2010 Friday Banjo Class Schedule
| Friday 11/12 | ||||||||||
| Session | Bluegrass Banjo | Old Time Banjo | ||||||||
| Session | Time | Novice Scruggs: Rhonda | Beginner Scruggs: Jim | Intermediate Scruggs: Ned | Advanced Scruggs & Melodic: Mike | Reno Banjo: Don Wayne | Jam Skills Song Study & 1-on-1: Terry | BGB Setup: Tom | Beginner: Josh | Intermediate: Wayne |
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| 8:00-9:00 | Registration & Welcome to The North Carolina Banjo Clinic | |||||||||
| F1 | 9:00-10:15 | Novice 1 | Beginner 1 | Find the melody and build a banjo solo around it | Tasty Improvisation | Reno Banjo Basics | Song Study: Can't You Hear Me Calling & When it Rains | Reserved for BGB Setup | Getting started with Clawhammer. | Learn several strange OTB Tunings. |
| F2 | 10:30-12:00 | Novice 2 | Beginner 2 | Continue building a solo around the melody | Song Study: Ground Speed | Integrating Reno & Scruggs Styles | 1-on-1 Instruction - all Levels | Reserved for BGB Setup | Clawhammer 2 | Murder Ballads Clawhammer Style |
| Lunch | 12:00-1:30 | Break for lunch or jam | ||||||||
| F3 | 1:30-2:45 | Novice 3 | Beginner 3 | Practice for Better Tone | Up-the-neck Scruggs Licks | Song Study: Dixie Breakdown | 1-on-1 Instruction - all Levels | Reserved for BGB Setup | Clawhammer 3 | Essential OTB Tunes & Songs |
| F4 | 3:00-4:30 | Novice 4 | Beginner 4 | Song Study: Nine-Pound Hammer & Doin' my time | Advanced Backup Techniques | More & Advanced Reno Banjo Techniques | Jamming Class | Reserved for BGB Setup | Clawhammer 4 | Jamming! The Tricks you'll need to play with others |
| 4:30-6:00 | Break out open jam & closing Q and A session | |||||||||
| Dinner | 6:00-7:30 | Break for dinner or jam | ||||||||
| 7:30-11:00 | Faculty concert and open jams | |||||||||
2010 Saturday Banjo Class Schedule
| Saturday 11/13 | ||||||||||
| Session | Bluegrass Banjo | Old Time Banjo | ||||||||
| Session | Time | Novice Scruggs: Rhonda | Beginner Scruggs: Jim | Intermediate Scruggs: Mike | Advanced Scruggs & Melodic: Ned | Reno Banjo: Don Wayne | Jam Skills Song Study & 1-on-1: Terry | BGB Setup: Tom | Beginner: Wayne | Intermediate: Josh |
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| 8:00-9:00 | Registration | |||||||||
| S1 | 9:00-10:15 | Novice 5 | Beginner 5 | Song Study: Fireball Mail & Sally Ann | Joint Teaching: Ned & Wayne demonstrate integrating Melodic & Reno with Scruggs Style | 1-on-1 Instruction - all Levels | Bluegrass Banjo Setup | Clawhammer 101 | Build a Tune by ear | |
| S2 | 10:30-11:45 | Novice 6 | Beginner 6 | Basic Backup Skills | Basics of Melodic Banjo | Combining Reno with Melodic Banjo | Song Study: Blue Knight & Gold Rush | Bluegrass Banjo Setup | Clawhammer Backup | Improve your drop-thumb technique |
| 11:45-12:00 | Take Clinic Class Pictures (On Square - Weather Dependent) | |||||||||
| Lunch | 12:00-1:30 | Break for Lunch or Jam | ||||||||
| S3 | 1:30-2:45 | Novice 7 | Beginner 7 | Play in Different Keys - Uncapoed (D,E,C) | Song Study: Blackberry Blossom | More Reno-Style Technique | 1-on-1 Instruction - all Levels | Bluegrass Banjo Setup | Easy Clawhammer Tunes | Songs of Western NC |
| S4 | 3:00-4:30 | Novice 8 | Beginner 8 | Essential basic Scruggs licks | Advanced Scruggs Licks | Song Study: Banjo Signal | Jamming Class | Bluegrass Banjo Setup | Nearly Painless Clawhammer Theory | Continue Songs of Western NC |
| 4:30-6:00 | Break out open jam session and ending Q and A | |||||||||
| 6:00-7:30 | Dinner | |||||||||
| 7:30-10:00 | Saturday night concert at Burnsville Town Center featuring Balsam Range | |||||||||