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The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
Quebec-style Back-Up Guitar & Foot Percussion (w/ André Marchand). In this two-hour workshop, you’ll pick up tricks in how to provide stylistically appropriate chords, rhythm, and voicing for Quebec dance tunes, in standard tuning. In addition to exploring basics of back-up style, André will also initiate participants into the mysteries of foot percussion, so please bring feet as well as guitars. Recording device recommended and welcome....
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
This class is for those who want to explore basic finger movements required to play guitar and then gradually work into simple Country melody with chords. You'll learn a country song (or two). Yvette is a Grammy nominated award winning singer songwriter musician who began playing Cajun music just a decade ago. She fronts her own country band and is a member of several greats including Balfa Toujours, Lafayette Lafayette Rhythm Devils and a past member...
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
Country duets? Shape note sings? Classical counterpoint? Barbershop?! Chris Q. Murphy has sung (and loves) them all. With these skills in hand, this class will not only focus on learning to sing beautiful unison, call and response, and two and three part songs, but will also show you how to make those harmonies sparkle and buzz and leave you with chills. Focusing on varied repertoire but rooted in folk traditions, we'll leave each class with a new...
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The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Learn how and when to use a pick, where to position your strumming arm on the ridge of the guitar, to strum from the arm/elbow vs. wrist and when to down vs. up strum songs. Master various key strumming patterns (incorporating quarter and eighth note variations, up/down strokes and recognizable rhythm guitar patterns) that will immediately improve and spice up your playing. We will then apply these strumming techniques and patters to...
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Bill Monroe once characterized bluegrass music as “Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin’.” While hinting at the international range of the music’s roots and influences, he was also highlighting the distinctive role that the fiddle plays in defining the genre. This class will focus on those moments when the bluegrass fiddler takes the spotlight and plays a solo. Equal parts style, technique and showmanship, it’s a spontaneous combination...
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Dive in head-first to the joys of traditional American harmony singing: learn harmony parts to Old Time, Early Country, Bluegrass, and Gospel standards, experience the thrill of singing close harmony with others, develop an understanding of chords and intervals, and gain tools to start finding harmony parts on your own. Less advanced singers will learn the basics, and more advanced singers will be able to fill in some gaps of what they don't...
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
We’ll learn more about the history and context of the songs, and focus on the nuances of social rather than performance-oriented singing. We’ll also look more deeply at the markers of various styles and practice harmonizing by ear. This class will build on the foundations of Traditional Singing I with a more in depth exploration of a few traditional song types, depending on the interests of the class, and additional time to workshop songs in...
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
Stash’s guitar playing is simply like no other, and his approach to old time music is rich with new and old ideas. He’ll guide students through some very cool chord accompaniment, bass runs, and how to bring the tunes alive." Pre-requisite: knowledge of simple chords and string names. Have comfort with referring to string names and respective frets.
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
This will be a place to talk about the troubles you're having in your own process and get inspired. There will be different activities every week to open your mind and create a safe environment to share new material.
Harvestworks | Digital Media Arts Center
Hans Tammen’s “Dark Circuits” Festival features performers who work in contemporary electronic music practices such as circuit bending, no-input mixers, laptops, turntablism, analogue circuitry, network sniffers, live coding and soldering, plus other instruments we may have never heard of yet. A deeply involved listen with Lars’ rich take on electronic styles incombination with Jean-Michel’s acoustic piano for free improvisation andsuper-responsive...
Voice class unleashes student's inner vocal star! Students learn vocal techniques including basic breathing and musical counting all while singing various song genres, both old and new. In addition to posture, presentation and vocal technique, students work to "sight sing" or read music.
Voice class unleashes student's inner vocal star! Students learn vocal techniques including basic breathing and musical counting all while singing various song genres, both old and new. In addition to posture, presentation and vocal technique, students work to "sight sing" or read music.
Voice class unleashes student's inner vocal star! Students learn vocal techniques including basic breathing and musical counting all while singing various song genres, both old and new. In addition to posture, presentation and vocal technique, students work to "sight sing" or read music.
A creative study in emphasizing the pulse, beat, and groove. Drum circle and percussion instruments, marching to beat, counting the beats and understanding phrases in dance and performance. Developing listening skills and improvisation, using your own unique energy to create and express. Sharing focus and attention, learning to support and encourage while listening and working with others. Increasing knowledge and application of different genres,...
A creative study in emphasizing the pulse, beat, and groove. Drum circle and percussion instruments, marching to beat, counting the beats and understanding phrases in dance and performance. Developing listening skills and improvisation, using your own unique energy to create and express. Sharing focus and attention, learning to support and encourage while listening and working with others. Increasing knowledge and application of different genres,...
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
This workshop mixes playing songs with learning technique, chords, and vocal style. Yvette is a Grammy nominated award winning singer songwriter musician who began playing Cajun music just a decade ago. She fronts her own country band and is a member of several greats including Balfa Toujours, Lafayette Lafayette Rhythm Devils and a past member of Bonsoir Catin, just to name a few. Her lamenting vocals in Cajun -French have an infusion of old school...
Sacred Arts Research Foundation
Lewis Burns is an Aboriginal Australian Artist that has been learning about his culture for his entire life. He continues to practice and respect these life skills each day and still learns and grows from this ancient knowledge. Join Lewis for an evening of aboriginal songs, didgeridoo playing and storytelling with his own paintings and visual art on display. Vegetarian food will be available for purchase.
Sacred Arts Research Foundation
Most beginner guitar players memorize a dozen or so essential chords called ‘open position’ chords, so named because they make use of ‘open strings’, or strings that are sounded without a finger pressing down on any frets. Often times guitarists rely on capos in order to change keys, making use of the same basic chords on a different part of the neck. Barre chords are an important next step to mastering the guitar. These ‘moveable’...
This 6-day workshop will focus on the craft of songwriting and recording. Students will be placed in bands and each day consists of 3 intensive hours of listening to established artists, analyzing song structures and writing their very own songs. Our week culminates in a recording session at the amazing Bunker Studios where students are given an introduction to the studio and its functions and are able to record their original songs....
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Students attending this class will learn tap into their inner soul diva while gaining valuable performance experience. Each week perform in front of your peers and rapidly strengthen your chops with the support of an experienced jazz vocal coach and a professional pianist. For three weeks out of the semester, students will rehearse and then perform with a professional jazz trio.
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