Meeting ID: 872 4228 9340
Passcode: 693578
Week 1
A big part of being a good bluegrass musician is knowing a lot of songs!
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
Thursday, September 5th, 2024
Tuesday - Introduction
- Repertoire
- Section 1 - Fiddle Tunes
- Serving the Song
- Practicing
- Reading charts, tabs, notation
- Counting, groove, timing
- Gear
Rhythm Guitar Basics -
- 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
- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
Class Recordings
Passcode: ak$s.W9!
Thursday
Online classes posted here
Class recordings posted in Google Drive
Week 2
Play what you want to hear next.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Tuesday -
Music Theory
- Scales - G-Scale
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Thursday - [IN PERSON] - Jam at Swallow Hill
- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
- 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, September 17, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Tuesday - Serving the Song: Ensemble Skills
- Serving the song
Rhythm Guitar - Bass Lines and Embellishments
- Arpeggio Picking
- Marking Chords
- Outlining phrases
- Shaping the song
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Thursday - [IN PERSON] - Song Circle at Swallow Hill
- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
You must play a song by yourself for the class.
Class Recordings
Week 4
Find a good song and play it!
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Tuesday - Fiddle Tunes & Practice
Fiddle Tunes - The basics
- Picking style
- Phrasing
- Learning the tunes
- the disadvantage of tab & notation
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
- Your musical mind
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Thursday - Martin will be at the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference in Austin, TX.
[ONLINE!!!] - Q&A Session & History of Bluegrass Guitar
- This is a special online session where you can ask anything about bluegrass music, guitar, performance, practice, the music business, teaching, etc. Come with questions! If we don't have questions I'll talk about the history of bluegrass guitar.