Note: Saturday daytime dances have been cancelled. The Saturday evening dance will be held as scheduled.
Class Notes
Level 1 is aimed at advanced beginning/intermediate players, who have a good grasp of basic skills, are able to tune their instruments, keep time, play principal chords and scales and play a few tunes with confidence.
Level 2 is aimed at intermediate/advanced players, who are comfortable with their instruments and able to play in tune, on the beat and with a group; it will focus on style, ornamentation and arrangements. Students are welcome to audit classes beyond their skill level and record material for future study and personal use.
Fiddle: Beginning fiddle will work on repertoire, style and making the tunes flow, developing ear training and learning techniques useful at your next jam session. Advanced fiddle will explore how to approach tunes that are technically and mentally challenging and will look at tunes that leave the first position, crooked tunes, counterintuitive melodies, unusual bowing patterns, and other things that challenge us musically.
Banjo classes will work on clawhammer technique, Guitar will work on dance accompaniment, primarily in DADGAD tuning.
Repertoire and Band Classes introduce tunes and work on ensemble skills. Saturday classes work towards the evening dance band experience.
Dance classes are open to both new and experienced participants.
Classes
- green - mixed instruments
- blue - dance classes
Saturday 10am-12 noon (Class 1)
- Old Time Repertoire for all instruments — Clarridge
- Northern Fiddle 2 — Jaige
- Guitar Accompaniment for Dances — Adam
- Waltz Repertoire — Nicholas
- Unusual Squares — CANCELLED
Saturday 2-4:30 PM (Class 2)
- Old Time Fiddle 1 — Cleek
- Old Time Fiddle 2 — Clarridge
- Clawhammer Banjo — Joel
- NE Repertoire — Nicholas
- Cool Contras — CANCELLED
Saturday Mini Classes 4:30-5:30PM
- Old Time Band Rehearsal — Clarridge
- New England Band Rehearsal — Jaige
- Slow Jam — Joel
- Just for Flutes — Nicholas
- English Song — Adam
- Open Waltzing and Couple Dances — CANCELLED
Sunday Morning 10-12noon (Class 3)
- Old Time Fiddle 1 — Clarridge
- Irish Fiddle Style 2 — Cleek
- Old Time Rep 2 — Joel
- Northern Fiddle 1 — Jaige
- English Song — Adam (open to all)
- Open Waltzing to the Open Waltz Band — Nicholas Tentative
Sunday Afternoon 2-4:30 PM (Class 4)
- Northern Band for All Instruments — Crowfoot
- Old Time Session — Clarridge
- Irish Session — Cleek
- Advanced Clawhammer Banjo — Joel
Upper Potomac Music Weekends