Pawtucket RI – WM Bluegrass Jam Class with Paul Dube

Bluegrass Jamming Class
Taught by Paul Dube using the Wernick Method*
Saturdays, Oct 28-Nov 18 12-4:30PM
Pawtucket, RI Private residence
Tuition $195

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)

Paul Dube plays Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Irish, Cajun and Old-Time music on Guitar, Accordion, Mandolin and Harmonica. He was a founding member of Rhode Island-based bands Hot Water and Swampgrass and is a current member of Loose Roots, Kevin Fallon’s Gobshites, and the Mary Ann Rossoni band. Paul has led Slow Jam workshops at the Joe Val and Podunk festivals, and since 2003 the jamming program at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival.