Liberty - Varitation 1
Bill Cheatum - Varitation 1
Week 1
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
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Thursday, December 5th, 2024
Tuesday -
Fiddle Tunes
- Picking Techniques
- Left Hand Techniques
- Playing Clean
- Exercises
- Developing Speed
- Beginning Improvising
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Fiddle Tunes
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Thursday - [In Person] - Repertoire Jam - Lead a song!
Practice slowly and deliberately.
Class Recordings
Week 2
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
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Thursday, December 12th, 2024
Tuesday -
Band Skills
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- Guitar's roll in bands
- Finding a band
- Starting a band
- Finding Gigs
-Developing your own repertoire
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Thursday - [In Person] - Martin Out, Jam with a sub!
We need to understand where we are coming from to know where we are going.
Class Recordings
Week 3
Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
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Thursday, December 19th, 2024
Tuesday - Fiddle Tunes Continued
- Developing tunes
- Variations vs. Improvisations
- Contest picking
- Improvising ideas
- rhythmic improv
- melodic improv
- Different register (up the neck, down the neck)
- Extending Motifs (i.e. Woodchopper's Reel)
- Incorporating Crosspicking (Liberty, Bill Cheatum)
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Thursday - [In Person] - Fiddle Tune Jam
"The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Class Recordings
Tuesday
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Week 5
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
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Thursday, May 30th, 2024
Tuesday - Review of Concepts
- Rhythm Guitar Takeaways
- Developing Solos Takeaways
- Improvising Takeaways
- Fiddle Tune Takeaways
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Thursday - Final Class [In Person at Swallow Hill Music] - Performance and Progressions Alumni Gathering!
Music is a journey of self-discovery.
Class Recordings
Tuesday
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