Folk Music in America Video Links
Old-Time Music -
Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers - "Down Yonder"
Riley Puckett - "Ragged but Right"
Charlie Poole - "I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule around the World"
Clarence Ashley - "The House Carpenter"
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Bluegrass Music -
Flatt & Scruggs - "Salty Dog Blues"
Stanley Brothers - "Rank Strangers"
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Blues -
Howlin Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning"
Jesse Fuller - "San Francisco Bay Blues"
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "This Train"
Lightning Hopkins - "Baby Please Don't Go"
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Country Music -
Carter Family - "Will You Miss me When I'm Gone"
Jimmie Rodgers - "Waiting for a Train / Daddy & Home / Blue Yodel"
Roy Acuff - "Wabash Cannonball"
Hank Williams - "Hey Good Lookin"
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Western Swing / Cowboy Music -
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys - "Ida Red"
Sons of the Pioneers with Roy Rogers - "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
Gene Autry - "Back in the Saddle Again"
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Folk Revival
Woody Guthrie - "I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore"
Bonus Videos
Practice slowly and deliberately.
Week 1
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
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Thursday, October 27th, 2022
Tuesday - Carter Style Guitar
-The technique
- "On the Rock Where Moses Stood"
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-The tradition
- "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone"
-Application
-Embellishments
-Modified Carter Style
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Thursday - Travis Picking
-Right Hand Technique
-Left Hand Rhythm
Class Recordings
Music is hard, stick with it!
Week 2
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2022
Tuesday - Travis Picking - Finding the Melody
-Technique
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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, November 8th, 2022
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Thursday, November 10th, 2022
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Tuesday - Folk Music in America
See videos at left
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-Old Time
-Bluegrass
-Blues
-Western Music
-Country
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Thursday - [Martin Out]
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Class Recordings
Music is a journey of self-discovery.
Week 4
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
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Thursday, November 17th, 2022
Tuesday -
Finding and Developing Repertoire
-Sources
-Arranging
-Reimagining
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Writing Songs
-Organizing your writing / Audience
-Inspiration
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Thursday - [In Person at Swallow Hill] Bring a Song
Bring something to talk about, and ask questions!
Class Recordings
Section Videos
Repertoire Sources
Music archives
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Irish Traditional Music Archive
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Lyric Sites -
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Social Media & Record Companies
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