Old-Time

Advanced

Track

Old-Time

Advanced

Track

Old-Time

Upper- Intermediate Track

Old-Time Lower- Intermediate Track

Old-Time Novice Track

African-Roots Track /

Non-Banjo Classes

Bluegrass Intermediate Track

Bluegrass

Advanced Track

Fri. 12:15p

Registration Begins: Dining Hall

Faculty Meeting: Rec Hall

The Pulse of Old-time Banjo: Using Pull-Offs for Rhythmic Fill-ins

Dan Gellert

Clawgrass: Using Clawhammer in a Bluegrass Context

Mark Johnson

Intro to Round Peak Clawhammer

Brad Leftwich

Review of Clawhammer Fundamentals

Bob Carlin

 Intro to Clawhammer: The Basic Stroke

Chuck Levy

Intro to the Akonting

Paul Sedgwick (with Ndiaye & Adams )

Review of Scruggs- Style Techniques

Janet Davis

Intro. to Melodic Bluegrass

Bill Keith

Tommy Jarrell’s Clawhammer Style

Brad Leftwich

Alternate Tunings: Match the Tuning to the Song’s Mood

Bob Carlin

Strategies for Arranging Songs for Banjo

Laura Boosinger

Fundamentals of Drop- & Double-Thumbing

Ken Perlman

Introducing Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, & Slides

Chuck Levy

Old-time Fiddle Class

Dan Gellert

Chord Shapes Fundamentals: Play in Any Key

Janet Davis

From Bluegrass to Western Swing: A New Slant on Bluegrass Chord Progressions

Bill Keith

Friday Dinner: Dining Hall

Orientation, Meet the Faculty: Rec Hall

Old-time Up to Speed Jam:

Leaders:

Leftwich & Carlin

Old-time Intermediate Jam

Leaders:

Gellert & Boosinger

Old-time Jam.

Slow

Leaders:

Levy & Paine

Bluegrass Slow Jam:

Leaders:

Davis & Johnson

Bluegrass Up to Speed Jam:

Leader: Keith

10:15p-?

Jamming Continues: Start Your Own!

Saturday Breakfast: Dining Hall

Sat. 9:15-10:30a

Wade Ward’s Clawhammer Style

Brad Leftwich

Playing Lead Clawhammer Licks in Double-C-tuning

Mark Johnson

Making More Music with Fewer Notes

Dan Gellert

The Art of Singing with the Banjo

Laura Boosinger

Putting Basic Skills to Work

Chuck Levy

Trad. Tunes from Djem-bering, Senegal

Sana Ndiaye (with Sedgwick & Adams)

Work Out Arrangements from Melody, Rolls & Licks

Janet Davis

From Scales and Modes to Leads and Breaks

Bill Keith

Intro to Old-Time 3-Finger Picking

Dan Gellert

Kyle Creed’s Clawhammer Style

Bob Carlin

Intro to the 6-String Banjo (5 Long Strings, 1 Short)

Chuck Levy

Strategies for Improving Your Left Hand

Ken Perlman

Clawhammer Back-Up from Scratch

Mark Johnson

Old-time fiddle class

Brad Leftwich

Intro to Bluegrass Backup

Janet Davis

Complete Review of Bluegrass Rolls

Bill Keith

12:15p

Saturday Lunch: Dining Hall

1:15-1:45p

Camp Photo: Location TBA

Rapping the Banjo: the Gellert Approach to the Clawhammer Right Hand

Dan Gellert

Playing Up the Neck in Clawhammer.

Ken Perlman

Improving Your Clawhammer Tone & Musicianship

Mark Johnson

How to Simplify A Tune So You Can Play It

Bob Carlin

Playing in Synch with Others

Laura Boosinger

Backup Guitar Class: Bill Paine

Scruggs Style Backup for Vocals

Janet Davis

Fiddle Tunes , 3-Finger Style

Bill Keith

Intro to 2-finger Picking: the Style of Carroll County,

Virginia

Brad Leftwich

Syncopation & Ragtime, Clawhammer Style

Ken Perlman

Florida Fiddle Tunes

Chuck Levy

Basics of I-IV-V Arranging

Laura Boosinger

Proper LH and RH Positions

Bob Carlin

Contemporary Compositions for Akonting

Sana Ndiaye (with Sedgwick & Adams)

Ask the Masters:

Bluegrass Banjo Clinic.

Janet Davis, Bill Keith

Free Period :

Optional Activity: Set-Up Class with Wayne Rogers of Gold Tone Banjos. Location: Gold Tone Exhibit

Saturday Dinner: Dining Hall

Faculty Concert: Rec Hall

Old-time Up to Speed Jam:

Leaders:

Gellert & Carlin

Old-time Intermediate Jam

Leaders:

Leftwich, Levy & Paine

Old-time Jam.

Slow

Leader:

Boosinger

Bluegrass Slow Jam:

Leaders:

Davis

Bluegrass Up to Speed Jam:

Leader: Keith & Johnson

 11:00p-?

Jamming Continues!

Sunday Breakfast: Dining Hall

Using Roll Patterns & Licks in Clawhammer

Mark Johnson

Celtic Reels, Clawhammer Style

Ken Perlman

The Galax Lick & Other Cool Things to Do With Your Thumb

Brad Leftwich

Carter Family Songs

Laura Boosinger

Reviewing Clawhammer Basics

Chuck Levy

Simple & Complex Rhythms on the Akonting

Adams & Ndiaye

Scruggs Style Vocals for Fiddle Tunes

From Pythagoras to Bluegrass: The Mathematics of Music

Bill Keith

Sun 10:45a-12 noon

Banjo Pickin’ Girl: Melding Banjo & Song in Performance

Laura Boosinger

Intro to Fretless Banjo

Bob Carlin

Maggie Hammons’

Rabbit Skip:

African Rhythms in the Right Hand but Just One LH Finger.

Dan Gellert

Easy Tunes Everyone Should Know

Brad Leftwich

Bring Your Right Hand Technique to the Next Level

Ken Perlman

Review of Akonting Techniques,

Suggestions for Future Study

Adams & Ndiaye

Demo-Instructional:

How Clawhammer & Bluegrass Can Work Together

Janet Davis, Bill Keith, Mark Johnson

Sunday Lunch: Dining Hall

Sun. 1:30

Camp Ends