Marana DBA Workshop ENewsletter for 10/1

Hey all, here are links to the new songs from Flatt and Scruggs:
"Crying My Heart out over You" http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/skaggs-ricky/cryin-my-heart-out-over-you-2052.html
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/scruggs-earl/foggy-mountain-breakdown-11153.html
"St. Anne's Reel" http://www.bluegrassguitar.com/pdf/StAnnesReel.pdf
For those in Dave's intermediate session, you will be doing the 8 progressions with the second set of songs.
I should be returning for the 10/15 Wednesday Workshop. I will start an "Intro to Bluegrass Jamming" session for all instruments. We will cover your instruments part in a jam; playing rhythm and lead, basic theory on "Circle of Fifths", Nashville Numbering system, Major Scales, Chord Progressions, Major Chord Makeup. All of the songs we will work on will be in our " Parking Lot Pickers Book" in a slow jam type atmosphere. Our first song will be "My Homes Across The Blueridge Mountains", an old Carter Family tune and two chord song.
I am asking for a few requirements to be in this session:
1. Everyone know how to tune your instrument
2. Know GCD chords on your instrument(fiddle excluded)
3. Fiddlers, know how to play a note, in tune or close, on your fretless fret board
4. I truly endorse getting a professional teacher for your instrument please don't think of this as me instructing you exclusively in this session. This session is a supplement to your progress as a musician. Many of our past attendees had private instruction and have progressed into good intermediates. If your looking for or need a suggestion for a teacher, let me know.

Marana DBA workshop eNewsletter for 9/24

Hey all,
Sorry for all the confusion for last Wednesdays Workshop cancellation. Jim and I felt for the safety of driving, given the weather predictions, it would be best to cancel. If you want to be a follower of these blog posts please click on Follow on the right side of the blog by my name. You'll have to enter your email address and will get notifications sent every time I add a blog or a change, please be aware of that. Otherwise you can check periodically for updates. I generally get the eNewsletter posted by the weekend between Workshops.
This upcoming Workshop will be our last September workshop which means the last of the Bill Monroe songs and our Fiddle tune Bill Cheatham. We will also be changing the progression songs but Octobers are already posted with the progressions. Octobers featured artist will be Flatt and Scruggs, songs will be posted soon.
http://youtu.be/ZH8W6cSKxi0 -"Crying My Heart Out Over You"
http://youtu.be/aNuqKB6H3Iw -"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
 And our Fiddle tune will be Saint Anne's Reel. Here is a link for guitar and how the song sounds. I will post more on this soon also.
http://youtu.be/hB-YlxOhxnM

As far as my adventures go, we are finally off the UP in Michigan. We will be here in Petosky on the shore of Lake Michigan. We're told the weather is going to clear up this week. We've had rain every day except two since we left Tucson.

Rain- Marana DBA Workshop eNewsletter 9/18

Sorry that the Workshop was a washout yesterday. We have one more September Workshop, then we will be presenting a new song list for October which we are currently working on. It will be posted here. Stay dry. I've been getting a lot of rain and cold weather here in Michigan.
Jeff

Progressions for September #1 and songs

Bluegrass Chord Progression 1



1 1 4 4
1 1 5 5
1 1 4 4
1 5 1 1


Sept Your Love Is Like a Flower
Oct Bury Me Beneath The Willow

Progressions for September #2 and songs

Bluegrass Chord Progression 2



1 1 4 4
5 5 1 1
1 1 4 4
5 5 1 1


Sept Blue Ridge Cabin Home
Oct Someday We'll Meet Again Sweetheart

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Jeff

Progressions for September 3-8 and songs

Here are progressions 3-8

3) 1 1 1 1

     1 1 5 5

     1 1 4 4 

     1 5 1 1

Rollin in my sweet baby's arms (Sept)

Crawdad song (Oct)

4) 1 1 1 1

     4 4 1 1

     1 1 1 1

     1 5 1 1

Mountain Dew (Sept)

Will the circle be unbroken

5) 1 1 4 1

     1 1 5 5

     1 1 4 1

     1 5 1 1

Little girl of mine in Tennessee (Sept)

Cabin in Caroline (Oct)

Note: that is progression for verse

The progression for Chorus which usually accompanies this starts on the 4 chord. The first four measures are 4 4 1 1 with lines 2,3 and 4 the same as verse

6) 12 Bar Blues

     1 1 1 1

     4 4 1 1

     5 5 1 1

Rocky Road Blues (Sept)

Worried Man Blues (Oct)

7)  1 1 1 1

      4 4 1 1

      4 4 1 1

      5 5 1 1

  Going down the road feeling bad (Sept)

  East Virgina Blues (Oct)

8) 1 1 1 1

     5 5 1 1

     1 1 1 1

     5 5 1 1

    My homes across the Blueridge mountains n(Sept)

    I'm going back to old Kentucky (Oct)

I will probably add a couple of more progressions when I find good songs that they fit. For now, I'll leave it at that.

Song links September 2014

http://youtu.be/hhsVSBS7NZw. For "Gotta Travel On"
http://youtu.be/4syA9aNnNa0. For "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
http://youtu.be/Plh7bD6d7aI. For "Bill Cheatham"

The Flatpick Apprentice: Bill Cheatham

The Flatpick Apprentice: Bill Cheatham

Here's a great site to practice along with our September Fiddle tune, have fun.

Jeff

Progressions in intermediate session

CHORD PROGRESSIONS
PROGRESSION 1
I I IV IV
I I V V
I I IV IV
I V I I
EXAMPLE SONGS, Bury me beneath the willow, Your love is like a flower, Wreck of the old 97, Georgia on a fast train, Loves gonna live here.
PROGRESSION 2
I I IV IV
V V I I
PLAY TWICE FOR VERSE AND TWICE FOR CHORUS
EXAMPLE SONGS, Blueridge cabin home, Someday we'll meet again sweetheart, Great speckled bird
PROGRESSION 3
I I I I
I I V V
I I IV IV
I V I I
EXAMPLE SONGS, Rollin in my sweetbaby's arms, Crawdad song, New river train, Mama don't allow, Red river valley, She'll be coming around the mountain, When the saints go marching in
PROGRESSION 4
I I I I
IV IV I I
I I I I
I V I I
EXAMPLE SONGS, Will the circle be unbroken, I'll fly away, Mountain dew, Sittin on top of the world
PROGRESSION 5
I I IV I
I I V V
I I IV I
I V I I
EXAMPLE SONGS, Little girl of mine in Tennessee (verse), On and On, My cabin in caroline

Marana workshop 9/17

Hey all,
 Welcome to our new eNewsletter. I will post links, new events, new material, and various other information here. I will work on weekly updates so you don't have to worry about missed emails our me loading up your inbox, it's all here.
We had several new members at our last workshop, welcome.
 This week we will open the Workshop with announcements and our two Monroe songs, "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and "Gotta Travel On".
We will then do our Fiddle tune "Bill Cheatham"
Then we will break into groups, intermediate with Dave going over our progressions and songs. Mikes Flatpicking session on "Cripple Creek"
And Jim will work on Slow Jams with the beginners.
Hope you all make it. If you have any questions please contact me at maranadba@gmail.com

New Marana DBA site

Hey all
Come back and visit for more updates
Jeff