Beginner, Continuing, and Advanced Beginner 5-String Old-Timey Banjo
NEW 6-week session with instructor Ed Sweeney starts April 6
Blackstone River Theatre will offer BEGINNER #2 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., CONTINUING BEGINNER 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 11:00 to 11:50 p.m., and ADVANCED BEGINNER 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. with Ed Sweeney on Saturdays, April 6 and 20, May 11, 18, 25, and June 1.
Blackstone River Theatre will offer TOTAL BEGINNER 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with Ed Sweeney on Tuesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, May 7 and 14.
These will be small group classes geared toward adults or teens age 16-and-up. Fee is $100 per student per six-week session and pre-payment is necessary. Minimum two needed to hold class. Maximum 5 students. In these classes you will learn the basics of playing the old-time Appalachian banjo style including tuning, ornamentation and basic frailing to drop thumb melodic playing. We will work on ear training and as we progress, discover the many different tunings of old timey banjo and why one would want to use different tunings. Participants must bring their own 5-string banjo!