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SCHEDULE: (B=beginner, I=intermediate, A=advanced)
SATURDAY
9:30-10:30
Class 1 : (Daniel) ETHNO-UKEOLOGY (I/A)
From the friendly Travis pick to the strums of Latin America, come learn how to cook on the strings with some tasty spices. Folk, Bluegrass, Country, salsa, flamenco, calypso, and a few others will be fair game for this workshop.
This workshop will concentrate on right hand picking and strumming in different styles using the Travis Pick as a starting point. We will take the same tune(s) and put them through style changes. Handouts outline the steps and there will be a lot of slow practice in class to get it all under our skin.
Class 1 : (Heidi) FING AROUND (I)
The key of F has so much going for it; besides being a great vocal key, it sports great passing tones, variety in voicings, and opportunities for modulating and understanding chord shapes in a whole new way. (Did you realize that the F shape and the G shape are the same?) Plus youll add a bunch of great songs to your repertoire that youll want to sing and share..and you will have conquered the dreaded Bb.
Class 1 : (Mick Jeffries) Super Beginner class for adults 1 hour, 3 songs
Class 1: (Katie Berger) Super Beginner class for kids
10:45am-11:45am
All Class 2 : (Daniel) BREAKING BAD -- (Habits, That is!)
This workshop is a passage to comfort.
All of us spend time wondering why some things just dont come that easy. Daniel Ward has years of teaching experience helping people align their hands so they fit the instrument and dont have to fight it. Some people call them bad habits, but Daniel refers to them as unfortunate angles that make fingering and strumming difficult.
This workshop concentrates on discovering how easy it is to play when you get a simple group of skills that lines up both hands, and frees you from some old demons.
Handouts include simple warm ups and drills, finger picking, strumming help, changing chords, and a big overview of how it all fits.
Class 2 : (Heidi) FREIGHT TRAIN (B/I)
Start with Elizabeth Cotton's great American folk standard, add second position closed chords, a rhythmic strum and a classic Travis pick and you have added a freightload of techniques to your playing.
This class is good for confident beginners and up. More advanced players will stretch their skills switching between first and second position chords on the right hand while deepening left hand rhythm techniques, and all players will learn to play and sing a darn fine song!
ALL Class 2 : (Sam Gleaves) SOUTHERN HARMONIES
Hone your harmony singing skills and study the varied duet singing styles from the American South. Add old time country standards, sacred songs and traditional ballads to your repertoire while building rich harmonies. Singers in this class will learn to create unique harmony lines, match phrasing with singing partners, and apply ornamentation used in Southern singing styles.
LUNCH: Noon to 1:30
1:45-2:45
All Class 3: (Daniel) ALL OF ME!!
Explore a song with REAL JAZZ changes and dont get lost!! Daniel will unpack some chord mysteries for you within a familiar tune. Come away with the song learned and a few new tricks too!!
Clean handouts will outline chord shapes and we will look at how this tune is put together. It travels through several keys and you will get a good feel for how the dominant chord can take you places. Basic jazz strumming for the right hand will be covered too!!
All Class 3: (Heidi) LYRICAL EXPERIMENTATION
GO FOR IT! Jumping off the page and into your own power! Want to have more fun? If you experience performance anxiety, felt that you get in your own way, over think things, get THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU! Learn to center yourself and open up your creative power with simple songs, which invite lyrical improvisation. Fun and challenging for all levels and ages.
All Class 3: (Mick) Intro to Arrangements for Groups
Has your group fallen into a shuffle strum coma? Have you been playing the exact same set list, the exact same way, for every gig? Mick will give you several different strategies for switching up group arrangements to make them stand out.
3:30-6:30 Afternoon Classes and Excursions
Bourbon Experience
Kentucky Horse Park
Fiber Arts Yarn Bombing Workshop
6:45-8:00 Dinner on your own
8:00 Saturday concert
Heidi & Daniel
Mim
Katie Berger
Jesse Wilhite
SUNDAY
9:30 Morning classes:
All: (Daniel) Performance Master Class with Daniel Ward
Heres your chance to jump into an open format private lesson! You can sign up as an observer and pick up lots of great tips and information by watching, or step up and be one of the participants who will play a song or piece for the whole circle, followed by a 10 min lesson with Daniel in front of everyone. It may sound a bit scary at first, but its amazing what comes out when we can watch each other play, and get immediate feedback in a safe place where everyone is learning and growing. Anything you want to play is fair game!!
We are all striving to play as well as we can, and this mini concert with a lesson will give us access to everything we want to work on hand positions, tone, stage fright, chord changing, strumming Its all the same stuff everyone needs and its a great way to get a look at the way others play and learn from it.
The workshop will be set up with two chairs in front, and a concert style circle around for all the observers. Performing participants can be advanced or intermediate, but beginners are also very welcome to step up and give it a try. The experience of this format can really change how you play and help to see yourself in a way that makes it all easier. Daniel is very experienced in this teaching style and will be gentle and supportive
All: (Mim) CARE AND FEEDING OF THE UKULELE
What exactly is a set-up, anyway? Why does my ukulele buzz? How do I fix it? What does my ukulele want from me? Mim will be breaking down the mysterious set-up everyone talks about! She will lead you in an informative workshop that will cover everything from changing your strings and daily ukulele maintenance to diagnosing ukulele problems and even fixing them yourself! You are invited to not only come with questions but to ask them as we go along! No question too small, because most-likely, someone else in the class was wondering the same thing! With Mims 6 years of experience setting up ukuleles, you are bound to learn a few new tricks!
All: (Paul) COLONEL UKE PRESENTS, MUSIC THEORY FOR SLACK-JAWED YOKELS AND OTHER FINE FOLK
Colonel Uke, aka Paul Curry, has been performing and teaching ukulele for 12 years, but has been a musician for most of his life. The Colonel received a Bachelor degree in Vocal Performance and Church Music from the University of the Cumberlands, studied Music History at San Diego State University, and received a Master of Science in Adult Online Training and Learning from Cal State East Bay in San Francisco. (If you ask him nicely, he may even sing some opera for you.) He is an active member of The Lexingtones ukulele group, and is a rabid attendee of Ukulele World Congress.
Music Theory for Slack-Jawed Yokels and Other Fine Folk will be a fun introduction to basic music theory for non-music theorists from a ukulele playing perspective. This session will focus on learning the Why? behind topics such as chord progression and flow, major and minor keys, rhythm, strum patterns and time signatures.
11:30 Community-wide Class
(Heidi & Daniel) UKULELE IS NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES. OR IS IT?
Ukulele is a social instrument. This workshop brings us all together to have fun. Learn some simple games with roots in Africa and the American south. Play, sing, and enjoy one anothers instruments and company in a no-stress, all-levels-welcome (no uke necessary) environment. Be prepared to laugh and have a great time!
SOUTHERN BRUNCH & OPEN MIC: 12:30
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LocationCampbell House (View)
1375 S Broadway
Lexington, KY 40504
United States
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