Mtn View Banjo Gathering
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Workshop Description
Bring your 5-string banjo for clawhammer instruction with Frank and Allie Lee! All students will receive one-on-one instruction with Frank and Allie as well as lots of time jamming songs and tunes from Music Roots repertoire as well as Frank & Allie’s favorites from the Southeast.
Beginners and early intermediate folks will join Allie for an introduction to tuning, the basic strum, playing along in a jam, easy “licks and tricks”, and tunes to play with others. Confident intermediate and advanced players will join Frank for techniques including drop thumb, using the 5th string melodically, alternate string pull-offs, playing up the neck, and tunes & songs for jamming and solo performances.
THURSDAY, July 25
| Mountain View Meeting Place | Wildflower Bed & Breakfast | |
| 9:30-11:30 | Beginning & Early Intermediate #1 with Allie | Confident Intermediate & Advanced #1 with Frank |
| 2:00-3:00 | Practice Time on own or with a friend | One-on-Ones with Frank and Allie |
| 3:30-5:30 |
Whole group singing & tune jam with Frank |
One-on-Ones with Allie |
| 7:30-8:30 | Source Recordings Listening Party & Discussion | |
FRIDAY, July 26
| Mountain View Meeting Place | Wildflower Bed & Breakfast | |
| 9:30-11:30 | Beginning & Early Intermediate #2 with Allie | Confident Intermediate & Advanced #2 with Frank |
| 2:00-3:00 | Practice Time on own or with a friend | One-on-Ones with Frank and Allie |
| 3:30-5:30 |
Whole group singing & tune jam with Allie |
One-on-Ones with Frank |
| 7:30-8:30 | Southeastern Style Old Time Jam Party | |
Topics To Discuss & Skills To Learn
TECHNIQUES
- standard tuning, double C tuning, and modal tuning
- chord shapes in different tunings
- slides, hammers, and pull-offs
– playing melodically without brushing
– drop thumb
– syncopated drop thumb
– “Galax” lick (and discussion/demo of “Round Peak” style playing)
– melodic use of 5th string
– alternate string pull offs
PLAYING WITH OTHERS
– playing tunes you don’t know in a jam
– playing with a fiddler
– playing with a guitar
– playing with another banjo
– singing and playing
– genre discussion and playing in old time, bluegrass, folk, etc settings
BANJO SET-UP
– learn names of the parts of the banjo
– discussion of bridge height, head, woods, pot size, etc and how they affect playability and tone
– right hand fingernails vs use of picks