A group lesson and jam session for beginning and intermediate Bluegrass players in Portland, Oregon, meeting every third Saturday October-April.
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Hey Taborgrassers!
Thanks for another great year of songs and tunes and good times. We're all done for the summer, but we'll both be out and about at festivals, jams, and other places bluegrass musicians are found. We'd love to see you there! Take care out there, keep picking, and we'll see you soon!
-Kaden and Patrick
Ahoy!
Taborgrass, this Saturday (4/15)
Schedule
12:00 - Doors Open
12:15-1:15 - Tune Class
1:30 - 3:00 - Jam Class
12:00-3:00 - Open Jamming
One class is $10, two for $15! Jamming is a $5 suggested donation.
All classes take place at 3300 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR 97202
Tune Class
This week, we are going to learn Snow Deer! A worthy instrumental that should circulate more widely, if I were in charge of the world. It puts us into some new territory with a major 2 chord. What's a major 2 chord? Come on down and learn all about it.
Jam Class
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!
Note: there will not be a song class this week. The Jam Class has an extra half hour this month, and I will use that to dig a little deeper into one that we've already learned, "say, won't you be mine".
Both in G.
Schedule
12:00 - Doors Open
12:15-1:15 - Song Class
1:30 - 2:45 - Jam Class
12:00-3:00 - Open Jamming
One class is $10, two for $15! Jamming is a $5 suggested donation.
All classes take place at 3300 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR 97202
About
Song Class
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.
Jam Class
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!
Hey Folks, the next Taborgrass class is this Saturday 2/18, hope to see you there! Details below:
Schedule
12:00 - Doors Open
12:15-1:15 - Song Class
1:30-2:30 - Tune Class
2:45 - 3:45 - Jam Class
12:00-4:00 - Open Jamming
One class is $10, two for $15, and all three for $20! Jamming is a $5 suggested donation.
All classes take place at 3300 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR 97202
About
Song Class
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
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
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!
In the meantime, enjoy the Grand-parent tune to Salt Creek, Salt River!
Here are the practice files for Who Will Sing For Me:
And here's the audio lesson for Sally Goodwin:
See you this Saturday 1/21 for our first class of the year! Class details are below, hope to see you there!
Schedule
12:00 - Doors Open
12:15-1:15 - Song Class
1:30-2:30 - Tune Class
2:45 - 3:45 - Jam Class
12:00-4:00 - Open Jamming
One class is $10, two for $15, and all three for $20! Jamming is a $5 suggested donation.
All classes take place at 3300 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR 97202
About
Song Class
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
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
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!
