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Meeting ID: 883 1593 4672
Passcode: 328516

Liberty - Varitation 1
Liberty - Variation 1 - DArtist Name
00:00 / 00:48
Bill Cheatum - Varitation 1
Bill Cheatum - Variation 1 - AArtist Name
00:00 / 01:04

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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- Section 4 Repertoire

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Fiddle Tunes

- "Bill Cheatum"

- "Big Mon"

- "Squirrel Hunters"

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Thursday - [In Person] - Repertoire Jam - Lead a song!

Practice slowly and deliberately.

Class Recordings

Tuesday

Passcode: 3*z!^7Rb

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Thursday

Passcode:

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

Tuesday

Passcode: AV.$f4&3

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Thursday

Passcode:

Week 3

Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

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Thursday, December 19th, 2024

Tuesday -  Fiddle Tunes Continued

- Developing tunes

- Variations vs. Improvisations

    - "Liberty" Variation

    - "Bill Cheatum"

   

- 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

Passcode:

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Thursday

Passcode:

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

Passcode:

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Thursday

Passcode:

Repertoire Recordings

Bittergreen - GMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:12
Carolina In the Pines - GArtist Name
00:00 / 04:50
I've Endured - GArtist Name
00:00 / 04:00
Carry Me Across the Mountain - DMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:37
Lonesome PineMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:56
Sophronie - GArtist Name
00:00 / 02:33
Blue Train - GArtist Name
00:00 / 04:09
Blackest CrowMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 05:24
Colleen Malone - DArtist Name
00:00 / 03:33
Rank Strangers - DMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:10
Bill Cheatum - LeadMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 01:17
Bill Cheatum - Rhythm - SlowMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 04:49
Bill Cheatum - Jam - SlowMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 04:47
Big MonMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 01:30
Big Mon - RhythmMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 04:42
Big Mon - JamMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 04:42
Squirrel HuntersMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 01:36
Squirrel Hunters - RhythmMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 04:32
Squirrel Hunters - JamMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 04:32
Red Rocking Chair - GMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:05
Ginseng Sullivan - DMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:39
Drink Up and Go Home - GMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:39
Cora is Gone - DMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:36
Liberty - Varitation 1
Liberty - Variation 1 - DArtist Name
00:00 / 00:48
Bill Cheatum - Varitation 1
Bill Cheatum - Variation 1 - AArtist Name
00:00 / 01:04

Learn a Tune Phrase by Phrase

Short Phrases

First PhraseMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:11
second phraseMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:09
third phraseMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:10
fourth phraseMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:10
fifth phraseMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:09
sixth phraseArtist Name
00:00 / 00:08
seventh phraseArtist Name
00:00 / 00:09
eighth phraseArtist Name
00:00 / 00:09

Long Phrases

1 first long phraseMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:12
2 second long phraseMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:12
3 third long phraseArtist Name
00:00 / 00:12
4 fourth long phraseArtist Name
00:00 / 00:12

Sections

A SectionMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 00:21
B SectionArtist Name
00:00 / 00:20

Full Song

Full MelodyMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 01:03

Rhythm Track

Rhythm TrackMartin Gilmore
00:00 / 03:12
Congratulations, now you can play "Red Prairie Dawn"
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