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Closet pickers, this is for you!
Pete ("Dr. Banjo") Wernick offers jam camps nationwide. All events are in conjunction with bluegrass festivals!
Pete's inventive new teaching method focuses on the student’s desire to play music in a social context. Pete's emphasis is to address the general lack of this type of learning situation, and these camps have been launching beginning jammers everywhere.
Pete
will show you how to be in a bluegrass jam session, fitting in at your
own ability level. You will be jamming the first morning!
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"I
have been waiting to start playing real bluegrass with people for
quite a while, and now I can."
“There was a lot packed into those few days... the excitement
of learning to jam with others, making real live honest-to-bluegrass
music, and getting to know some really wonderful and supportive people.”
“I feel that it is the beginning of a whole new world for me.”
“It was a beautiful thing to see Pete’s clear pleasure at
a group of learners singing harmony for the first time, or a musician
taking their first out-of-the-closet solo.”
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Learn:
- How to follow chords to new songs and play along comfortably
- The basics of simple soloing-- even when you don’t know the song!
- Standard jam procedure and etiquette
- Hands-on individualized help.
All bluegrass instruments, all skill levels welcome.
Supportive instruction and easy and fun jamming! Registration limited.
How you qualify:
It's easier than you may think!
If you play guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, bass, resonator guitar, even
autoharp or dulcimer, you can be part of a bluegrass jam.
Only requirements: You must be able to tune your instrument (electronic
tuning devices welcome) and change smoothly between G, C, D, and A. Fast
playing is not expected, nor is the ability to solo required.
What it is:
A combination of classroom and hands-on instruction by an experienced, understanding
teacher.
You will be grouped with others according to experience, and do a lot of
jamming, sometimes guided, sometimes on your own!
Pete will give group and individual pointers on instrumental technique,
harmony singing, and the how-to’s of a variety of jam situations.
 "Pete Wernick, a.k.a. Dr. Banjo, is a fine musician and a fine teacher, able to keep forty people interested and on track while staying very relaxed. Chris and I enjoyed ourselves thoroughly, we learned a lot from our time there, and we plan on returning next year. "
-- Rick Saenz (2003 MerleFest Jamcamper)
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articles about Pete's Jam Camps |
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Jam
Camp Review
Dr. Banjo's Closet Picker Cure!
Check
out this review of a Dr. Banjo Jam Camp. It appeared
in Bluegrass
By The Bay Magazine. |
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Check
out this article that appeared in BMP Magazine
Pete Wernick (Dr. Banjo) gets personal with Bluegrass
Music Profiles Magazine
about Hot Rize, his bluegrass jam camps and teaching ideas.
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