & Jere
Canote) Auditorium |
Northern/
Northwest Up-to-Speed Jam (Williams
/ Langston) Dining Hall |
|
|
12:15-1:15 |
Saturday Lunch Around 1 PM
begin to congregate outside Dining Hall for Camp Photo! Hopefully, we’ll get
it done in time for the next class. |
||||||||
|
1:30-2:45 |
Throw
that Tab Away and Play "By
Ear" (Schwimmer)
|
The
Styles of JD Crowe and Sonny Osborne (Evans) |
|
My
Take on Clawhammer Basics (Benford) |
|
The
Tunes of Henry Reed & Edn Hammons,
Clawhammer Style (Perlman) |
Old-time
Fiddle Class (Level & Subject TBA) (Greg
Canote) Cabin 7 |
Bluegrass
Jams; A “How-to”
(Williams
/ Langston) Dining Hall |
|
|
3:00-4:15 |
Playing
in Keys Other than G, Without the Capo (Schwimmer) |
|
Presentation: Complete
Review of Bluegrass Rolls (Keith) |
|
Intermediate/Advanced
Round Peak Style (Leftwich) |
A
"Melodic" Approach to Old Time Back‑Up (Perlman,
Greg Canote) |
An
Intro to the Banjo-Uke (Jere
Canote) Cabin 4 |
|
|
|
4:30-5:45
|
Cross-Over
Demo: Fiddle Tunes on Banjo (Entire Banjo Faculty, assisted by Accompanists) (Auditorium) |
||||||||
|
6:00-7:00 |
Saturday Dinner |
||||||||
|
Saturday
7:15-9:15 |
Faculty Concert (Auditorium) |
||||||||
|
Saturday
9:30-? |
Bluegrass
Slow Jam Leader David
Cahn Cabin 1 |
Bluegrass
Up-to-Speed Jam Leaders: Langston, Williams, Keith (1st
hr), Evans & Schwimmer (2nd hr) Auditorium |
|
Old
Time Slow Jam Leader Laura
Smith Cabin 4 |
Old
Time Up-to-Speed Jam Leaders: G. Canote, J.Canote Leftwich (1st
hr) Benford & Perlman (2nd hr) Dining Hall |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Sunday
8:00-9:00 |
Sunday Breakfast |
|||||||
|
9:15-10:30 |
Bluegrass
Basics, Bringing it All Together (Schwimmer) |
An
Intro to the Single‑String Approach in 3‑Finger Style (Evans) |
From
Pythagoras to Bluegrass: The Mathematics of Music (Keith) |
More
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (Benford) |
Review
of Clawhammer Basics (Leftwich) |
Hornpipes,
Jigs and Waltzes in Clawhammer Style (Perlman) |
Old
Time Tunes Taught to Banjoists (G.
Canote) Cabin 7 |
|
|
10:45-noon |
Playing
Bluegrass Banjo in Non-Bluegrass Settings (Schwimmer) |
Bluegrass
Backup II: Up the Neck and Vamping (Evans) |
Demo:
Hands Across the Boundary: Bluegrass & Old Time Banjo Working Together (Keith
& Perlman) Dining
Hall |
Improvisation
and Variation in Clawhammer (Benford) |
The
Round Peak Approach to Fiddle Backup (Leftwich/Greg
Canote) |
|
|
Northern/
Northwest Tunes Taught to Banjoists (Williams)
Cabin 7 |
|
12:15-1:15 |
Sunday Lunch |
|||||||
|
1:30-2:45 |
Writing
New Tunes for Bluegrass Banjo (Schwimmer, Evans) |
|
Systems
for Exploring the Melodic Style (Keith) |
|
Banjo
Songs from Virginia and North Carolina (Leftwich) |
Demo:
Tunes of Henry Reed and Edn Hammons on Clawhammer Banjo (Benford,
Perlman) |
|
|
|
Sunday
3:00 |
Camp Ends |
|||||||