American Banjo Camp Schedule, Sept. 10-12, 2004
All Classes are Instructional ("Hands-on") Unless Otherwise Noted
Look here for general schedule info.
Check the jam tunes lists here.
| Bluegrass | Bluegrass | Bluegrass | Old-Time | Old-Time | Old-Time | Novices | Special Events | ||
| Fri noon | Registration | ||||||||
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| Fri 12:30 - 2:15 | 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 | An Intro to Bluegrass Back-up (Davis) |
The Essential "Earl": Licks & Techniques for Intermediate Players (Evans) |
From Bluegrass to Western swing: A New Slant on Bluegrass Chord Progressions (Keith) |
Fiddle Tunes of Ed Haley for Clawhammer (Benford) |
Singing with the Banjo I: Backup Chording (Boosinger) |
Demo/Instructional: Black Banjo Styles (Seeger) |
Intro to Bluegrass Banjo: tuning, basic chords and 2-finger picking (Cahn) Intro to Old-time Banjo: tuning, first chords, the basic frailing rhythm (Smith) |
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| Fri 4:00 - 5:15 | An Intro to 3-finger Leads: Create a Solo for Any Tune (Davis) |
The Well Tempered Banjo: Playing in All 12 Keys (Barnes) |
Playing Fiddle Tunes with Drive (Stahlman) |
Intro to Round Peak Clawhammer (Leftwich) |
The Fundamentals of Drop and Double Thumbing (Perlman) |
Demo: Old Time Fingerpicking (Seeger & Benford) |
First 3-Finger Rolls (Cahn) Level II: More chords, working on the clawhammer right-hand (Smith) |
Old Time Fiddle Class (Williams) Backup Guitar Class (J. Canote) |
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| Fri 6 - 7 | Friday Dinner | ||||||||
| Fri 7:15 - 8:45 | Orientation / Meet the Faculty | ||||||||
| Fri 9 - 10:30pm | Jam "workshop" with: Langston, Williams, & Stahlman |
Jam with: Keith & Barnes |
Jam with: Davis & Evans |
Jam with: Leftwich & Benford |
Jam with: Lee & Boosinger |
Jam "workshop" with: Jere & Greg Canote |
Bluegrass Slow Jam with: Cahn Old-Time Slow Jam with: Smith |
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| Fri 10:45 - ? | Up to Speed Bluegrass Jam Hosts: Stahlman, Barnes, various "Guests |
Up to Speed Old-Time Jam Hosts: Jere & Greg Canote, various "Guests." |
Or, Start Your Own Jam! (Any Vacant Cabin) |
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| Sat 8 - 9:00 a.m. | Saturday Breakfast | ||||||||
| Sat 9:15 - 10:30 | Show Tunes & Big Band Tunes from the 1920s-40s for Bluegrass Banjo (Stahlman) |
From Scales and Modes to Leads and Breaks (Keith) |
The Styles of JD Crowe and Sonny Osborne (Evans) |
Ozark & Oklahoma Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer (Leftwich) |
Carter Family Songs (Boosinger) |
Creating "Breaks" in Clawhammer Style (Perlman) |
First Bluegrass Licks: combining rolls with hammers, pulls, & slides. (Cahn)
OT Melody and Fills Using Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, & Slides. (Smith) |
Old Time Jam Workshop (Greg & Jere Canote) |
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| Sat 10:45 - 12:00 Noon | Jazz chords on Banjo (Barnes) |
Demo/Instructional: Complete Review of Bluegrass Rolls (Keith) |
Back up à la "Earl." (Davis) |
That Old Time Rhythm (Benford) |
Dock Boggs Banjo: His Style and Repertoire (Seeger) |
Intro to Fretless (Leftwich) |
Bluegrass Jam Workshop for Novices (Cahn) Review of Clawhammer Basics (Perlman) |
Bluegrass Jam Workshop (Langston, Williams, & Stahlman) |
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| Sat 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. | Saturday Lunch | ||||||||
| Sat 1:30 - 2:45 | Intro to Playing Up the Neck in Bluegrass (Davis) |
Reading Standard Notation on Banjo (Barnes) |
Intermediate Bluegrass Backup (Evans) |
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer (Benford) |
Styles of Roscoe Holcomb & Other Thumb-lead Fingerpickers (Seeger) |
Singing with the Banjo II: Fillers and Lead-ins (Boosinger) |
Bluegrass: Solid Fundamentals to Build On (Stahlman) Basics of Old-Time Back-up for Songs & Tunes in both 4/4 & 3/4 Times (Smith) |
Special Jam: Northern & Celtic Tunes (Lee & Williams) Old-time Fiddle Class (G. Canote) |
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| Sat 3:00 - 4:15 | Secrets of Smooth Playing (Barnes) |
From Pythagorus to Bluegrass: The Mathematics of Music (Keith) |
Intro to the Single String Approach (Evans) |
Demo/Instructional: Round Peak Banjo & Fiddle Working Together (Benford & Leftwich) |
An Intro to Thumb Lead 2-finger Picking (Seeger) |
The Fiddle Tunes of Henry Reed; Tunes for Clawhammer (Perlman) |
First Bluegrass Solos: Building Leads from Roll Patterns (Davis) "In Good Time" Playing with good rhythm and in sync with others. (Boosinger) |
Intro to the Banjo Uke: (J. Canote) General Accompaniment Workshop: Finding the chords when you don't know the tune: (Lee) |
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| Sat 4:30 - 5:45 | Demo: Newly Composed Bluegrass Tunes (Barnes & Evans) |
Demo: All Scruggs, all the Time (Davis, Keith, & Stahlman with Langston) |
Demo: Traditional Songs from the mid-South (Boosinger, Seeger, Lee, & Leftwich) |
Demo: Tunes of Henry Reed and Edn Hammons on Clawhammer Banjo (Benford & Perlman) |
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| 6:00 - 7:00 | Saturday Dinner | ||||||||
| Sat 7:15 - 9:30 | Faculty Concert | ||||||||
| Sat 9:45 - 11:15 | Jam with: Williams, Langston, & Keith |
Jam with: Evans & Davis |
Jam with: Barnes & Stahlman |
Jam with: Benford & Boosinger |
Jam with: Seeger & Leftwich |
Jam with: Lee & Perlman |
Bluegrass Slow Jam Led by Cahn Old Time Slow Jam Led by Smith |
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| Sat 11:30 - late | (More or Less) Up to Speed Bluegrass Jam Hosts: Evans, Davis, plus various "Guests |
(More or Less) Up to Speed Old-Time Jam Hosts: Jere & Greg Canote, plus various "Guests." |
Or, Start Your Own Jam! (Any Vacant Cabin) |
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| 8 - 9 a.m. | Sunday Breakfast | ||||||||
| Sun 9:15 - 10:30 | Throw Away That Capo: Creating Solos Using Movable Major-Chord "Shapes." (Stahlman) |
From the Horse's Mouth: Using Keith Pegs for Soloing (Keith) |
Advanced Backup (Evans) |
Fiddle Tunes from North Carolina for Clawhammer (Boosinger) |
Advanced Round Peak Clawhammer (Leftwich) |
Hammer-ons, Pull-Offs, Triplets & Ornaments in Clawhammer Style (Perlman) |
Some great old time tunes for novices (Benford) |
Bluegrass: Playing With good tone and rhythm (Barnes) Fiddle Class (Williams) |
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| Sun 10:45 - 12 Noon | Using "Substitution" Chords (Davis) |
Beyond Bluegrass: Using 3-finger Banjo in Unusual Contexts (Barnes) |
Getting Drive & Tone in Bluegrass Banjo (Evans) |
Swing Chords on Banjo (Boosinger) |
Demo/Instructional: Three Right-Hand Sound-Alikes for Clawhammer (Seeger) |
Banjo Songs from Virginia & and North Carolina (Leftwich) |
Bluegrass: Review, and Suggestions for the Future (Stahlman) Old-Time: Review, and Suggestions for the Future (Smith) |
"Cross-Over" Demo: 3-Finger & Clawhammer banjo working together (Keith & Perlman) Old Time Fiddle Class (G. Canote) |
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| 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. | Sunday Lunch | ||||||||
| Sun 1:30 - 2:45 |
Cross-Over Demonstration Banjo Duets: Banjo-Banjo, Banjo-Fiddle, Etc. (Entire Banjo Faculty, assisted by Accompanists) |
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| 3:15 p.m. | Camp Ends | ||||||||