An organization offering bluegrass workshops, jams, and musical community in Portland, OR.
Great playing today everyone!
Recordings are up for Dry and Dusty, and Love, Please Come Home will be up soon!
Holiday schedule:
Taborgrass WILL have class on 11/27 the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The last class of the year will be on 12/11.
Check out our playlist for all the songs and tunes we've worked on this year, see you all next week!
Hey All!
Excited for another day of Taborgrass tomorrow.
We'll be digging into "Love, Please Come Home" in the song class and "Dry and Dusty" in the tune class. You can listen to those two and everything we've covered so far on this playlist
Jamming room available all day! Schedule and details below, see you there!
Bill Monroe "Love, Please Come Home"
Obviously, minimizing covid-19 risk is a huge priority for us over at Taborgrass HQ. We really care about all of you, and want Taborgrass to be as safe as possible. Here's our policy:
In order to attend Taborgrass, you must be vaccinated
This is among the best ways to keep yourself and others safe. On your first visit, please bring either your vaccination record card or a clear photograph of it. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from being vaccinated, get in touch with us at taborgrass@gmail.com.
Masks on at all times
If you're inside the building, please wear a mask, especially when singing. You can read more about singing and covid risk here.
All classes are held weekly on Saturdays
Song Class 12:30-1:45
This class is all about how to learn and jam on bluegrass songs. We'll be walking you through some bluegrass classics, working on their chord progressions, melodies, and lyrics. The focus will be on giving you new songs to call at a jam.
Tune Class 2:00-3:15
This class is all about fiddle tunes! We'll be learning some jam favorites from the bluegrass and old time repertoire, focusing on getting the melodies in our heads and the notes in our fingers.
Jam Class 3:30-4:45
A whole class just for jamming! Here we'll be working on all the ins and outs of playing music with other people. We'll work on calling songs, taking breaks, listening in, and communicating with your fellow jammers. Bring a song or tune to call!
Open Jam 12:30-4:45
Back by popular demand! We'll have a room set aside for folks interested in just getting together to play. To coordinate jam times with other Taborgrassers, head on over to our facebook group.
Pricing
$10 for one class, $5 for each additional class
$5 suggested donation for the open jam
Payment accepted via cash, paypal, and venmo
Great playing yesterday Taborgrassers!
Recordings of Eighth of January are available here, Down the Road will be up later today!
In the meantime, check out our playlist to hear everything we've worked on so far this year.
Obviously, minimizing covid-19 risk is a huge priority for us over at Taborgrass HQ. We really care about all of you, and want Taborgrass to be as safe as possible. Here's our policy:
In order to attend Taborgrass, you must be vaccinated
This is among the best ways to keep yourself and others safe. On your first visit, please bring either your vaccination record card or a clear photograph of it. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from being vaccinated, get in touch with us at taborgrass@gmail.com.
Masks on at all times
If you're inside the building, please wear a mask, especially when singing.
All classes are held weekly on Saturdays
Song Class 12:30-1:45
This class is all about how to learn and jam on bluegrass songs. We'll be walking you through some bluegrass classics, working on their chord progressions, melodies, and lyrics. The focus will be on giving you new songs to call at a jam.
Tune Class 2:00-3:15
This class is all about fiddle tunes! We'll be learning some jam favorites from the bluegrass and old time repertoire, focusing on getting the melodies in our heads and the notes in our fingers.
Jam Class 3:30-4:45
A whole class just for jamming! Here we'll be working on all the ins and outs of playing music with other people. We'll work on calling songs, taking breaks, listening in, and communicating with your fellow jammers. Bring a song or tune to call!
Open Jam 12:30-4:45
Back by popular demand! We'll have a room set aside for folks interested in just getting together to play. To coordinate jam times with other Taborgrassers, head on over to our facebook group.
Pricing
$10 for one class, $5 for each additional class
$5 suggested donation for the open jam
Payment accepted via cash, paypal, and venmo
Heyo!
Great stuff yesterday Taborgrassers. Feels great to have had such a solid group over the last few weeks.
Here's the link to all the recordings we've made of songs and tunes covered in class. You'll find a recording of the variations on Boil em Cabbage Down, and a recording of Mr. Engineer will be up later today.
There's also a youtube playlist of everything we've covered, if you'd like to hear the pros play them.
Thanks for all the good work pals, see you next week. In the meantime, check out Mark O'Connor (or Marco Connor if you prefer) playing some variations on Boil em Cabbage Down
Hey Taborgrassers!
Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! Here's what we'll be up to:
The Song Class will be working on Mr. Engineer, and brushing up on our IV V I's!
The Tune Class will take a look at Boil 'em Cabbage Down (I know what some of you are thinking: I know this tune already! This week, instead of spending all our time learning the tune, we're gonna brush up on it then talk about how we can play some variations! If you don't know the tune yet, no need to worry, we'll go over it in the first chunk of the class)
Listen to everything we've covered so far on this playlist!
Full schedule and covid policy below! See you all soon
Obviously, minimizing covid-19 risk is a huge priority for us over at Taborgrass HQ. We really care about all of you, and want Taborgrass to be as safe as possible. Here's our policy:
In order to attend Taborgrass, you must be vaccinated
This is among the best ways to keep yourself and others safe. On your first visit, please bring either your vaccination record card or a clear photograph of it. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from being vaccinated, get in touch with us at taborgrass@gmail.com.
Masks on at all times
If you're inside the building, please wear a mask, especially when singing. You can read more about singing and covid risk here.
All classes are held weekly on Saturdays
Song Class 12:30-1:45
This class is all about how to learn and jam on bluegrass songs. We'll be walking you through some bluegrass classics, working on their chord progressions, melodies, and lyrics. The focus will be on giving you new songs to call at a jam.
Tune Class 2:00-3:15
This class is all about fiddle tunes! We'll be learning some jam favorites from the bluegrass and old time repertoire, focusing on getting the melodies in our heads and the notes in our fingers.
Jam Class 3:30-4:45
A whole class just for jamming! Here we'll be working on all the ins and outs of playing music with other people. We'll work on calling songs, taking breaks, listening in, and communicating with your fellow jammers. Bring a song or tune to call!
Open Jam 12:30-4:45
Back by popular demand! We'll have a room set aside for folks interested in just getting together to play. To coordinate jam times with other Taborgrassers, head on over to our facebook group.
Pricing
$10 for one class, $5 for each additional class
$5 suggested donation for the open jam
Payment accepted via cash, paypal, and venmo
Hey Taborgrassers! Pardon the delay, recordings of I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) and Georgia Railroad are now up in the Taborgrass Recordings Folder.
Give 'em a listen, play along, and we'll see you next week!