FIDDLE/BANJO DUET WORKSHOP (co-taught with Leela Grace (a 2 session workshop for intermediate players): Saturday afternoons, March 2 and 16, 2013

Back by popular demand after a great Fall 2012 workshop series! Experience the pleasure of creating conversation between fiddle and banjo. Learn from two master players who are also supportive, enthusiastic teachers. Leela Grace and Lisa Ornstein find great joy in sharing the mysteries and magic of old time music with anyone who wants to play! Meet other fiddlers and banjo players who are interested in making music together! Participants will have access to mp3s of the tunes before the first weekend. The two-weekend workshop will focus on the basics of duet playing, on demonstration of techniques and tunes, separate fiddle and banjo instruction, and chances to play in smaller fiddle/banjo ensembles and try out the new music, with Leela and Lisa dropping in to visit and help as needed. Do not miss this rare opportunity…
Is this the Right Workshop for Me?
Fiddle:
If you know the basics of fiddle technique, can play at la dozen or so tunes by heart, have played a tune in cross-tuned A (fiddle tuned AEAE) and can pick up tunes by ear (with help in class and from recordings)…and want to learn some cool tunes and how to make musical conversation with banjo players,  this workshop is for you!
Banjo:
This workshop is for you if you know the basic clawhammer strum, the slide, pull-off, hammer-on, and possibly some drop-thumbing, can switch between the Open G, G modal (Sawmill/Mountain Minor), and Double C tunings, know how to use a capo to play in the keys of G, D, and A, and can play several tunes in each key.

Dates: Saturday, Mar. 2 and March 16, 2013
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Where: Pacific Crest Community School (116 NE 29th Ave)
Fee: sliding scale $45-$95 (pay what you can afford)
Registration: pre-registration required (don’t worry, it’s easy!) Click here to register.