Thought I'd share

For all you banjo players, let's try this. I just started working on it also.
http://markwardle.net/beginnerbanjo/tab/worried_man_blues_markw.pdf
Check out the rest of the site also?,
Happy Holidays
Jeff

Marana DBA Workshop 12/17

Hey all this will be our last Workshop of the year. We will cover a couple Bill Monroe tunes and review "Boil Them Cabbage Down" again as our Fiddle Tune. Well review some Bass runs in our Progressions. And as a special treat break into small jam bands with a band scramble and see what we can produce.
Here are a few clips of some of the beginning masters of Bass runs for your listening pleasure :
Jimmie Rodgers
http://youtu.be/iyHulWOZBpk
Riley Puckett
http://youtu.be/MpjYlYv5dKk
We had a lot of fun with the Bass runs last week, hope you've been practicing.
Jeff

Christmas and the DBA

Hey all
Again we have another workshop coming up and the new year of 2015 just around the corner. I really hope you all enjoy our Workshop, it's still a work in progress but seems to get better every year. The leaders of this group, Dave, Jim and Jeff put a lot of work into the Workshop to try and please everyone in attendance. We hope you're satisfied, but I'm sure we occasionally miss the Mark. If so please feel free to contact any one of us for possible improvements, were always looking for quality input.
Today we had a wonderful time playing at the Oro Valley Marketplace, we even earned some cash for the DBA. Please try and get involved in some of these Christmas events that the DBA has, we're all about giving back to this wonderful community that we live in. We hope what is learned at the workshops can be passed on to our community. After all one of the most precious gifts that we can give is the gift of music, it makes everyone happy. How can you not smile while listening to Bluegrass, it's so upbeat.
My hope for the future of our Workshop is to get more young people involved, for that is our future. Let's make 2015 the introduction of Bluegrass to our youth. I hope you all agree!
See you all on Wednesday!
Jeff

Remaining 2 Christmas songs for your list

Here is Song 1 for your list

THE PEACE CAROL – JOHN DENVER & MUPPETS Time=3/4

 

 

G / / 2 / / Am / / 2 / / D7 / / 2 / / G / / 2 / /

 

                           Am

The garment of life, be it tattered and torn

    D7                      G

The cloak of the soldier is withered and worn

    Em                          Am

But what child is this that was poverty-born

    D7                 G

The peace of Christmas Day

 

CHORUS (same pattern as verses):

 

The branch that bears the bright holly

The dove that rests in yonder tree

The light that shines for all to see

The peace of Christmas Day

 

Verse 2:

The hope that has slumbered for 2000 years

The promise that silenced 1000 fears

A faith that can hobble an ocean of tears

The peace of Christmas Day

 

(Chorus)

 

Verse 3:

Add all the grief that people may bear

Total the strife, the troubles and care

Put them in columns and leave them right there

The peace of Christmas Day

 

Here is song 2 for your list

WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND-KEY OF C

 

C
Sleigh bells ring are you listening
       G
In the lane snow is glistening

A beautiful sight we're happy tonight
D7           G            C
Walking in a winter wonderland


Gone away is the bluebird
        G
Here to stay is a new bird

He sings a love song as we go along
D7           G            C
Walking in a winter wonderland

E             B7             E
In the meadow we can build a snowman
                  B7           E
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
G                 D7                   G
He'll say are you married we'll say no man
    A7             D7                 G
But you can do the job when you're in town

 

 

 

G     C             
Later on we'll conspire
       G
As we dream by the fire

To face unafraid the plans that we've made
D7           G            C
Walking in a winter wonderland

 

E             B7             E
In the meadow we can build a snowman
                 B7            E
And pretend that he's a circus clown
G                  D7              G
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman
      A7        D7             G
Until the other kids knock him down

G       C
When it snows ain't it thrilling
            G
Though your nose gets a chilling

We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way
D7           G            C

a winter wonderland

Marana DBA Workshop 12/3

Hey it's December! Time for new songs. This time were going to do two two-chord songs. The first song is an old classic "My Homes Across the Blueridge Mountains" http://youtu.be/hV9r2iplLcA
The second song is "Katy Daly" http://youtu.be/KNw-M81SEAo , sorry for the poor video on this one but the audio is superb. As you can see, just two chords but look how much melody comes out of each song. With just two chords, I'd like to see most of you attempting breaks for these songs, both of which are in our Parking Lot Pickers Book.
Our Fiddle Tune this month will be "Boil them Cabbage Down" in A http://youtu.be/2GTtmZfwWyk
The Eastside workshop is doing this fiddle tune in conjunction with us so you can get double the training for this fairly easy tune. We can play it instrumental but feel free to try singing this fun song!
We will also cover some of the Christmas songs and set list for our Workshop Performance at the Oro Valley Marketplace on December 7. If you haven't signed up for the hour long paid trio performance, there are still open slots for Saturday December 6.

Marana DBA 11/26 Workshop

Yes, there is a Workshop the day before Thanksgiving! Last chance to get away from those obnoxious
Family members, or if you like them bring them along. We will be reviewing some Christmas songs, playing our Fiddle tune, Salt Creek and going through the 8 progressions. There will be no Beginners session but I will be available for questions or to try something you're working on together.
Our past pre Thanksgiving Workshops have been fun in the past, please join us.

Schedule a spot at the jam

We are playing as a group at 2pm-3pm at the Oro Valley Marketplace on Sunday December 7. There are time slots still open for solo, duet or trio performers to play strolling around for one hour. Here are the open slots for the two days:
Saturday December 6
10-11am. OPEN
11-12pm.  Dave Polston, Holly and Dewayne
12-1pm.  The Austin Family
1-2pm  OPEN
2-3pm. Tuba Christmas
3-4pm.  Sanchez and Arlene
Sunday December 7
11-12pm. Duet, Jim Sanchez and Arlene
12-1pm Ocotillo Rain Trio (Jeff Collins, Gene & Jolene Berg) 520-403-4062
1-2pm. Shirley and Jim O'Brian
2-3pm Our Bluegrass Jam on the Main Stage
3-4pm  Dave Polston duet
Remember each hour slot pays $50 to the group. Please contact Jim Sanchez, James.sanchez@q.com  if you are interested in filling a slot to stroll around playing Christmas music.

Christmas Jam in Oro Valley

Hey all,
At our last Workshop Jim spoke about all of us participating in the Oro Valley Jam for Christmas in December. Below is a list of songs (our set list) for that Jam. All the Bluegrass songs can be found in your ParkingLot Pickers Handbook, the CD can help on how the song Goes and here is a link to all the Christmas songs, you can listen to them on YouTube
http://desertbluegrass.org/images/pdf/christmas_songs_2012_ver2.pdf

Set list:
1. Away in a Manger key of G
2. Long Journey Home key of G
3. John Denver Song
4. craw dad Song key of G
5. Grandma got Run Over By a Reindeer in G
6. My Homes Across the Blueridge Mountains in D
7. Jingle Bells in G
8. Mama Don't Allow in G
9. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer in C
10. I'll Fly Away in G
11. Silent Night in C
12. Going Down this Road Feeling Bad in G
13. Up on the House Top in D
14. Winter Wonderland in C
15. Go Tell It On The Mountain in G
16. Felix Navidad in G
I hope you can all join us for the Festivities!
Jeff

Backing tracks

Hey,
 I notice many of you shun the metronome. As much as everyone claims never using and not needing the metronome, it shows, believe me. Using the metronome for practice definitely improves your rhythm, your groove, helps you play in time with others. Helps you increase speed.
Ok enough of my preaching. Since you don't like the metronome, use backing tracks. Seek them out, and get your groove. There are many CDs and websites and people who play with a metronome, that offer free backing tracks; Banjo Hangout, guitar Apprentice, etc... Here's a new one that plans to grow.. Get on now and enjoy it before it starts charging.
http://bluegrasstoday.com/free-bluegrass-backing-tracks/?utm_content=buffer36169&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Check it out; the rest of us are tired of hearing you play out of time, haha
Jeff

NNS-Nashville Number System

Nashville Number System: The Basics

This system was invented for easy transposing and dialog about songs to be played in a group setting.

It is based on the Do-Ra-Me scale of music. The musical alphabet is simply transposed into Roman Numerals and put in place to represent the scale or progression in different keys. For example let’s take the key of C. C-D-E-F-G-A-B where C=I, D=II, E=III, F=IV, G=V,  A=VI, B=VII. So if our Progression is I-IV-V it is played as C-F-G. So you now have this song in the key of C that you thoroughly learned over the course of last week. You are at a jam and this song comes up to be played in the jam, and you know it! Except the singer gets to call the key of the song and he says G or better yet, “one Sharp”. Now you already know all about “One Sharp” because you recently learned about it in Jeffs Circle of Fifths Class. So the song that you knew in C played I-IV-V or C-F-G is still I-IV-V but played as G-C-D because in G the Nashville Number System(NNS) is G=I, A=II, B=III, C=IV, D=V, E=VI, F=VII.

So now you know about majors and notes in the scale of a key in the Nashville Number System, but what about minors? There are several ways minors are represented. If the designer of the song is using Nashville Number System (NNS) and wants to add the Relative Minor of the Key of C, which is Am or the sixth in the progression it could be written as vi (small letters). But sometimes that Sixth isn’t always a minor or they forget to dot the I or the v looks big. They could write it as 6-. The – sign is minor. What about a G7 in the key of C progression, could be V7 or 57(small seven).

What about rhythm in NNS? Well a song written as “one sharp” I I IV I I V; each Roman numeral is a Measure or Bar in a song. The song could be 4/4 or ¾. Say it’s a 4/4 song and the second measure is split between two beats of G and two of C. It would then be written as “one sharp” I I/IV IV I I V. OK, in songs where there are two chords in a measure but one has one beat and the other has three beats; we then put one dot over the first and three dots over the second or they might just write it out using slashes I//// I/IV/// IV//// I ////I ////V////

So now armed with your circle of Fifths, your formula for Major Scales and the Nashville Number System (NNS) you now have the wisdom to figure out pretty much any Bluegrass Situation.

Let's Jam

Hey all,
I've heard there are still some of our attendees who have never attended a jam yet. You don't know what you're missing, literally. Here is a link to dispel all the rumors and some good info to boot.
http://www.drbanjo.com/pdf/bluegrass-jamming-basics.pdf
And I couldn't forget a list of favorite songs at jams
http://www.drbanjo.com/pdf/bluegrass-jam-favorites.pdf
Have fun and keep pickin
Jeff

Next Wednesday November 12 cancelled

Hey all
We haven't had much response to the camping trip but were going with it for those willing to go. Anyway, because some key people will be gone on this trip, we will be canceling the November 12 Wednesday Workshop. We will return with the Workshop the following week.
Also those who want to participate in our Christmas jam in Oro Valley, here is a link to some Christmas songs. We will decide tonight on six songs to play from this selection. Our jam in Oro Valley will be an hour.
http://desertbluegrass.org/images/pdf/christmas_songs_2012_ver2.pdf
Jeff

Metronome

In my last installment to this Blog, I mention using a metronome. I then started thinking that many of you may not have one and the backing track might be a little fast. Here is a link to a metronome at various speeds for you to practice with until you get to the level of the backing tracks. You're getting a lot of tools here, please use them. I promise they will make you a better player.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyxXU2_2uYjG2QnBVS8vOuC03Lt80W0ZK

Salt Creek fiddle tune for November

Ok let's start this month off right on learning this fiddle tune. Here is the challenge for our Workshop. Let's ALL try and be able to play the melody of this tune by the end of the month, not just the chord progression. Let's all take it to the next level, we can all do it, beginners through advanced.
1. First off, listen to the tune so many time you can hum it in your sleep.
http://youtu.be/go07ncKFK-U
http://youtu.be/hWU5ggXdfmA
2. Next learn to play and memorize the progression. Let's learn to get away from our books and manuscripts right now, after all it's only 4 chords, I, IV, V, VII you can do it!
http://bluegrassguitar.com/pdf/SaltCreek.pdf
http://www.haruteq.com/salt.pdf
3. Learn to play the melody. Play and memorize the first measure. Then get a metronome and set it at a slow speed, 50 bpm. Play that first measure at that speed. Play and learn the second measure, once you have it play the first and second measure together. Keep going measure by measure. If you start messing up a lot stop, you're done for now. Next practice session do this again until you have the A part down pat. Now start to increase the speed on the metronome and play along, only increase by 3 bpm at a time. When you get to 80 bpm start the same process for the B part. Once you have learned both A and B you can now proceed to play them with a metronome or backing tracks from this link which gradually increases in speed.
http://flatpickapprentice.blogspot.com/2011/01/salt-creek-rhythm-tracks.html
http://www.banjohangout.org/rss/PlayingStyles-Newest-ID9.xml

Ok, for now, learn how the tune goes by listening. Learn and memorize the progression. Use a metronome and backing tracks to increase speed of your progressions.
I will post the melodies for each instrument soon, but for now let's learn how the song sounds and it's progression and be involved this Wednesday. By the end of the month well all have this down!
Jeff

Marana DBA Workshop for 11/5

Hey, here is our new lineup of songs for November.

1) Love me Darlin, just tonight. Key of G

co-written by Carter Stanley along with

Ralph Stanley - Love Me, Darlin, Just Tonight

				Ralph Stanley - Love Me, Darlin, Just Tonight
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 Stanley Brothers - Love Me Darlin Just Tonite Tabs, Chords

				Stanley Brothers - Love Me Darlin Just Tonite Tabs, Chor... Stanley Brothers - Love Me Darlin Just Tonite Chords, Tabs, Tablatures for Guitar. + Stanley Brothers song lyrics . ringtone . MP3 >>
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That Lonesome River, written by Carter Stanley

Ralph Stanley - The Lonesome River

Our fiddle tune will be Salt Creek in A

				Ralph Stanley - The Lonesome River
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 Bluegrass songs with chords - Lonesome River

		Bluegrass songs with chords - Lonesome River Bluegrass Lyrics and Chords Bluegrass songs with easy chords for guitar, banjo, mandolin etc.
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Sabino Canyon Jam and fun

Greetings Bluegrass Aficionados: 

This coming Saturday, Nov. 8th is a huge celebration at Sabino Canyon.  You are invited to come pick bluegrass as part of the festivities.  

WHAT: The US Forest Service’s 50th Celebration of the Congressional Wilderness Act.  They need lots of bluegrass pickers to come help them celebrate.  There will be three pick’n sites – one by the front entrance, a second by the vender booths, and a third deeper into the canyon.  

WHO: There will be 3000-5000 celebrants, political speakers, over 25 vender booths, and NO MUSICIANS!  We’re solving that problem!  This is an invitation to all DBA and workshop players to come pick.  This includes individual pickers who want to form impromptu jams and established bands!  Newbies, intermediates, and experienced players are welcome.  

WHERE: The first staging area will be at the visitor’s center at Sabino Canyon.  As more players come in, we’ll expand to the two other sites.  The forest service will provide vehicles to help us haul our instruments to the other two sites.  

WHEN: This coming Saturday, November 8th from 9am to 3pm.  You will want to get there early (even 7am).  You can play for as long as you want and go between the three pick’n sites.  Parking will be non-existent, so you’ll want to have a loved one drop you off and pick you up.  

WHY: This is a great opportunity to play music in a beautiful setting to thousands of appreciative people.  Plus, this will help the DBA continue our warm relationship with the US Forest Service, which could grow into more occasions to play in the future.  

HOW: Send Doc Simpson a confirmation email (crimeshrink@gmail.com).  This is only to give us a rough estimate for who is coming.  You can show up last minute without a reservation.  As always, we desperately need bass players to show.  

Come on!  We’re talking November in Tucson!  This is some of the best weather of the whole year.  So, put down that remote control, get off that couch, and come take in the majestic beauty of God’s creation while playing great music.  It truly doesn’t get any better than this.  

Doc Simpson

St Anne's Reel

Here's mandolin tab link for the song:
http://mandolinsessions.com/?p=465
Guitar:
http://www.bluegrassguitar.com/pdf/StAnnesReel.pdf
Banjo:
http://billevansbanjo.com/blog/st-annes-reel-banjo-tab
Here are backing tracks at different speeds to play along with:
http://www.banjohangout.org/rss/PlayingStyles-Newest-ID9.xml 70bpm

Enjoy and search around on these links, there's a lot there for you to work with
Jeff

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Hey all let me know if you get an email letting you know about this post.
Thanks
Jeff

November Progression list

Here is the list of songs associated to each progression for November:

1)Wreck of the old 97

2)Great Speckled Bird

3) New River Train

4)Sittin on Top of the World

5)Jesse James

6)Workshop Blues (original I wrote this morning)

7)You are my sunshine

8) NOTE: I changed this progression beginning with this month (oct) song

it is now

1 1 1 1

1 1 5 5

1 1 1 1

1 5 11

November song-Driving nails in my coffin

If you need the actual progression for each number, refer back to the archive in September.

Two chord songs for beginning jam

Two Chord Songs:
My Homes Across the Blueridge Mountains
John Henry
Little Liza Jane
Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy
Katy Daly
Little Bessie
Little Birdie
Pretty Polly
Rain and Snow
Reuben's Train
Sally Goodin
Shady Grove
Shortenin Bread
Train, Train, Train
The Train that Carried My Girl From Town
These are the songs we'll be working on for a while in my Beginning Bluegrass session. We'll be transposing all of the songs into G for now, so get use to using your Circle of Fifths chart.
Jeff

Scales; use with Circle of Fifths

Scales and Keys

Scales are used in all music and use a basic theory to derive certain qualities. Let’s discuss how a Major scale is made. There is a basic theory that uses whole steps and half steps to derive at a scale in a certain key. The Major scale is made up using:

     Whole     Whole     Half     Whole     Whole     Whole     Half    

Do            Re            Mi       Fa           Sol              La            Ti          Do

Using this concept lets look at the C scale

     Whole     Whole     Half     Whole     Whole     Whole     Half    

C               D             E            F              G               A             B            C

The C scale uses no sharps or flats. Please refer to the “Circle of Fifths” chart I provided you. In the beginning of every song on the Staff lines there is a Key Signature, noted by showing sharps and flats or none. This tells you what key you are in. Let’s look at the key of G; a bluegrass favorite.

     Whole     Whole     Half     Whole     Whole     Whole     Half    

G              A               B          C              D              E               F#         G

Note that there is 1 sharp, F. Look at your “Circle of Fifths” What Key signature shows 1 sharp? Yes, G. It also shows which note is sharped, F. This also means that any F(low F) is sharped unless otherwise noted.

Now for Pentatonics we don’t use the 4^th or the 7th, so in the Key of G we throw out the C and the F# leaving five notes(tones) or “Penta(tonic)” You can also see this on your Circle of Fifths chart. Find G and go clockwise 5 positions including G. Also note the 2 notes you threw out C and F#; the C is the note counterclockwise to G and the F# is the note after your fifth note. This works for every scale. Another handy way to use the “Circle of fifths”.

Circle of Fifths

DBA Circle of Fifths

Start on you root or key of the chord progression. To determine your I-IV V progression go one counter clockwise from the root; that is your IV chord. Then go one clockwise from the root; that is your V chord. To change keys in a song, determine the root chord and follow the previous procedure. The inner circle determines your minor chords from the root or in that key. The minor directly in from the root or key is the Relative minor or vi chord. Go one counterclockwise from the vi chord and you have the ii chord minor of the progression. Go one clockwise from the relative minor and you have the iii chord minor of the progression. The seventh chord in the progression is usually major in bluegrass. O your progression is I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi-VII;  with I-IV-V always major and ii-iii-vi always minor. The seventh is Augmented or Diminished in theory but usually major in Bluegrass. The relative minor shares the same scale as the major root but starts on its own namesake. The staff lines show the key signature; starting with C, there are no sharps or flats. Going clockwise you gain and retain one more sharp that is in that keys scale, until you get to the bottom of the circle, F#. Same with going counterclockwise from C, but this time you gain Flats up until Gb. Clockwise is Circle of Fifths, counterclockwise is Wheel of Fourths. Always look at the Key Signature to determine that songs key, it’s not always the first chord.    –Jeff-

Marana DBA Workshop 10/22

Hey all,
Great workshop last Wednesday. This week we'll all be back as Dave will return to continue his progression workshop. I gave an introduction to some new jammers and will continue with the Slow Jam and Theory portion of the Workshop.
Remember our First Annual Campout/Flyfishing/jam will be coming up on November 10 at Deadhorse State Park near Cottonwood AZ on the beautiful Verde River. I will give Fly Casting lessons for those interested followed by daily jams. On Thursday we will travel to Wickenburg for the Friday-Sunday Wickenburg Bluegrass Festival. There will be no Workshop that week on November 12!!!
Go to this link for Deadhorse info and reservations:
http://azstateparks.com/parks/DEHO/index.html
Follow this link for info on the Wickenburg Festival(scroll down a little to November)
http://www.wickenburgchamber.com/event_type/annual/
If you don't want to camp there are plenty of lodging opportunities in both Cottonwood and Wickenburg, so don't feel left out! Cottonwood is just across the Verde River from Deadhorse State Park.
Hope to see you all there!

Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar

Hey all,
This blog is all about rhythm. I know most of our musicians at our workshops are guitar players. Most of you guitar players strive to become Flatpickers. But do you really know how to play rhythm? I mean really play rhythm well? Be honest. I thought so. Your rhythm playing makes up over 90% of the song. Your guitar not only makes up the tonal quality of the chords but also the driving percussion. Your rhythm  is what makes the other instruments sound good on their breaks. There's a great little guitar course out there produced by "Flatpicking Guitar Magazine" called "Essentials". It's an 8 part course. Do you know what part one is? Rhythm guitar; yes, for a Flatpicking course. Do you know what part 8 is? Rhythm again.
Just a little tidbit of info to absorb over the next week or so. Here is a link to some basic Bluegrass Rhythm to help you along your way to be a top notch rhythm player.
http://youtu.be/iPxu-xyFUxo
Here's a link to the course I was discussing, it would be a great supplement to bring to your guitar teacher for you to structure your lessons on.
http://www.flatpick.com/Flatpicking_Essentials_s/2015.htm
Have fun, see you all at the workshop,
Jeff

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