Bluegrass

Special Events

Old-Time

Auditorium

Cabin #1

Cabin #2

Intermediate

Cabin #3

Novice Track

Locations as Noted

Arts & Crafts

Cabin #4

Cabin #5 Intermediate

Cabin #6

Novice Track

Friday

12:00 - 2:15p

Registration

Outside Dining Hall

12:30-2:15p

Early Bird Bluegrass Jams: Auditorium or outside

Early Bird Old-Time Jams: Art & Crafts or outside

Friday

2:30 - 3:45p

Bluegrass Team-work: Playing with a Band

(Beazley)

Intro. to Melodic Bluegrass

(Keith)

Hearing the Basic Chord Changes:

I, IV & V

(Henry)

Intro. Class: Tuning, Basic Chords, Right- Hand Position.

(Stahlman)

Intro. to Melodic Clawhammer

(Bursen)

Fiddle Tunes of Ed Haley

(Benford)

Review of Clawhammer Basics

(Brown)

Intro. Class: Tuning, First Chords, the Basic Stroke (Smith)

Friday

4:00 - 5:15p

Stuff You Ain’t Supposed to Play on Banjo: Rock & Roll, Fret-Tapping, & Other Tricks

(Luberecki)

Playing in Keys other than G without a Capo (Schwimmer)

Drive & How to Get It

(Beazley)

First 3-Finger Rolls

(Stahlman)

Backup Guitar Class,

Cabin #8. (J. Canote)

The Banjo Legacy of Tommy Jarrell

(Brown)

Ozark & Okla-homa tunes for

Clawhammer

(Leftwich)

Drop-Thumbing & Double- Thumbing

(Perlman)

More Chords, & Working on the Right-hand (Smith)

6:00 - 7:00p

Friday Dinner

7:15 - 8:15p

Orientation / Meet the Faculty: Auditorium

8:15 - 9:30p

Faculty Concert, Part 1: Auditorium

Friday

9:45 - 11:15p

Jam with:

Schwimmer & Keith

Jam with:

Beazley & Henry

Jam workshop:

Luberecki, Langston, & Williams

Bluegrass Slow Jam:

Stahlman

Jam with:

Leftwich & Benford

Jam with:

Brown & Perlman

Jam workshop with:

Canotes, Bursen

Old-Time Slow Jam:

Smith

11:15 - 11:30p

Snack-Time

Friday

11:30p - ???

Bluegrass Jams:

Cabins 1-3, 7-9, Dining Hall

Late night jams!

Old-Time Jams:

Arts & Crafts Bldg., Cabins 4-6, 10-12

8:00 - 9:00a

Saturday Breakfast

Saturday

9:15 - 10:30a

Essential Chords & Rolls for Traditional Bluegrass (Keith)

Intro. to Single-String Playing

(Luberecki)

Hearing More “Complicated” Chords: A7, E7, B7, F

(Henry)

First Licks, Incorporating Hammers, Pulls, & Slides

(Stahlman)

Bluegrass Jam Workshop,

Richmond #1

(Beazley, Langston, & Williams)

Kentucky Fiddle Tunes

(Benford)

Creating Close-Harmony Parts

(Perlman)

Intro. to

Round Peak Clawhammer

(Leftwich)

Melody & Fills Using Hammers, Pulls, & Slides (Smith)

Saturday

10:45 - Noon

Single-Line Improvisation (Schwimmer)

Bluegrass Backup: an Overview

(Keith)

How to Get the Most from Your Practice Sessions

(Beazley)

Fundamentals to Build On

(Luberecki)

Old Time Jam Workshop,

Richmond #1

(G. & J. Canote)

Bells & Spaces in Clawhammer: The Styles of Wade Ward & Giles Lephew.

(Brown )

Triplets & Other Ornaments in Clawhammer

Style

(Bursen)

Intro. to Syncopation

(Perlman)

Basics of

Back-up

(Benford)

12:15 - 1:15p

Saturday Lunch

1:15 - 1:45p

Camp Photo: Location TBA (bring your banjo)

Saturday

2:00 - 3:15p

Back-up Approaches for Vocal Numbers

(Beazley)

Modernizing Scruggs-style Breaks in Straight-ahead Bluegrass (Schwimmer)

Playing Breaks in First Position

(Henry)

First Solos

(Stahlman)

Old-time Fiddle Class, Cabin #8.(G. Canote)

Fred Cockerham’s Banjo Style

(Leftwich)

Strategies for Playing Up the Neck in Clawhammer

(Perlman)

Intro. to old time finger-picking

(Brown)

First Fiddle Tunes

(Smith)

Saturday

3:30 - 4:45p

Blending Scruggs, Melodic, & Single String Styles

(Luberecki)

From Scales and Modes to Leads and Breaks

(Keith)

Turn a Simple Melody into a Break

(Schwimmer)

Help, I’ve Never Vamped Before!

(Henry)

Fiddle Class,

Cabin #8.

(Williams)

Playing Banjo-Guitar Duets

(Brown, J. Canote)

Getting the Most from the Least: the Art of Expression in Clawhammer

(Bursen)

That Old-time Rhythm

(Benford)

In Good Time: Playing in Sync with Others (Leftwich )

5:00-6:00p

Free Period (nap, practice, jam, walk, ...)

6:00 - 7:00p

Saturday Dinner

7:15 - 8:45p

Faculty Concert, Part 2: Auditorium

Saturday

9:00 - 10:30p

Jam with:

Luberecki, Schwimmer, & Langston

Jam with:

Keith & Williams

Intermediate Jam with: Beazley & Stahlman

Bluegrass Slow Jam: Henry

Jam with:

Leftwich, Brown

Jam with:

Canotes & Benford

Intermediate Jam with: Perlman & Bursen

Old Time Slow Jam: Smith

10:30p

Snack-Time

11:00p - ???

Bluegrass Jams: Cabins 1-3, 7-9, Dining Hall

Jamming!

Old-Time Jams: Arts & Crafts, Cabins 4-6, 10-12

8:00 - 9:00a

Sunday Breakfast

Sunday

9:15 - 10:30a

Earl Scruggs’

“Tuner-Tunes”

(Keith)

Creating Solos Using Movable Chord Shapes
(Stahlman)

Learn to Play Breakdowns by Ear

(Henry)

Achieve Good Right-Hand Tone from the Start

(Beazley)

Intro to the Banjo Uke & Clawhammer- Uke, Cabin #8

(J. Canote)

Dock Boggs’ Old-time Fingerpicking Style

(Benford)

Hornpipes & Strathspeys in Clawhammer

(Perlman)

Intro to Song Accompaniment

(Bursen)

Some Great Tunes for Novices

(Smith)

Sunday

10:45a - Noon

Into the Jazz Realm: Chords & Chord Progressions

(Keith)

Building Solos Based on the Melody,

int.-adv. level

(Luberecki)

Fancy Scruggs Style Back-up, One Lick at a Time

(Henry)

Review, Suggestions for the Future

(Stahlman)

Fiddle Tune Variations, from Bare Bones to Full Monte

(Bursen)

Demo/Instruc-tional: Round Peak Banjo & Fiddle Working Together.

(Brown,

Leftwich)

Some Great Tunes for Intermediates

(Benford)

Bring Your Right Hand to the Next Level

(Perlman)

12:15 - 1:15p

Sunday Lunch

Sunday

1:30 - 2:45p

Demo: Far-Out Breaks & Solos,

(Luberecki, Langston, Stahlman)

Demo: Bluegrass & Old-time Banjo Working

together,

(Keith, Perlman)

Demo: Singing with the Banjo, Dining Room

(Beazley, Bursen, Henry, Smith)

Demo: Unusual Tunes & Variants,

(Benford, Brown, Leftwich)

3:00p

 Camp Ends