Wernick Method Bluegrass Jam Class with Rick Sparks – Merrill, OR

Bluegrass Jamming Class Taught by Rick Sparks using the Wernick Method*
Assisted by Karen Roemmich

Saturday-Sunday, July 10-11, 2021
Both days: 9am-12pm

Lost River Bluegrass Festival
Merrill Civic Center, 363 W. Front St., Merrill, OR 97633

$65 for 2 sessions, or $35 per session
(festival admission also required)
$10 off if you register in advance.

*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)