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Wednesday - Sunday, June 25th - June 29th, 2008

 

Gerald Jones

Banjo & Mandolin

 

 

Certified banjo weirdo, who also plays guitar, mandolin and fiddle, you are more likely to see him at 3 a.m. in the apartment teaching and picking than in class at 10 a.m.  His special topics sessions are camp favorites.

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2007 HCAMP Student Quotes:

"They were great!"

"Excellent instructors."

"All were very very good."

A Sampling of Gerald Jones' Banjo Classes

 

How To Learn All The Chords You Really Need To Know In One Lesson

Why There Are Really Only Six Rolls (And How to Recognize Them)

Bluesy Banjo Chords and Licks How To Find The Melody (Ear Training)

Single String Playing 101

Simple Rules to Find I, V, & V Chords in Any Key or Position (and II, III & VI Chords too!)

Jamming With Harmonized Scales

How I IV & V Chords Got Their Names (And Why You Should Care)

Jam Session Survival Skills

How To Play in Almost Any Key Without a Capo (It Really Ain't That Hard!)

50 D to G Licks (Plug and Play Improvisation)

25 Great Endings (Plug and Play Improvisation)

30 C to G Licks (Plug and Play Improvisation)

Swing/Jazz Chord Progressions and Positions

All The Backup You Really Need

Using Just Four Licks/Positions

The Rest of the Cool Backup You Want to Learn

 

A Sampling of Gerald Jones' Mandolin Classes

 

Embellishing With the Right Hand (How to Sound Like You Know More Than You Really Do...)

How to Learn All the Chords You Really Need To Know In One Lesson

How To Read Standard Notation for Mandolin (It Really Ain't That Hard!)

Easy Scales and Arpeggios

Jamming With Harmonized Scales

Simple Monroe Sounding Blues

How I, IV & V Chords Got Their Names (And Why You Should Care)

How to Find The Melody

Pentatonic Scales (How to Get Out of a Jam During a Jam)

Simple Duet Classical Mandolin Pieces

 

2007 HCAMP Class Pictures

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