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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/15052352
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't give up but try to play lightly. "Chasing" a tune is an important
  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 or instr
 ucted experience.&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>All instruments\, particularly fiddle\,
  banjo\, mandolin\, guitar\, etc.\, are welcome. If you play something unu
 sual 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 supporting the 
 rhythm.</li>\n<li>Playing lightly sounds better\, helps you hear others\, 
 and avoids physical stress.</li>\n<li>We will stay in one key or specific 
 tuning for a significant time\, so that banjos and fiddles do not have to 
 retune much. &nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Anyone can start a tune (staying in the cur
 rent key please).&nbsp\;We will not necessarily go in any particular 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're not confident about
  leading it\, cannot remember how it starts\, or are mainly a rhythm playe
 r\, 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 with a signal suc
 h as lifting your foot during the last time through\, saying something lik
 e "last time\," "one more\," or "hup\," or giving a musical cue. Each tune
  should continue for at least a good while\, but less than forever.</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 Music Convention 
 is a five-day music festival featuring performances by local and national 
 acts\, a rollicking square dance\, open cabaret\, and the illustrious stri
 ngband contest\, in venues throughout Berkeley.</p>\n<p><a href="https://w
 ww.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org/">Learn more and follow the Berkeley Old Time 
 Music Convention here!</a></p>\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/
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