BANJO CAMP NORTH

May 13, 14, & 15, 2011

 

 

Program codes: All=Information useful to everyone.  N=Novice, B=Beginner, AB=Advancing Beginner; I=Intermediate, A=Advanced, Demo=Demonstration.

 

 

 

Friday, May 13, 2011

 

 

 

** These 8 classrooms are all at the Hilltop Campus **

** These 4 classrooms are all at the Pondside Campus **

 

 

 

Birch

        Sassafrass

Oak

Maple

Dining Hall

Sage Hall

(Under DH)

Dining Hall

Foyer

NurseStation

(Under DH)

The Lodge

Baypath

The Lodge

Farside

The Lodge

Nipmuc

The Lodge

Gallery

 

 

1230-145

Registration

Find Your Level

OT

L.Hammond Grosswendt

Rivers

Getting The Most From Your Hand-Held Recorder

Find Your Level

BG

 

Altschuler

Early Bird

Up-to-Speed BG

Jam

Mills

Early Bird

Up-to-Speed OT Jam

Baugus

Early Bird

Slow BG Jam

 

Stillman

Early Bird

Slow OT Jam

 

Kropp

Faculty members not otherwise assigned

 are encouraged to participate in

jams of their choice.

 

 

145-215

Staff Meeting

 

 

230-345

B. Hammond

Rockafolky

2-Finger OT Picking

L. Hammond

Beginner Track

OT-1

Grosswendt

Advancing Beginner Track OT-1

Altschuler

Beginner Track

BG-1

Molsky

Tips & Tricks for

Keeping Solid Time

Bowden

Playing Songs You Know How to Sing

Baugus/Brown

Round Peak Banjo

Arkin

Melodic Blues Licks to Spice Up Your BG Solos

Kropp/Stillman

Banjo Duets

Beazley

Top 10 Scruggs Licks

Munde

Creating Solos to

Songs

Trischka

Intermediate to Advanced

 Backup

 

 

 

OT-I

OT-N/B

OT-AB

BG-N/B

OT-I

BG-I

OT-I/A

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

BG-AB/I

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

 

 

400-515

B. Hammond

Making It Up As We Go Song & Tune

Accompaniment

L. Hammond

Beginner Track

OT-2

Grosswendt

Advancing Beginner Track

OT-2

Altschuler

Beginner Track

BG-2

Bowden

A Sampling of Don Reno Licks

Davis/Nelson

The Great BG Lick

Lexicon Returns Again

Baugus

Southern Clawhammer Techniques

Mills

Ground Speed

Kropp

Intro to Clawhammer

 & OT Finger Style

for BG Players

Beazley

Sing on the Chorus

Munde

The Melodic Style

 Fiddle Tunes

Stockwell

Syncopation Appreciation

 

 

 

OT-I/A

N/B

OT-AB

BG-N/B

BG-I/A

BG-I

OT-I/A

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

BG-All

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

 

 

Free time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

600-700

Dinner

 

 

715-800

An Introduction to Black 5-String Banjo Playing – Tony Thomas in Sage Hall (Beneath the Dining Hall)

 

 

815-9:45

Faculty Concert in Sage Hall (Beneath the Dining Hall)

 

 

9:45-11:00

Guided Jams

Singing

 

Beazley

Combined Slow Jam

L.Hammond

Grosswendt

 

Slow BG Jam

 

Atschuler

BG Up-to-Speed

 

 Henry, Stockwell

OT Up-to-Speed

 

Brown, Molsky

Celtic/New England Tunes

Reiner, Bursen

 

Faculty members not otherwise assigned

 are encouraged to participate in

jams of their choice.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 14, 2011

 

 

8:00-9:15

Breakfast

 

 

 

Birch

        Sassafrass

Oak

Maple

Dining Hall

Sage Hall

(Under DH)

Dining Hall

Foyer

NurseStation

(Under DH)

Baypath

Farside

The Lodge

Nipmuc

Gallery

 

 

930-1045

Henry

Playing in the

Key of C

Without

Retuning

L. Hammond

Beginner Track

OT-3

Grosswendt

Advancing Beginner Track

OT-3

Altschuler

Beginner Track

BG-3

Mills

Pedal Steel-Type

String Bending

Effects

 

Trischka

Playing Fiddle Tunes

Baugus

Clawhammer Repertoire From the Southern Mountains

Arkin

Key Ingredients of Clawhammer to Back Up a Fiddle or Play Strong Solo Tunes

Molsky

Old Time Fiddle

Evans

Learning The Fingergboard: Where Melodic and Single-String Meet

Stockwell

Handling Tunes Too

Slow for Rolls

Bursen

Getting All the Notes

 

 

 

BG-I/A

OT-N/B

OT-AB

BG-N/B

BG-A

BG-I/A

OT-Demo

OT/I

OT-I

BG-A

BG-I/A

OT-I

 

 

1100-1215

Henry

Fancy Up-the-Neck

Scruggs Style

Backup

L. Hammond

Beginner Track

OT-4

Grosswendt

Advancing Beginner Track OT-4

Altschuler

Beginner Track

BG-4

Mills

Foggy Mountain

Special

 

 Nelson

Beginning Single

String Style

Brown

Turn Your Ears On

Arkin

The Power of 3-Finger Clawhammer

Reiner

Banjo Players - Play With A Live Fiddle Player

Evans/Stockwell

Fiddle Tunes

Simplified

Kropp/Munde

Doug Dillard's Tunes

and Styles

Bowden

Deep Dive into Pike County Breakdown

 

 

 

BG-I/A

OT-N/B

OT-AB

BG-N/B

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

OT-I

OT-I

BG-OT-All

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

 

 

1230-130

Lunch

 

 

145-215

Camp Photo on steps outside Dining Hall – Please attend!

 

 

215-330

Davis

Intro to 3-Finger Melodic Style BG for Fiddle Tunes

Henry

Vamping and Beginning Backup

Evans

Right Hand

Essentials

B. Hammond

Making it Up As

We Go - Improv

& Composition

 

Mills

Less is Best

 

Stillman

Unlocking the Power & Versatility of TablEdit

Brown

Virginia & North Carolina Fiddle Tune Repertoire for Banjo

Baugus

Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch

Reiner

Chords for OT & BG Fiddlers

Trischka

Playing the Modes

Beazley

Tasteful Backup to

BG Vocals

Molsky

Improving

 Learning-By-Ear

Skills

 

 

 

BG-B

BG-B/I

BG-B

OT-I

BG-I/A

All

OT-I/A

OT-B/I

BG+OT-B/I

BG-A

BG-AB/I

OT-All

 

 

345-500

Davis/Evans

Surviving a

Bluegrass Jam

Henry

Learn a Tune By Ear

Grosswendt

Blues on the Banjo

Stockwell

Country Boy

Jazz

 

Mills

Traditional Kick-offs,

Lead-ins, Endings

 

Stillman

Better Playing

Through Exercises

Brown

Become an OT Finger Picker in One Hour

Bursen

Making the Jump to Double Thumbing

Arkin/Reiner/Molsky

OT & BG Fiddle & Banjo Duets

Trischka

Playing the Syllables

Beazley

More Sing on the

Chorus 

Bowden

Ralph Stanley Style

 Compared & Contrasted

 to Earl Scruggs Style

 

 

 

BG-All

BG-All

OT-I/A

BG-A

BG-I/A

BG-All

OT-All

OT-I

All

BG-I/A

BG-All

BG-I/A

 

 

Free time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

600-700

Dinner

 

 

715-800

The Banjo Project: The Story of America's Instrument – Marc Fields in Sage Hall (Beneath the Dining Hall)

 

 

815-9:45

Faculty Concert in Sage Hall (Beneath the Dining Hall)

 

 

9:45-11:00

Guided Jams

Singing

 

Campers self lead

Combined Slow Jam

L.Hammond

B.Hammond

 

Slow BG Jam

 

Atschuler

BG Up-to-Speed

 

 Davis, Evans

OT Up-to-Speed

 

Arkin, Kaufman

Blues On The Banjo Jam

Grosswendt

 

Faculty members not otherwise assigned

 are encouraged to participate in

jams of their choice.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 15, 2011

 

 

 

Birch

        Sassafrass

Oak

Maple

Dining Hall

Sage Hall

(Under DH)

Dining Hall

Foyer

NurseStation

(Under DH)

The Lodge

Baypath

The Lodge

Farside

The Lodge

Nipmuc

The Lodge

Gallery

 

 

     9:30-1045

Bowden

Earl Scruggs Guitar

 

L. Hammond

Beginner Track OT-5

Grosswendt

Advancing Beginner Track OT-5

Altschuler

Beginner Track

BG-5

Stockwell

Playing in ¾ Time

 

Nelson

Beginning Chord Studies

Brown/Kropp

OT Fiddle and 3-Finger BG Banjo Duet Style

Beazley

Technical Tune-Up

Reiner

OT & BG Fiddle Bowing Workshop

Bursen

Ghost Fingers

Evans

Practice Strategies

for Adult Learners

Trischka

More Obscure Earl Scruggs Solos & Tunes

 

 

 

BG-All

OT-N/B

OT-AB

BG-N/B

BG-I

BG-I/A

BG-I/A

BG-AB/I

BG+OT-B/I

OT-I/A

BG-All

BG-I/A

 

 

   11-1215

Arkin

Bill Monroe's Evolving View of the Banjo's Role in Bluegrass

Munde

Roll Logic

Stillman

Playing Down the Neck Breaks by Ear

Davis/Evans

Up the Neck

Backup

Stockwell

Creative BG Rhythm

 

Rivers

Everything Audio

Kropp

BG Finger Board & Picking Secrets

Beazley

Good Tone & Timing From the Start BG-

Molsky

Hobart Smith's Wabash Blues

Bursen

Banjo D'Amore

B. Hammond

Only 3 Chords Up the Neck

Henry

The Capo-It's Your Friend

 

 

 

BG-All

BG-B/I

BG-AB/I

BG-I/A

BG-I

All

BG-I/A

AB/I

OT-I/A

OT-All

OT-AB/I

BG - AB/I

 

 

1230-130

Lunch

 

 

    145-3:00

Altschuler

 What Can I Play When I Don't Know the Song?

Munde

Review of Rolls & Examples

Stillman

The Humble Vamp

Davis

Finding the Melody

 Notes the Easy

Way

B. Hammond

Easy 2-Finger OT Fiddle Tunes in D

Without a Capo

Nelson

Banjo Care & Feeding

Kropp

Folk Banjo Styles

Baugus

Dock Boggs

 Country Blues

Reiner

A Fiddler's Bag of Tricks

Bursen/L. Hammond

Banjos and Ballads

Arkin

BG For OT Players

Trischka

Playing Steve Martin

 

 

 

BG-B/I

BG-B/I

BG-AB/I

BG-AB/I

OT-AB/I

BG+OT-All

I/A

OT-I/A

BG &OT-B/I

. OT-All

OT-I/A

BG-I/A

 

 

Camp ends.  Hope to see you September 16-18, 2011.