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Berkeley Old Time Music Convention workshops
Sunday, September 18
Old-time Fiddle w/ Joseph Decosimo
Old-time Banjo w/ Nancy Sluys
Nancy (Pilot Mountain Bobcats) will be teaching clawhammer banjo tunes from Surry County, NC and Galax, VA areas including techniques learned from Kyle Creed.
Primitive Baptist Singing w/ Ginny Hawker
Learn unaccompanied sacred songs in the powerful, archaic-sounding style of the Primitive Baptist Church; Ginny grew up singing these songs with her father in church. This beautiful old-fashioned mountain style of singing is at the root of the style of great mountain singers like Ginny, Ralph Stanley and Hazel Dickens.
Old-time Fiddle w/ Mike Bryant
Mike will be teaching some tunes in standard and alternative tunings. Tunes will be taught phrase by phrase with attention to bowing. Teaching will be by ear so a recorder is recommended.
Old-time Banjo w/ Joseph Decosimo
Joseph will concentrate on old time up-picking styles - with a focus on Tennessee tunes.
Close Southern Harmony Singing w/ Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz
This class is for singers who can hold a melody, but are unfamiliar with southern country harmony. Students will first learn to hear the melody and chord changes using examples ranging from the Carter Family to tent-meeting gospel songs. Then we will find and sing the basic harmony parts closest to that melody using good ear training. Â |
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