Banjo Camp North Class Schedule

May 18, 19 & 20, 2007

Notice: Class descriptions can be found in the Class Listings. Be sure to check the Program Book for class locations when you arrive at BCN.

FRIDAY

Key to Levels:

N=Novice B=Beginner AB=Advancing Beginner I=Intermediate A=Advanced

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9

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12:30-2:15

Registration (Continues to 5:45)

Early Bird OT Jam Benford, Rossbach

Early Bird BG Jam Zimmerman, Starkey

Early Bird OT Slow Jam Rivers

Early Bird BG Slow Jam Stillman

2:00-2:15

Faculty Meeting All Staff

2:30–3:45

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo I Session 1 L. Hammond

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo II Session 1 Rothfield

Bluegrass Banjo from Scratch Part I Altschuler

Non-traditional Approach to Clawhammer Stearns

Fresh Angles for Bluegrass Banjo Trischka

Round Peak Fiddle-Banjo Duets Alden, Leftwich

Intro Clawhammer Banjo for Bluegrass Players Zimmerman

Get That Slappin’ Happenin’ Bursen

Bluegrass up the Neck Davis, Stillman

Intro to Rhythm Guitar Rossbach

Music Fundamentals for the Advancing Beginner Stockwell

Classic Banjo: The Classic Repertoire Part I Sapoznik

Intermediate and Advanced Irish Five-string Cody

Combined BG/OT Help Desk: Find Your Level Grosswendt, Kropp

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B

N-B

I-A

I-A

Presentation

All levels

AB

I-A

AB-I

AB-I

I-A

I-A

All levels

4:00-5:15

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo I Session 2 L. Hammond

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo II Session 2 Rothfield

Bluegrass Banjo from Scratch Part II Altschuler

Fiddle Tunes of Norman Edmonds Benford

Banjo Accompaniment Techniques for Vocals Weissberg, Kiphuth, Schrade

Tommy Jarrell Banjo for the Advancing Beginner Herrmann

Moving Beyond “Normal” Chord Shapes Evans

Right Hand Right, Left Hand Right Carlin

Splitting the Licks: Improvise and Arrange Tunes in BG Style Davis, Stillman

Bluegrass Guitar: Different Strokes for Different Folks Rossbach

Roll Logic for Bluegrass Banjo Munde

The Fiddle Doctor Is In Kaufman

Bluegrass Back-up: An Intro for Advancing Beginners Stockwell

Combined BG/OT Help Desk: Find Your Level Zimmerman, Bursen

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B

N-B

I-A

All levels

AB-Early I

I-A

All levels

AB-I

I

All levels

All levels

AB

All levels

6:00-7:00

Dinner

7:30-9:00

Faculty Concert

9:00-10:30

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo Directed Jam L. Hammond, Rothfield, Kaufman, B. Hammond

OT Slow Jam Alden, Herrmann, Grosswendt

OT Up-to-Speed Jam Leftwich, Carlin, Benford

BG Slow Jam Altschuler, Stillman, Rivers, Reiner

BG Medium Speed Jam Evans, Davis, Rossbach, Kropp

BG Up-to Speed Jam Trischka, Munde, Stockwell, Starkey, Zimmerman

Northern Tunes Jam Bursen, Reiner

BG Songs Jam Weissberg, Kiphuth, Schrade

Jazz and Swing Jam Nelson, Cody

SATURDAY

8:00-9:00

Breakfast

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9:30-10:45

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo I Session 3 L. Hammond

Beginning Clawhammer Banjo II Session 3 Rothfield

Bluegrass Banjo from Scratch Part III: The Review Altschuler

Old-Time Picking Styles for Three-finger Pickers Benford

Melodies and Rolls: Creating a Bluegrass Solo Stockwell

Techniques for Learning Old-Time Banjo Tunes Alden, Grosswendt

The Great Divide Returns: Melodic Bluegrass and Melodic Clawhammer Banjo Munde, Bursen

Round Peak Clawhammer Leftwich

Bluegrass Banjo Back-up: F and D Positions Davis, Weissberg, Stillman

Waltz Like a Pro Kaufman

Mapping out a Song: From Kick-off to Ending Evans

Black Banjo Styles Carlin

OT Help Desk Sapoznik

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B

N-B

I-A

AB-I

AB-I

Presentation

I

I

I-A

I-A

I-A

All levels

11:00-12:15

Minstrel Banjo Carlin

The Missing Plink: The City Roots of Country Banjo Part I Sapoznik

Moveable Chords, Positions and Licks for the Bluegrass Beginner Altschuler

Old-Time Banjo Tunes Stearns

Deep Earl: From Bridge to Nut Trischka

OT String Band Encounter Part I: Hey! Let’s Make a Band! Bursen, Rossbach, Rothfield

Fiddle Favorites for Banjo Munde

Bluegrass Back-up: Intro for Advancing Beginners Stockwell

Roadmaps and Signposts for Bluegrass Banjo Cody, Kropp

Intermediate Bluegrass Fiddle Repertoire Reiner

Interpreting Music Notation for the Five-string Banjo Stillman

Clawhammer Master Class: Supporting the Fiddler Herrmann, Staff

BG Help Desk Zimmerman

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Presentation

B-AB

AB-I

I-A

I-A

A

AB

All levels

I

All levels

A

All levels

12:30-1:30

Lunch

1:45-2:15