Central Ohio Folk Festival

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1 Central Ohio Folk Festival May 2 & 3, 2015 Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park (Indian Ridge area) Workshop Listings Registration required for workshops (form found on page 8 or on our website). Where else can you learn all this stuff for $30 in a weekend? (Pre-registration rate postmarked by April 21st). Visit for a listing of the many other festival events. Various workshops on: guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, dobro and song writing, in addition to some how-to workshops on: home recording and music production, using social media for musicians, how to get and keep gigs, how to conduct house concerts and more. We are proud to say that most of our workshop presenters also teach music in real life in addition to performing. KEY: Beg = for beginners; Adv Beg = advanced beginners; Int = intermediate level; Adv = Advanced players; All = all levels. Workshops last 50 minutes. 11:00 AM SATURDAY Sea Shanty Workshop Andy Beyer This is an introduction to singing Sea Shanties. With the instructor as the Shanty Man, and a lead sheet of choruses, the workshop will cover seven familiar shanties (and maybe more if time permits). Andy is a member of the Sea Shanty Crew, the HardTackers. All are invited! All Drama of Drop D Tuning for Guitar Wolf (AKA Marie Smith) Learn to put some dark elegance into your guitar playing with simple DropD tuning! DropD gives a haunting, bluesy sound to a popular key for many singers. Included will be a handy chord chart hand-out. Some songs to practice together may include: Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch), The Cuckoo (Traditional), Reuben (banjo picker s classic tune) as well as others. Along with your guitar, please bring a capo! Adv Beg Playing the Spoons Sylvia Miller In this workshop, you ll learn spoon etiquette, correct holding of spoons and some variations of rhythms. All Examining Sweet Bye & Bye Songs Joanne Laessig Examine the rich history and some of the songs referring to and contemplating the afterlife in the American tradition of group singing. Love, grief, and spirituals from early spirituals to old time and bluegrass the songs help us express and share our grief and love. All

2 12:00 NOON SATURDAY Union, Civil Rights and Anti-War Songs of the 50 s - 70 s Jim Foerch (from festival performing band, Blue Water Ramblers) Music expressed the hope and anger of a generation trying to make the world better. Sad to say, the same songs still need to be sung today. Explore the rich tradition of fighting injustice with music. All Intermediate/Advanced Bluegrass Mandolin Caleb Powers (from festival performing band, The Relentless Mules) This workshop will explain, demonstrate and offer hands on opportunities for learning skills and techniques to build your proficiency on bluegrass mandolin. Int/Adv The Amazing Fretboard on Mountain Dulcimer (I, IV, V & VIM) Laura Elder We will explore chord structures and accompaniment in different keys (without a capo) to tunes ranging from Boil Them Cabbage to Amazing Grace. Adv Beg/Int Death, Disorder & Banjos: Ballads! (Examining ballads & tips on writing your own) Wolf (AKA Marie Smith) From outlaws to broken hearts to bloody murder, ballads tell tales of people behaving badly. We ll examine ballads ranging from an ancient shapeshifter s tale to a modern ballad from Fairfield County s Hocking River. We ll cover what makes a ballad intriguing, old and new ballads, patterns to listen for and identify, and tips on writing your own. All 1:00 PM SATURDAY Write Together Songwriter s Support Dave Hawkins (festival performer) This workshop s popularity comes from the hands-on nature of the class. Attendees bring song ideas and partial lyrics to add to a stew where all participants help move the song towards completion by contributing ideas. Beg through Int Basic Rhythms Bill Schilling Participants will play accompaniment possibilities with rhythm instruments for folk-style music with emphasis on listening to and feeling what is appropriate for the song. Participants will also learn rhythmic and playing techniques to provide variety as well as some jam etiquette. Various rhythmic instruments will be provided. All Beginning Mountain Dulcimer Joni & Gary Sines (from festival performing band AbNormal Sines) Come and learn a brief history of the mountain dulcimer and then get to experience what the dulcimer is all about. Sing, play rhythm instruments and have a good time. If you have a mountain dulcimer, bring it along! Beg Intermediate/Advanced Old-Time Banjo Caleb Powers (from festival performing band, Donkey Nation) This workshop will explain, demonstrate and offer hands on opportunities for learning skills and techniques to build your proficiency on old-time banjo. Int/Adv 2

3 2:00 PM SATURDAY Beginning Old-Time Fiddle Mark Palms Learn to play old-time fiddle tunes. Learn expressive bowing styles and techniques used in a variety of regions across the country. Learn by ear and understand the different regional styles found in Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina. Adv Beg/Int Intermediate/Advanced Bluegrass Fiddle Caleb Powers (from festival performing band, The Relentless Mules) This workshop will explain, demonstrate and offer hands on opportunities for learning skills and techniques to build your proficiency on bluegrass fiddle. Int/Adv Classical Music Themes on Mountain Dulcimer Shelley Stevens Learn how to play Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and more on the mountain dulcimer. Tuned DAD, 6 1/2 fret needed and capo may be necessary. Tab provided. Int Working up a Song from Scratch Grassahol (Headliner American Roots / Bluegrass band) You will learn how a band works up a song. We will take a song that we have not learned and demonstrate getting down the melody, the harmonies, the chord progressions and key, and the beginning and ending. All 3:00 PM SATURDAY Guitar for Beginners Paul Brown Participants will learn about scales, chords, hand posture, strumming, picking, and finger picking. Some loaner guitars will be available in the workshop tent, but if you have a guitar, bring your own! Beg Advanced Old-time Fiddle Henry Barnes (from festival performing band, Donkey Nation) This workshop will discuss two distinct melodic rhythms and bowing patterns that are pervasive throughout the Upper South and Midwest regions of the U.S., using whole tunes as examples. The workshop will be taught by ear in the oral tradition, but recordings and notation will be provided for further study. Adv Tis the Last Rose of Summer (by Sir Thomas Moore) on Mountain Dulcimer Laura Elder We will learn to accompany the song with triplet picking patterns as well as learn the chord structures and melody line utilizing DGD tuning. Int Celtic Tunes for Mandolin Rick & Hillary Wagner (from festival performing duo, Jim s Red Pants) Participants will learn two Irish dance tunes on the mandolin. We will focus on basic pick technique, basic scale pattern, and playing the melody with ornaments in each tune s specific key. Handouts will be provided. Adv Beg 4:00 PM SATURDAY Intermediate Guitar Paul Brown Participants will learn chord theory, scales and arpeggios and about solo guitar 3

4 playing. Adv Beg/Int Cajun Fiddle Mark Palms Learn the popular styles of fiddling found in Southwest Louisiana. So closely related to old-time fiddling, this style incorporates slides, blues notes and a driving Cajun rhythm. Also learn about jamming and seconding or playing chords on the fiddle in the Cajun and Creole style. You ll soon be jamming in this workshop! Int Duets for the Mountain Dulcimer Joni Sines (from festival performing duo, AbNormal Sines) This workshop is for the intermediate player. Participants will divide into two groups and learn to play one part of 2 or 3 duets. Hopefully, we ll be able to put them together so that they can be played as duets before the workshop is over! Int Understanding Modes (Related Scales) for all Instruments Jim R. Miller What s in a mode? Mountain dulcimer players tune Ionian or Mixolydian. Old-time fiddlers in a jam call a modal tune; banjo players (and sometimes fiddlers) discuss the best way to retune for that mode. We re going to work through some tunes in modes commonly used in folk, Irish, and Old-time to give you an understanding of the modes and how to play tunes using them. We ll play tunes in Ionian, Aeolian, Dorian and Mixolydian modes. Sheet music will be provided (standard notation) with simple mountain dulcimer tab. Adv Beg and above :00 AM SUNDAY Celtic Mountain Dulcimer John Whitacre This workshop explores Celtic tunes on the mountain dulcimer in DAD & DGD tunings and teaches participants how to play in several keys. Participants will learn pick direction, ornamentation, and the use of drones and double-stops to create a Celtic sound. Capo required. Int French Dances & Licks on Mountain Dulcimer Linda Sigismondi This is a repertoire building workshop for novice to intermediate mountain dulcimer players. Participants will be taught three French tunes: a Bouree from France, Branle du Village from Brittany and Mes Parents from Cajun country. Participants will also be shown some licks to add interest to the tunes (DAD tuning). Adv Beg/Int Fretted Instruments & Keyboards: Why G, C, & D? Jim Foerch (from festival performing band, Blue Water Ramblers) There are 96,308 possible chords on fretted instruments and keyboards. Why do so many traditional songs just use 3 of them? Find out the whys and wherefores from Banjo Jim and the Blue Water Ramblers. Do bring your favorite 3-chord song and we ll take a look under the hood. Then we ll practice the Nashville/Cajun number system so you can transpose with ease at your next jam session. Adv Beg/Int Basics of Home Recording and Music Production Brian Szuch (from festival performing band, Halfway Home) An introduction to the world of home recording and music production. We ll explore

5 the basics of required hardware, equipment, and software as well as simple tricks and techniques to help maximize your results. All 11:00 AM SUNDAY Mandolin & Bouzouki Accompaniment to Fiddle Tunes Rick & Hillary Wagner (from festival performing band, Jim s Red Pants) Participants will learn techniques, including counterpoint, and harmony lines to accompany fiddle tunes. Melodies may be played on fiddle or mandolin. Handout will be provided. Int Spicing Up Melodies on the Mountain Dulcimer Linda Sigismondi This is a workshop for a novice mountain dulcimer player who can play simple melodies but would like to add a little more interest to them. Participants will be shown how to add a few chords and harmonies to make their songs fuller (DAD tuning). Adv Beg Yodeling 101 Conrade Hinds Learning to yodel is just a matter of realizing when you are doing so. Yodeling 101 is a workshop that will look at the history and practical purpose of yodeling. You ll learn, surprisingly, who the most famous yodel artist was in America. A distinction will be made between Alpine and Appalachian style yodel chants. Participants will be given the basics for future practice that will enhance their yodeling ability more quickly. All Ornamentation & Variation (All instruments) Jim R. Miller Folk, Irish, and Old-time musicians often vary the tune melody as they play it adding notes, changing notes, using triplets, rolls, slides, taps, cuts, hammer-on, pull-off and more. We are going to play simple versions of some tunes, work through some common forms of variation, and then add in the ornamentation and variation, making a unique version of each tune. We ll play tunes in the keys of D and G and some of their related modes. Sheet music provided (standard notation). Adv Beg and above 12:00 NOON Social Media for Musicians Jenny Bain & Gary Crouth (from festival performing band, Squirrel Hillbillies) The internet is a great resource for keeping in touch with fans and reaching a broader audience. We ll share what we ve learned about the value of websites, Facebook, Twitter, etc. for promoting shows, blogging about experiences, and selling music. All Mother Maybelle Carter - A Bio Workshop Wolf (AKA Marie Smith) A look at the life and career of Mother Maybelle Carter, a ground breaking guitarist and performer who changed the face of Country music and opened the way for female musicians. From her early years before the Big Bang of the Bristol Sessions which brought the mountain music of Virginia out to the world to the end of her career fifty years later, Maybelle did it all. Songs, stories and pictures will be incorporated. All

6 Scottish Music on the Mandolin (Mandolin, Octave Mandolin or Mandolin family) John Whitacre This workshop introduces types of Scottish tunes and techniques to create the Scottish sound on the mandolin (or Octave Mandolin or Mandolin family). Alternate tunings may be discussed if time allows. Int Jigs in the Key of D (Mountain Dulcimer) Andy Beyer This workshop is a wonderful introduction to playing Irish jigs on the mountain dulcimer. We will study several double-jigs in a slow, user-friendly manner, at about 1/4 to 1/2 speed guaranteeing a learning experience. DAD tuning. Handout will be provided. Adv Beg/Int 1:00 PM SUNDAY How to Get Gigs (and keep them)! Eric Gnezda When getting gigs, having talent is only half the equation. The other half is forming and maintaining relationships. A thirty-year veteran of both performing and booking acts shares his experiences, and outlines what to do and what not to do to land and sustain choice gigs, from the inquiry to the post-gig thank you note. All Lead Soloing and Improvisation on Guitar Brian Szuch (from festival performing band, Halfway Home) A unique method of developing lead, solo and improvisational skills on guitar by maximizing basic chord information you already know. We ll help unlock the fingerboard and teach ways to develop simple phrases into musical passages for leads and solos. The workshop will be very interactive. Int/Adv Bluegrass Dobro Stephen Moller (from festival performing band, The Relentless Mules) Basic to advanced skills will be discussed depending on participant s curiosities and competencies. Rolls, chords, songs, breakdowns, fiddle tunes, finding the melody, playing complementary lines, and left and right hand techniques will be likely topics of discussion. All Irish Tunes on DADGAD Tuned Guitar John Sherman (from festival performing duo, Randy Clepper & John Sherman) Finger style arrangements of popular Irish and Scottish dance tunes will be presented. Printed copies of sheet music and tablature of all tunes discussed in detail will be provided. All 2:00 PM SUNDAY Banjo for Beginners Merilee Dempsey Participants will learn how to hold the instrument, wear picks, play some basic chord shapes and hopefully strum or pick a simple tune like Boil the Cabbage. One or two loaner banjos will be available in the workshop tent, but if you have a banjo, bring your own! Beg

7 Co-Writing / Power of Harmonies Eric Clemens & Dani Harness (from festival performing duo, Eric Clemens & Dani Harness) Approaches to writing / finding harmonies over existing melodies, writing a melody and harmony together, finding multiple 3 or 4-part harmonies, and how to have a good vocal tone all will be discussed. Int Autoharp: Getting Started with Fingerstyle Barry Chern If you ve heard Maybelle Carter play autoharp, you ll know that it isn t just for strumming and finger-picking isn t just for guitar. If you have the instrument and haven t gotten down to finding those notes yet, let s get going. Adv Beg The Ins and Outs of Organizing House Concerts Thom McCain House Concerts at Glenbrook has featured more than 75 artists in Jan s and my home and yard over the past 13 years. They continue to be very rewarding and an exciting part of our lives. We ll share with you topics pertaining to holding house concerts such as: choosing artists; venue and schedule considerations, invitation lists, donation amounts, preparation for performances; building an audience, legal issues, and making sure you are having fun! All 3:00 PM SUNDAY Scandinavian Fiddle Duets Rick & Hillary Wagner (from festival performing duo, Jim s Red Pants) Participants will learn one or two Scandinavian fiddle tunes with 2nd fiddle parts. The focus will be on style / rhythmic bowing. Handout will be provided. Adv Guitar Playing Within the Chord (tunes & improvisation) Barry Chern It s not always about the scale, especially in folk styles. As the playing of two of my heroes Maybelle Carter and Mississippi John Hurt shows us, a lot of tune can emerge while we are still fingering the chord. In fact, the chord is usually the framework of most melodies. So why wave your fingers all over the place looking for a note? Hold onto that chord, and hear what its internal voices are saying. Adv Beg/Int Woody Guthrie Celebration & Sing Bill Schilling Participants will join in singing songs to celebrate the life of Woody Guthrie (born July 14, 1912). Lyric and chord sheets (32 page handout) will be provided. Information about Woody and the songs will be shared during the workshop. Choose to lead a song or just join in playing and singing as we celebrate the father of American folk music. All Examining Songs from the Great Lakes Joanne Laessig A heritage of songs from the Great Lakes region gives us a sense of place and shared history from the American and Canadian sides. Songs of ships and shipwrecks, rivers and lumberjacks, settlers on the land and workers on the canals, both joyful and tragic, help shape the identity of this part of the world. Handout will be provided. All 7

8 Central Ohio Folk Festival Registration May 2, & 3, 2015 Name(s): Address: City: State: Zip: Phone (Day): (Eve.) FULL WEEKEND REGISTRATION RATES (includes Saturday night concert entry and all workshops) NOTE: For pre-registered rates, this form must be POSTMARKED by April 21, Pre-Registered Rate On Site Rate Adults (ages 21-61) $30.00 x $40.00 Seniors (ages 62+) $20.00 x $30.00 Juniors (ages 13-20) $20.00 x $25.00 Children (12 & under) FREE (Must be accompanied by a registered adult) PARTIAL REGISTRATION RATES Pre-Registered Rate On Site Rate Sat. Evening Concert $10.00 x $15.00 All workshops Sat. only All workshops Sun. only Individual workshops (either day) $15.00 x $15.00 x $5.00 ea x $15.00 $15.00 $5.00 ea (Rates apply to all ages) Donation if desired: $ Please make checks payable to the Central Ohio Folk Festival and mail with completed form to: Central Ohio Folk Festival, P.O. Box 20735, Columbus, OH Sorry, we don t accept credit cards at this time. TOTAL