Progressions: Section 3
"Wildwood Flower" - Mother Maybelle
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"Sweet Fern" - Maybelle & Sara Carter
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"When the Angels Carry Me Home" - Flatt & Scruggs
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"Down the Road" - Flatt & Scruggs
"Sunny Side of the Mountain" - Jimmy Martin
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"Honey You Don't Know My Mind" - Jimmy Martin
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"I Am a Pilgrim" - Clarence White
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"Nine Pound Hammer" - Tony Rice
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"Hold Whatcha Got" - Tony Rice
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"Red Haired Boy" - David Grier
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"Cherokee Shuffle" - Bryan Sutton
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"Snowflake Reel" - Grant Gordy & Ross Martin
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"Old Grimes" - Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
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"Winderslide/Julianne Johnson" - Courtney Hartman
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Practice slowly and deliberately.
Week 1
Tuesday, April 11th, 2022
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Thursday, April 13th, 2022
Tuesday - Guitar Styles
- Carter Style - The technique
- "On the Rock Where Moses Stood"
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-Modified Carter Style - Norman Blake
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Lester Flatt -
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Jimmy Martin -
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Fiddle Tunes -
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Thursday - [In Person at Swallow Hill] Bring a song!
Class Recordings
Music is hard, stick with it!
Week 2
Tuesday, April 18th, 2022
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Thursday, April 20th, 2022
Tuesday - Beginning Improvising
- Improvise the rhythm
- Improvise the melody
- Improvise the shape of the phrase
- Quote something else
- Limit your note choice
- Give yourself limits
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Thursday -
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Jam - [In Person at Swallow Hill] Bring a song!
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Class Recordings
Who are we as musicians?
Week 3
Tuesday, April 25th, 2022
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Thursday, April 27th, 2022
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Tuesday - Guitar Styles [Continued]
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- Doc Watson
- Clarence White
- Tony Rice
- David Grier
- Bryan Sutton
- Grant Gordy
- Ross Martin
- Chris Eldridge
- Julian Lage
- Courtney Hartman
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Thursday - [In Person at Swallow Hill] Bring a song!
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Class Recordings
Music is a journey of self-discovery.
Week 4
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2022
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Thursday, May 5th, 2022
Tuesday -
Finding and Developing Repertoire
-Sources
-Arranging
-Reimagining
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Thursday - [In Person at Swallow Hill] Bring a Song
Bring something to talk about, and ask questions!