8/29/19 – Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Class with Russell Paswater – SamJam Bluegrass Festival in Piketon, OH

Wernick Method Bluegrass Jamming Class
Taught by Russel Paswater
Thursday, August 29 10:30am-12:30pm
Friday, August 30 10:30am-12:30pm
Saturday, August 31 10:30am-12:30pm
Piketon, OH SamJam Bluegrass Festival
$75 in advance · $85 onsite · $30 single session (paid onsite)
(festival admission also required)

All bluegrass instruments welcome
No jamming experience necessary
You will be jamming the first class!
Friendly, encouraging, knowledgeable teaching.
Mistakes allowed!
Singing not required, but encouraged and taught.
Easy 2- and 3-chord songs, slow speeds.
Soloing not required! “Faking” solos taught.

Do you qualify? It’s easier than you may think!
If you play guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, bass, or dobro… 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. (Fiddles and basses need to know which notes work with which chords)

The sooner you sign up, the sooner you’ll receive the student study materials for the camp. Click on ‘Tickets’ above.

Russell Paswater has played and taught bluegrass banjo and guitar for 38 years. He is a songwriter and sings in two bands including the H2O band, second place winner of the Bluegrass Band contest at Beanblossom, 2000. Russell has guided hundreds of jam sessions at bluegrass festivals and always invites beginners because “It’s all about FUN!”