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INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION This is a list of instructors who have no connection to this website. For information, please contact them rather than this website, www.bubbaguitar.com. The concentration here is old-time music. The listed musicians are active in Portland's traditional music circles. They are the style setters. See the bottom of the page for bluegrass and blues. FIDDLE
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GROUP CLASSES & WORKSHOPS The details below are often out of date, but the classes and the teachers are ongoing. Use the email links to get up to date info. GREG STONE'S TABORGRASS BEGINNER'S BLUEGRASS CLASS & SLOW JAM
LEELA GRACE'S JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2012 CLASSES BEGINNING CLAWHAMMER BANJO CLASS AT ARTICHOKE 
Dates: Wednesdays for 6 weeks January 25-February 29, 2012 Time: 6:00pm-6:55 pm Fee: sliding scale $65-$115 Registration: Pre-register and pay online for this class at http://www.gracefamilymusic.com/leela-ellie/Leela-lessons.html. For other registration options, contact Leela. Information: Contact Leela at leelagracemusic@gmail.com or at 573-823-5650 Note: Class will be limited to 15 participants. Pre-registration required. Class Description: Always wanted to learn the old time banjo? Now’s your chance to get started! Get that banjo out from under the bed and come on down. We will be learning how to play the old time banjo from scratch! We will start with the basics of how to hold and tune the banjo and then move quickly into mastering the frailing strum and left hand techniques. Utilizing by-ear learning, clear, step-by-step instruction, and time for individual coaching, we’ll have some fun learning how to wrangle this amazing instrument. By the end of the six weeks, you should be comfortable with the frailing strum, adept at basic chord changes, know how to do hammer-ons, slides, and pull-offs, and have several old-time tunes in your repertoire. Since this is a by-ear class, a battery-operated recording device of some sort is strongly recommended. It will be an important tool! It is also suggested that you bring a banjo strap and electronic tuner. More info will be given at the first class. INTERMEDIATE CLAWHAMMER BANJO CLASS AT ARTICHOKE Dates: Wednesdays for 6 weeks January 25-February 29, 2012 Time: 7:00pm-7:55pm Fee: sliding scale $65-$115 Registration: Pre-register and pay online for this class at http://www.gracefamilymusic.com/leela-ellie/Leela-lessons.html. For other registration options, contact Leela Information: Contact Leela at leelagracemusic@gmail.com or at 573-823-5650 Class Description: This more challenging class is designed for clawhammer banjo players who have taken Leela's Banjo I and II classes or for slightly more advanced players with existing skills who want to take their old time banjo playing to the next level. For this class, you should know how to tune your banjo and change tunings, be comfortable with the frailing/clawhammer strum at a moderate to fast tempo, be familiar with slides, pull-offs, and hammer-ons and possibly some drop thumbing, and know at least several tunes and chords in the G tuning (and possibly a tune or two in alternate tunings). We will spend a bit of time refining the clawhammer technique and introducing or practicing drop thumbing. Our focus will be on expanding your repertoire and moving your playing to the next level. A selection of old time tunes in the G tuning will be taught, as well as the Modal and Double C tunings. Depending on the interests of the class, we may discuss jam etiquette and the place of the banjo in old time music, how to learn tunes from the fiddler, work on singing with the banjo, and/or focus on other topics. About the instructor:Leela Grace (Singer/ Banjo Player/ Guitar Player/ Performer/ Songwriter/ Teacher/ Percussive Dancer) is a Columbia, Missouri native and a Portland, Oregon transplant who has performed and taught nationally for over 25 years, first with her family, and now as a solo musician and with her sister Ellie Grace (as Leela and Ellie Grace). She recorded three albums with her family as a teen (in addition to doing studio work with other musicians) and has released two acclaimed duo CDs with her sister. The sisters have performed at prestigious venues across the United States and Canada, ranging from the Winnipeg Folk Festival to the Lincoln Center in New York City to the Summer Solstice Festival in Los Angeles. Leela has been dancing for over 25 years, developing a driving, dynamic style that draws most strongly from Appalachian clogging, but also incorporates Irish step dance, Rhythm tap, body percussion, and much more. Inspired by Missouri banjo player, Cathy Barton, Leela picked up the clawhammer banjo as a young teen and has now been playing for nearly 20 years. She inhaled the music of the Ozarks and later travelled to the Appalachians, drawn by the crooked cross-tuned sounds of those mountains. She now lives on the west coast, in the midst of a thriving revivalist Old Time music scene and has developed her own unique clawhammer banjo style, marked by clear, bright melodies and powerful, driving rhythm. As a teacher of music and dance, Leela has inspired literally thousands of school children, banjo students, percussive dancers, and singers of all ages through the classes, school assemblies, week-long camps, and lessons that she has taught across the U.S. and Canada since she was little more than a child herself. She has been hired to teach at The Swannanoa Gathering (NC), The Christmas Country Dance School (Berea, KY), Pinewoods Camp (MA), The Augusta Heritage Center’s Old Time Week (WV), and Lady of the Lake Camp (ID)! Her students have called her a “dynamic, engaging, and knowledgeable instructor” and “a skilled musician” who “has a wonderful ear, and a super way of motivating you to develop your skill.” Leela’s “soaring” vocals, compelling originals, “sterling credentials” in old-time music, powerful percussive dance, and disarming teaching style make her a favorite at venues and camps across the continent. She is a kind, entertaining, experienced teacher who offers clear, understandable instruction to singers, musicians, and dancers of all levels. She tries to disarm her students with laughter and a bit of silliness while, unbeknownst to them, they are not only learning to sing, dance, or play the banjo, but also learning to believe in their own ability. To find out more about Leela, check out: www.leelaandelliegrace.com Sammy Lind - GROUP FIDDLE CLASS. Bring the fiddle, $10, a folding chair or stool, a recording device. All levels welcome although it will be more of a beginning level to start out with. 109 NE 78th Ave in Portland (just north of Burnside) - info: 503.347.3860 Bill Nix - BANJO AT CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Just want to let folks know that I will be spending my Wednesday evenings (starting the end of Sept.) teaching a class about learning to play Clawhammer banjo. Some of you in the Salem area just got your Chemeketa C.C. class catalog in the mail. Even though this will be a Banjo class, they listed it under "Music" education. I did this kind of class last year for just one term. It will be one term again this year. I had a good time and think those who attended last year also had some fun. Any who attended last year who are on this list are invited to have their say. Should anyone require additional information, They can call the Chemeketa office in Dallas or give me a call at 503-838-6861. Lisa Ornstein ~ FINE TIMES: A HENRY REED CELEBRATION A Modal Tunes (fiddle, banjo*, mandolin) This five-week class celebrates the music of Virginia fiddle legend, Henry Reed (1884-1968), the original source of many “classic” old-time tunes such as “Over the Waterfall” and “Kitchen Girl.” Reed had a vast repertory of all kinds of dance music. We'll learn five tunes, including classics and off-the-beaten-track treasures such as Hell Up Cole Holler, Grover Jones’ Waltz, and Betsy. Class participants will receive a tutorial CD with the tunes played at dance speed and slowed down, as well as detailed sheet music with bowings and all the trimmings. All tunes are played in STANDARD TUNING (did I just hear a sigh of relief?). When I was in my teens, I spent a whole summer at the Library of Congress listening to, learning, and notating tunes from recordings of Henry Reed under the watchful supervision of Alan Jabbour (who visited Henry Reed and popularized his tunes in the 1970s with the Fuzzy Mountain String Band). Now it’s time to celebrate, and you’re invited! Cheers, Lisa WHEN: 8:15-9:15pm, Monday evenings, Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30 and Feb 6 WHERE: 1605 S.E. 27th Ave., Portland COST: $95 for five classes ($85 for pre-paid) PLAYING LEVEL: for intermediate to advanced players INSTRUMENTS: fiddle, mandolin, banjo (all tunes taught on fiddle) QUESTIONS, REGISTRATION: lisa.ornstein@hotmail.com; 503-236-8277 Lisa Ornstein ~ QUEBEC SESSION CLASS WINTER 2012 Brighten your New Year with the joy of playing Quebecois session tunes in a supportive, informal group setting. In this four-week session, you’ll learn new tunes to share at dances and at the rapidly-becoming-legendary monthly Quebec Jam Session. Tunes are taught by ear. ALL acoustic instruments welcome (fiddle, flute, accordion, concertina, woodwinds, mandolin, banjo, guitar, etc.). Class members receive a CD of all tunes and downloadable sheet music. Drop-ins receive e-mail mp3s of the tunes taught that evening. What’s on the tune list? Well, so far: reels, crooked tunes, waltzes, 6/8s, and galopes, including that musical roller-coaster “Reel Béatrice” and Louis Boudreault’s lovely “La Pêcheuse.” These tunes have so much lift, you may need an oxygen mask! where: 1605 SE 27th Ave., Portland when: ADVANCED: Sunday, 7:30-8:30 pm Jan. 15, 22, 29 and Feb. 5 INTERMEDIATE: Tuesday, 8-9 pm Jan. 10, 17, 24, and 31 cost: $60 pre-paid by Jan. 2, 2012; $70 at door; $20 per class for drop-ins information, registration: Call Lisa at 503-236-8277 or lisa.ornstein@hotmail.com Lisa Ornstein ~ PRIVATE LESSONS Styles: Old-Time, Quebecois, Acadian and Cajun, New England and Contradance Levels Taught: all Ages Taught: all Contact Phone, email: lisa.ornstein@hotmail.com Lisa’s masterful playing has inspired a generation of old-time, contradance, and Quebecois musicians. She began playing music in Ohio as a youngster and was mentored in her teens by fiddling greats such as Tommy Jarrell, Dewey Balfa, and Louis Beaudoin. At 20, she was invited by Mike Seeger to record an old-time album (Ship in the Clouds, on the Smithsonian/Folkways label). Lisa’s passion for French-Canadian music eventually led her to to Quebec, where she spent 12 years and was a member of the super-star trad group, La Bottine Souriante. Lisa has also produced award-winning documentary recordings of elder master musicians, and her own rich and unique repertory of old standards and off-the-beaten track musical treasures reflects a lifetime of being a ‘’tune catcher.” Lisa is an experienced and inspiring teacher who likes working with fiddlers at every level and every age and from a variety of musical backgrounds. She has a gift for putting students at ease while connecting them with the power and joy of playing. She has a solid understanding of violin technique is very good at helping beginning and intermediate fiddlers get “unstuck” and improve their bowing, fingering, tone production, ornamentation, and ease in playing up to speed. Lisa generally teaches by ear, but will happily supply sheet music--there are many paths to playing! And because she’s an Oberlin Conservatory graduate, Lisa understands how classical musicians think and learn, and can help classically-trained folks who want to “make the leap” into traditional fiddle or hone their learning-by-ear skills.. BLUEGRASS TEACHERS IN PORTLAND
ACOUSTIC BLUES TEACHERS IN PORTLAND
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