It seems each year we learn of more post secondary institutions who are offering classes and degrees in bluegrass and old time music. Not only do these programs help prepare students to function in our industry, they also help expose
Bluegrass instructional resources
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New from The Murphy Method – Improvising in 3/4 time
The Murphy Method has a long history of teaching folks to play the banjo, demonstrating songs and techniques without using printed music of any kind. Before you start thinking that it's an anti-intellectual approach, consider that this is simply bringing
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Bish Bash Bosh and mando tab book from David Benedict
In just a few short years, David Benedict has established himself as among the most creative and disciplined young mandolinists in the bluegrass community. First with Missy Raines, and now with Mile Twelve, and on his recent solo project from
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Darren Nicholson takes bluegrass to the schools in Asheville
Bluegrass in the Schools has been a priority for some years now for the International Bluegrass Music Association, and the IBMA Foundation, both of whom have developed and supported programs for teachers who want to introduce the music to their
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Banjo Camp North celebrates 20 years in 2020
Music Camps North, located in south central Massachusetts, will celebrate 20 years of 5 string instruction with their 2020 edition of Banjo Camp North. The camp, a three-day weekend banjo immersion experience, was started by Mike Holmes in 2001, and
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ETSU adds prominent grassers to their faculty
The Department of Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University has announced the addition of two new faculty members familiar to the bluegrass and old time community. Jon Weisberger will come on board as an adjunct, serving
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Rob Ickes offers online instruction at Rob’s Reso Room
Dobro master Rob Ickes is the first instructor on a new online teaching site from Big Music Tent. Rob's Reso Room went live just this morning, and Big Music Tent is offering two weeks of free access to the 15 hours
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Introducing Bryan Sutton’s Blue Ridge Guitar Camp
Great news for flatpickers! Following on the two very successful years of the Blue Ridge Banjo Camp, hosted by Béla Fleck, The Brevard Music Center in western North Carolina has announced a companion effort for acoustic guitarists. The inaugural Blue Ridge
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The Chop Notation Project from Casey Driessen
The fiddle chop is not a new technique in the bluegrass world. Since Bill Monroe made the mandolin chop such a primary part of the bluegrass ensemble, fiddlers had begun mimicking that percussive, rhythmic sound with the fiddle when the
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The Bluegrass Violin – El Violín en el Bluegrass – from Mel Bay
Evidence for the international growth in the popularity of bluegrass pops up fairly regularly on our radar. From the launch of new live performance events outside the US, to the number of bands across the world who play the music,