2020 Addison Street / Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 644-2020 / info@freightandsalvage.org
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Berkeley Old Time Music Convention 2017 Workshops
For detailed workshop descriptions, visit the BOTMC website.
REGISTRATION Workshop size is limited, so register early to make sure you get a spot! Tuition is $25 per workshop; all proceeds go to instructor. Material will be taught by ear; bringing a recording device is recommended. Thursday Sept. 21 WORKSHOPS 3:30 to 5:00 pm OLD-TIME GUITAR BASS-RUN INTENSIVE - Stash Wyslouch Bass runs are a quintessential part of old-time guitar vocabulary. Improve your old-time backup playing with inventive new ways of getting to and from your favorite chords. This workshop will focus on dissecting a couple of tunes with a step-by-step approach to help break down the bass-runs you know and love and find new bass runs that baffle intuition.
Friday Sept. 22 WORKSHOPS 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Note: Fri. workshop participants get reserved concert seating with advance concert ticket purchase Do you ever wonder what to do on the fiddle when people start singing? Do you have some tunes under your belt that you've worked out thoroughly and you are pretty good at picking up new tunes on the fly, but feel lost when your tunes session turns into a song session? In this workshop I'll show you a way to approach playing fiddle with songs that will help you out. Ukulele Blues Party with Del Rey Jugband
and blues songs orchestrated for the ukulele, with playing and singing parts
for several levels of player. We’ll work on getting that old-timey sound on
your uke, with the right rhythm, chord positions and where to find the melody.
Plus we’ll try and listen to each other and play together. We’ll add parts
for basic chords, strumming, picking and singing. Basic level: be comfortable
and confident with first position chords and able to keep time while changing
between them. By ear, no TAB.
Saturday Sept. 23 WORKSHOPS 3:00 – 4:30 PM Beginning Old-Time Fiddle - David Bragger David will help fiddlers get started with the most important concept of old-time fiddling: Rhythm & Bowing. He will teach some of the fundamental bow patterns found in the playing of the greatest old-time fiddlers such as Tommy Jarrell, Edden Hammons, Joe Thompson, Melvin Wine, Doc Roberts, Jim Bowles, etc. David will also break down a tune, phrase-by-phrase, with all the notes and bowing clearly explained. He'll also get you started on "rocking" the bow! Definitely bring a recording device.
Sunday Sept. 24 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM JAM SESSION hosted by Chris Miller - free admission
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Lecture-demonstration - Phil Jamison - free admission Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance Phil will explore the origins of the Southern dances, revealing the unacknowledged contributions of African Americans and challenging some of the common misconceptions and myths that have long been associated with these Appalachian traditions. WORKSHOPS 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Fiddle tunes from West Virginia. This will be a hands on workshop. We will learn a couple of tunes, focusing on techniques for pulling good tone within a solid rhythmic groove. Recording is encouraged for future references. SINGING - Caleb Klauder and
Reeb Willms 1:00 to 2:30 PM Old-Time banjo using chord shapes to find melody notes on the banjo making it easy to jump in and accompany fiddle tunes that you’ve never heard before. Intermediate level.
Listen to sample tracks from upcoming artists.
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