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SUMMARY:Old-time Tune Jam @Central Art & Music
LOCATION:Central Library\nCentral Library
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DESCRIPTION:Bring your musical instrument and play American old-time reper
 toire in a jam-session with Berkeley Old Time Music Convention..\nhttps://
 berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/12884072
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Every third Tuesday of the month\, come up
  to the Central Library 5th Floor for this old-time tune jam hosted by the
  Berkeley Old Time Music Convention!</p>\n<p>We'll play traditional instru
 mental tunes from the American old-time repertoire on fiddle\, banjo\, gui
 tar\, mandolin\, and all reasonably compatible instruments. Everyone\, at 
 all levels is welcome\, including listeners\, but note that it's a jam ses
 sion\, playing tune after tune\, not a class or workshop or instructed exp
 erience.</p>\n<p>DETAILS AND GROUNDRULES</p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will play tunes
  from the broader old-time repertoire\, such as found in the Milliner-Koke
 n Collection of American Fiddle Tunes or the Stacy Phillips Traditional Am
 erican Fiddle Tunes books\,&nbsp\;or online at&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.
 slippery-hill.com/">https://www.slippery-hill.com</a>. We might play some 
 very common tunes as well as some obscure or crooked ones.&nbsp\;Although 
 bluegrass\, contradance\, celtic\, and other such tunes might occasionally
  arise\, generally we will not go in those directions. Also note that this
  is not a song session.</li>\n<li>All levels of instrumental ability and k
 nowledge of old-time repertoire are welcome. If you are feeling challenged
 \, don&rsquo\;t give up but try to play lightly. "Chasing" a tune is an im
 portant and pleasurable ability to develop. But note that it's a&nbsp\;jam
 &nbsp\;session\, playing tune&nbsp\;after tune\, not a class or workshop o
 r instructed experience.&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>All instruments\, particularly f
 iddle\, banjo\, mandolin\, guitar\, etc.\, are welcome. If you play someth
 ing unusual or loud\, please be sensitive as to how you fit in.</li>\n<li>
 In the old-time style\, melody instruments play together heterophonically\
 , with no solos or breaks\, but every instrument should always be supporti
 ng the rhythm.</li>\n<li>Playing lightly sounds better\, helps you hear ot
 hers\, and avoids physical stress.</li>\n<li>We will stay in one key or sp
 ecific tuning for a significant time\, so that banjos and fiddles do not h
 ave to retune much. &nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Anyone can start a tune (staying in 
 the current key please).&nbsp\;We will not necessarily go in any particula
 r order\, such as around a circle\, and no one will be put on the spot to 
 lead a tune. If you want to play a particular tune but you&rsquo\;re not c
 onfident about leading it\, cannot remember how it starts\, or are mainly 
 a rhythm player\, feel free to request it and ask if someone else can lead
  it.</li>\n<li>If you start a tune\, you are responsible for ending it wit
 h a signal such as lifting your foot during the last time through\, saying
  something like "last time\," "one more\," or "hup\," or giving a musical 
 cue. Each tune should continue for at least a good while\, but less than f
 orever.</li>\n<li>Rule #1 is to make it fun for everyone!</li>\n</ul>\n<p>
 ABOUT BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION</p>\n<p>The Berkeley Old Time Mus
 ic Convention is a five-day music festival featuring performances by local
  and national acts\, a rollicking square dance\, open cabaret\, and the il
 lustrious stringband contest\, in venues throughout Berkeley.</p>\n<p><a h
 ref="https://www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org/">Learn more and follow the Berk
 eley Old Time Music Convention here!</a></p>\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibrar
 y.libnet.info/event/12884072
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