Jayme Stone - Posted - 11/03/2009:  06:48:42

I'll be in paris from November 16th to 19th. If there are enough banjo players interested, I would be more than glad to teach a workshop during that time. We would need a minimum of five students to go ahead, so if you’re interested or know anyone that might be, please email jayme@jaymestone.com and we'll get this organized.

In small group settings, I like to offer a range of ideas, techniques and approaches that can be worked with by people of all levels and styles. Everyone’s welcome, beginners and advanced students alike.

In the workshop we can explore right and left hand technique, ergonomics, improvisation, repertoire and backup through both traditional and modern music. Original tablature of tunes, ideas and exercises will be provided. Music is vast and there are many topics we can (and will) delve into. Students will be encouraged to choose particular topics they would like addressed in the workshop. Some possibilities include:

Melodic patterns
Arpeggios
Phrasing
Playing in different keys
Béla Fleck techniques
Earl Scruggs inventions
John Hartford's "slidewhistle" chromatic approach
Fiddlistic ideas on the banjo
Fiddle tune backup
Three finger single string
Melodic Style
Backup
Modern chops and rhythmic ideas
Triplets
Scales and modes
Reharmonization
Metronome exercises
African music
Swedish music
Jazz
Bach

JAYME STONE plays, composes and teaches music on the five-string banjo. He has studied with Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Evans and Bill Frisell. His last album, The Utmost, won the Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year and his newest release, Africa to Appalachia, was just nominated for the Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year. Stone has two instructional DVDs out on Woodhall Music and has been teaching banjo for 15 years.

"There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself."
J.S. BACH

“A banjo will get you through a time with no money, but money won#700;t get you through a time of no banjo.”
JOHN HARTFORD

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