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Jan. 25: The Role of the Old Time Banjo with Benny Bleu
$60.00
January 25, 2025 - Saturday
11am to 1pm
Dusty Strings 3406 Fremont Ave N
Registration & Refund Deadline: Wednesday, January 22
The Role of the Old Time Banjo – In the modern old time string band, the fiddle plays the melody, the bass booms, and the guitar chucks. But what does the banjo do? Learn about the great power and great responsibility we share as banjo players. We'll focus on rhythms, groove, syncopation, harmonies, musical conversations, and translating fiddle tune melodies to the clawhammer banjo.
Skills needed: The ability to bum diddy.
Please bring your banjo.
Teacher: Benny Bleu Haravitch plays old-time banjo in the Finger Lakes of upstate New York – a land defined by deep lake valleys and steep highlands. The topography is reflected in the local fiddle tradition, and Benny’s banjo rolls along having studied and played with regional old-time visionaries Mac Benford, Richie Stearns, Judy Hyman, and Bruce Molsky. As a former geologist, his songwriting is earth-focused and inspired by the natural world. 2024 is a prolific year as Benny released twin albums Banjo Meditations (featured in Bandcamp Daily's Best Country Music of June 2024) and Banjo Jubilations (#2 artist and #5 album on FAI Folk Radio Chart June 2024), and embarked on an all-too-uncommon Amtrak tour spreading the efforts of sustainability in the traveling arts. bennybleu.com
11am to 1pm
Dusty Strings 3406 Fremont Ave N
Registration & Refund Deadline: Wednesday, January 22
The Role of the Old Time Banjo – In the modern old time string band, the fiddle plays the melody, the bass booms, and the guitar chucks. But what does the banjo do? Learn about the great power and great responsibility we share as banjo players. We'll focus on rhythms, groove, syncopation, harmonies, musical conversations, and translating fiddle tune melodies to the clawhammer banjo.
Skills needed: The ability to bum diddy.
Please bring your banjo.
Teacher: Benny Bleu Haravitch plays old-time banjo in the Finger Lakes of upstate New York – a land defined by deep lake valleys and steep highlands. The topography is reflected in the local fiddle tradition, and Benny’s banjo rolls along having studied and played with regional old-time visionaries Mac Benford, Richie Stearns, Judy Hyman, and Bruce Molsky. As a former geologist, his songwriting is earth-focused and inspired by the natural world. 2024 is a prolific year as Benny released twin albums Banjo Meditations (featured in Bandcamp Daily's Best Country Music of June 2024) and Banjo Jubilations (#2 artist and #5 album on FAI Folk Radio Chart June 2024), and embarked on an all-too-uncommon Amtrak tour spreading the efforts of sustainability in the traveling arts. bennybleu.com