heavythumb - Posted - 03/05/2010:  09:57:11

Bluegrass Slow Jam Workshop, in Framingham Massachusetts

Pat Rooney and I will be conducting a Slow Jam Workshop.

The Slow Jam Workshop will run for six weeks Monday nights

April 5, 2010 — May 10, 2010 Time is from 7:30-9:30 p.m.

The workshop will focus on jamming etiquette, getting people to play together, and having fun while learning.

We will also cover:
Capo use
The Circle of fifths and how to use it
The Nashville Numbering System and how to use it
Common Bluegrass chord progressions
Bass runs
Lead-ins
Turnarounds
Fills and where to use them
Back-up techniques
Chord construction
Kick-offs
Key transposition
Endings

All Bluegrass instruments welcome — Guitar, Mandolin, Bass (acoustic), Dobro™, Fiddle, and Banjo. Other instruments with prior approval of facilitators.

Who would benefit from the workshop — anyone who can make and change to and from a G, C, D, A, and E chord on their instrument and wants to have fun learning how to be a contributing member of a jam.

We have run this workshop at least a half dozen times in the past few years and the participants always have fun and develop excellent jamming skills.

Fee: $90.00 for six week session
Held at Amazing Things, 160 Hollis Street Framingham, MA
You must preregister

Facilitators: Pat Rooney and Heavy Thumb

Contact: slowjamworkshop@yahoo.com
Heavy Thumb 508-429-5504 (home)
Pat Rooney 508-634-6733 (home)