Meeting ID: 827 9137 5950
Passcode: 647073
Week 1
A big part of being a good bluegrass musician is knowing a lot of songs!
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
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Thursday, February 6th, 2025
Tuesday - Introduction
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- Repertoire
- Section 1 - Fiddle Tunes
- Serving the Song
- Practicing
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- Reading charts, tabs, notation
- Counting, groove, timing
- Gear
Rhythm Guitar Basics -
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- Pick Position
- Strum Zones
- Pick Grip
- Alternating bass strum
- Down-Up Strum
- Phrasing
- Song structures
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Thursday -
[IN PERSON] - Jam at Swallow Hill
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- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
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Class Recordings
Passcode: 4xkLSp!?
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Thursday
Online classes posted here
Class recordings posted in Google Drive
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Week 2
Play what you want to hear next.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
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Thursday, February 13th, 2025
Tuesday -
Music Theory
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- Scales - G-Scale
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Thursday - [IN PERSON] - Jam at Swallow Hill
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- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
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- You must bring a song to play
- You must try to play a solo
Class Recordings
Week 3
You learn what you need to learn at the gig!
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
Tuesday - Serving the Song: Ensemble Skills
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- Serving the song
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Rhythm Guitar - Bass Lines and Embellishments
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- Arpeggio Picking
- Marking Chords
- Outlining phrases
- Shaping the song
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Thursday - [IN PERSON] - Song Circle at Swallow Hill
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- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
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You must play a song by yourself for the class.
Class Recordings
Week 4
Find a good song and play it!
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
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Thursday, February 27th, 2025
Tuesday - Fiddle Tunes & Practice
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Fiddle Tunes - The basics
- Picking style
- Phrasing
- Learning the tunes
- the disadvantage of tab & notation
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Prepare these tunes so we can focus on them closely in Section 4
Practice-
- How much should you practice?
- What should you practice?
- The three parts of practice.
- Repertoire
- Musicianship
- Technical Practice
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- Your musical mind
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Thursday - In Person at Swallow Hill
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