Handmade Music School Workshops offer unique learning experiences in music or dance with master teachers at the Floyd Country Store. The workshops are timely, engaging, and dynamic sessions targeted to serve participants with varied interests and goals. Register today for a shorter 1-2 hour workshop, an all-day learning experience, or a multi-day camp!
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April 2019
The Handmade Music School presents an Intermediate Round Peak Clawhammer Banjo Workshop with Adam Hurt on Thursday, April 25, 2019 from 5:30-8:00pm. Workshop participants should have a good working knowledge of the basics of the clawhammer style, including drop-thumbing, and be comfortable playing in multiple tunings. All material will be taught by ear in the traditional manner, so the use of recording devices is highly recommended.
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The Handmade Music School presents a back-up guitar workshop with John Schwab on Saturday April 27, 2019 from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Cost is $30. John's classes and workshops include hands-on learning, based on careful listening to classic performances from the 78 rpm era. By using recordings that have been pitch-adjusted and slowed down digitally, students learn to identify and to imitate the characteristic riffs used by the very best backup guitar players of the 1920s and 1930s.
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The Handmade Music School presents a Vocal Duets Workshop with Frank and Allie Lee on Saturday, May 4, 2019 from 12:30-3:00pm. Cost is $40. Sing melody without sheet music and harmony without hardship by following along with Frank & Allie Lee. Frank and Allie (of The Freight Hoppers) are a husband and wife duo who perform old time songs with banjos, guitars, and voice across the country. Whether you have sung your whole life or are still getting comfortable with your voice, Frank and Allie can relate, help you find your voice, and show you how to find harmony with someone else’s voice to create a vocal duet.
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The Handmade Music School presents Limberjack Decorating & Dancing with Linda Ewing on Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. Do you have family in town for Mothers Day weekend? Bring them to the Handmade Music School for this special, all ages, event! Young children are welcome with an adult. Please age 10 and over without an accompanying adult. The cost is $45 and includes limberjack. Space is limited to 14 so sign up early!
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The Handmade Music School presents an intermediate bluegrass banjo Workshop with Bobby Maynard on Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 3:15-5:15pm. Cost is $30. In this bluegrass banjo workshop Bobby Maynard will teach both lead and back up to some bluegrass standards. He will also cover some licks and embellishments. You will then learn how to add them to songs you might already know.
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The Handmade Music School presents a beginners Old Time Bass Workshop with Stephanie Wolf on Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 3:00-5:00pm. Cost is $30. This workshop will start at the very beginning. We will learn about the keys most commonly played in at Old Time Jams, A, D, and G and how to hear the count, phrasing, and where the beat is found. Several basses will be here at the Floyd Country Store. If you have a bass bring it, if not, you can use one of ours and see if its the instrument for you!
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Join us on Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 10:00-3:00 for an intensive autoharp workshop with John Hollandsworth. This workshop is geared toward intermediate and advanced players. The cost is $65.00 for early bird registration (through May 22) or $75.00 after. Lunch is provided by The Floyd Country Store and is included in the cost.
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The Handmade Music School presents a Flatfoot Workshop Friday, June 7 - Sunday, June 9, 2019 with Green Grass Clogger Linda Block. Participants may register for the two hour introduction workshop on Friday ($40) or for the full weekend Friday - Sunday ($175).
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