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SESSION 2
Sunday July 28 Saturday August 3

· Brian Butler (Seattle, WA)

Beginning Blues (2-3) We will break the blues down into some basic ingredients -- chords, progressions, easy licks -- and sing and play some classic blues songs. Both fingerpickers and flatpickers are welcome.
More Blues (3-4) Learn a bucket-full of blues songs, expanding your blues knowledge with new progressions, chords, turnarounds, rhythms, and licks in a variety of styles. Both flatpickers and fingerpickers are welcome.

· Greg Canote (Seattle, WA)

Camp Instrumentalist

· Judy Fjell (Yountville, CA)

StagecraftThe Art of Performance (1-4) This class will help you develop confidence in yourself as a performer and emcee through role-playing, improvisational theater games and solid information about performing.
Solfa Singing (1-4) Learn the solfa (do-re-mi, etc.) syllables and handsigns through playful singing games and rounds. Also learn to sing more accurately and confidently and gain a better understanding of theoretical concepts such as modes.

· Chris Grampp (Oakland, CA)

Beginning Improvisation (3-4) This class is for proficient rhythm players (any instrument) interested in learning to play improvised solos. We will discuss phrasing, rhythm and dynamics, scales, building on song melodies, and backing a singer. We will do lots of playing in class.
Harmonic Tools for Jazz Guitar (3-4) We will examine some useful devices for creating improvised lines: modes, altered scales, chord substitutions, arpeggios, and the lynch-pin of post-swing jazz, b5 harmonies.

· John Knowles (Nashville, TN)

Play by Ear (2-3) We will develop ear-hand coordination using specific techniques for playing what you hear as you hear it, or imagine it. Put in a week of work to begin a year of progress.
Nashville Fingerstyle (4) Explore fingerstyle with a Southern accent à la Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. We will learn a classic solo as a group and cover a few moves you can use for original arrangements and compositions.

· Paul Kotapish (Berkeley, CA)

World Beat Orchestra (1-4) This class will use instruments, voices, and body percussion to develop multi-layered, poly-rhythmic grooves from African, Asian, and European sources. Suitable for all instruments and body parts.
Folk Ensemble (2-3) Play fun folkdance music from other parts of the world. Each day we will learn one or more new dance tunes and develop harmonies, accompaniment parts, and arrangements for each piece. The melodies will be relatively simple, but may feature unusual rhythms or harmonic modes.

· Peter Langston (Seattle, WA)

Party Guitar 101 (2-4) Unless you were paying close attention in the 60s you might have missed those Beatles tunes, R & B hits, and Doo Wop wonders. So how do you prepare for the oldies jam? Enroll in Party Guitar 101! Study the masters (lots of playing in class) and then perform your term paper.
Fiddle Tune Backup (3) Learn to play simple, but exciting, old-time fiddle tune backup. We will work with a real fiddler in all four keys (G, A, C, & D) and take inspiration from recordings of the guitar greats from Riley to Doc.

· Karen Leigh (San Francisco, CA)

Beginning Flatpicking (2) This class will focus on learning to use the flatpick confidently, starting with "how to hold it," we will move into solid boom-chuck rhythm and basic bass runs.
Backup Adaptability (2-3) Using songs from Cajun, old-time, and Tex Mex traditions, we will work on strengthening accompaniment skills. We will learn to adapt basic chords and runs to each distinct musical style.

· Woody Mann (New York, NY)

Fingerstyle Ragtime / Blues (3) The basics of fingerpicking are illustrated through the repertoire of Rev Gary Davis, Blind Blake, and Big Bill Broonzy. These masters will show us the groundwork while we learn some great tunes.
Fingerstyle Variations (4) With a focus on understanding syncopated picking techniques and new chord ideas for creating your own variations within a song, this is a hands-on, light-on-theory, practical, de-mystifying approach to improvising that can be applied to many other styles and repertoires.

· Tony Marcus (Oakland, CA)

Intro to Swing (3) Discover the secret of joy through swing via a survey of movable, four-note chords and a group of standard songs that can form a basic repertoire for jamming. No previous swing experience required.
Swing Band Lab (3-4) What is a band? What is swing? What is... truth? We will endeavor to find answers to at least two of these questions. All instruments will be welcome in this class, which will look into the roles of the rhythm section and soloists, as well as working on riffs and section playing.

· John Miller (Seattle, WA)

Composing Jazz Tunes (3-4) Learn tools, techniques, and principles to use in writing your own jazz tunes. We will work in pre-existing forms (e.g. 12-bar blues, "rhythm" changes) to guide your ideas and give them coherence. A willingness to work with music theory will be required. (double length classes).

· Kristina Olsen (Venice, CA)

Instigator

· Cliff Perry (Seattle, WA)

All Kind O' Country (1-4) Out of the Grand Old Opry into the Brand New Tennessee Waltz we will pick a whole truckload of country songs - from the Hollers of Kentucky to the Streets of Laredo, hillbilly to honky-tonk, old time to new country. All kind o' instruments welcome.
Simply Melody (3-4) Each day we will learn one melody by ear at a slow pace, working it out phrase by phrase, in a deliberate way, until we feel comfortable with the tune. The challenge will be to make your guitar sing.

· Janet Peterson (Seattle, WA)

Beginning Guitar (1) This is the beginning. Get comfortable with your guitar and learn how to maintain enthusiasm for practicing. We will learn chords, strums, a few songs, and some tricks to make you sound great.
Beginning Bass (1-2) Special Section This is the beginning. You will be playing in jam sessions right from the start. We will cover rhythm, finding notes on a fretless fingerboard, and good playing habits -- all this and playing songs, too! A few "loaner" bases may be available; please call for info.

· Ray Piper (Vancouver, BC)

Brazilian Guitar (3-4) Explore the chordal and rhythmic patterns of bossa nova, samba, choro, baion, and frevo, and learn accompaniments and how to play arrangements of some popular Brazilian tunes.
Improvisation (4) In this class we will learn scales and arpeggios that fit the chords to standard tunes. We will also look at major and minor conversion and how to apply it to improvisation over these tunes.

· David Romtvedt (Buffalo, WY)

Where's That From? : New World Accordion Styles (1-4) We will focus on songs both in traditions that emphasize the accordion (Cajun, Tex-Mex, Vallenato, Chicken-Scratch, Forro) and in those that do not (Piedmont, Calypso, Swing). Singers and instrumentalists of all kinds are welcome.
Push-Pull: Breath & the Diatonic Accordion (1-3) Special Section Playing tunes on the single row (D or C) or multiple row (G-C-F or F-Bb-Eb) diatonic accordion, we will study dynamics, bellows hand coordination, left hand/right hand limitations, chord backup, and unfriendly keys.

· Laura Smith (Bellingham, WA)

Instigator

· Pop Wagner (St. Paul, MN)

Cowboy Songs (1-4) We will collect (record) cowboy songs to learn at a later date (song sheets will be provided). Appropriate arrangement techniques for different styles in the genre (i.e. traditional vs. Hollywood) will be discussed.
Beginning Fingerpicking (2) This class will cover right hand picking patterns with bass runs. We will learn several easy fingerstyle arrangements in which the thumb of the right hand plays a bass line while the index finger plays the melody simultaneously and at the same time!

· Linda Waterfall (Seattle, WA)

Introduction to the Jam Session (1-3) You can be comfortable and have fun in music circles. We will learn aspects of theory and immediately use them. Many songs and many styles of music will be covered. There will be music circles every day, and loud, brave mistakes will be lavishly praised.
Beyond I-IV-V (2-3) We will learn many of the exciting variations of the basic triad, how they come into being, who their friends are, and how to recognize them on the street (using lots of concrete, hands-on examples).

· Helen White (Mouth of Wilson, VA)

Beginning Fiddle (1-2) Special Section We will focus on playing in tune and in time and bowing for tone and rhythm. We will apply all that to learning tunesbeginning with the bones of the tune, then fleshing it out with simple bow patterns and ornaments.
Intermediate Fiddle (3-4) Special Section This class will include a review of technique and bow patterns, and will focus on learning and having fun with old time tunes in standard and open tunings. We will also experiment with backup fiddling including double-stops, chops, and fills. graphic by P. Langston