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Fiddle II
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Fiddle 2 is intended for anyone who has taken Fiddle 1 or had some introductory fiddle instruction. It is also an excellent entry point for anyone who has played violin in the past (even many years before). Topics will include 2-octave scales, basic fiddle rhythm, finding your own best bow grip, dynamics, drone strings and more. These concepts will be introduced through a series of traditional American fiddle tunes. Students can expect to learn...
The Guitar According To Steve James
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
This is a two-hour hands-on exploration retro-post-modern roots string stylings. Steve James will start the session with a demo of some favorite finger-style and slide motifs. The balance will be devoted to a detailed breakdown of a couple of these arrangements. Plenty of Q&A too. Some tab supplied. Some sound recording permitted (non hand held devices only). Bring guitar and accessories, pencil and paper.
$35
Basics of Fingerpicking Blues with Mamie Minch
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Learn the basics of Fingerpicking Blues. This is a beginner level workshop, but open to all levels of guitar players who want to learn how the finger pick the blues.
$40
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Exploring Your Voice - Level I
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
This course will go through the basics of vocal technique and harmony and get you to a point where you feel comfortable singing one-on-a-part on some of the best harmony songs out there. This hour-long class will give you a chance to, simply put, explore your voice. Learn the fundamentals of vocal technique and vocal expansion in a supportive, creative, personalized environment through vocal exercises, games, and harmony and solo songs. Have a...
Ukulele Workshop for Beginners
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
This workshop is for beginners. Doug Skinner will get you strumming the ukulele and you will be playing a tune (or more!) by the end of this hour and a half workshop. Note: If you do not have a ukulele, you can rent one from us to use during the workshop for $15! Please email Karen at jalopy dot biz to reserve your rental in advance. 12:00PM-1:30PM. Held upstairs int eh Jalopy classrooms
$40
Fingerpicking Banjo II
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Get more technique to get that right hand solid! We will discuss any or all of the following, depending on what the class wants: playing backup, improvising breaks, playing up the neck, music theory, and melodic picking. Pre-requisites:This is not a class for someone who is new to the instrument.
Clawhammer Banjo II
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
The Clawhammer II class, old time banjo player and instructor Nick Throop continues where the introductory class left off. Prior completion of Clawhammer I or comparable past banjo experience recommended. The class learns more tunes to improve repertoire and begins to learn more advanced techniques. Students are encouraged to bring in a tune or song that they'd like to learn together. If you don't have a banjo, you can rent one from us! ...
Harmonica I & Repetoire
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Learn the skills used in traditional folk and blues "harp" playing; hand positioning, breathing, bending, swells, sliding, playing chords, clean control of single notes, straight harp, and cross harp. We'll cover a range of southern vernacular styles including country, blues, gospel, folk, and old time music. Each week our goal will be to introduce a new set of skills, then will slowly go over and play a song that applies those skills. The emphasis...
Harmonica I
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Learn the skills used in traditional folk and blues "harp" playing; hand positioning, breathing, bending, swells, sliding, playing chords, clean control of single notes, straight harp, and cross harp. We'll cover a range of southern vernacular styles including country, blues, gospel, folk, and old time music. Each week our goal will be to introduce a new set of skills, then will slowly go over and play a song that applies those skills. The emphasis...
Music in the 1930s: A Decade of Crisis
The stock market crashed. The “Jazz Age” was over. The wild, sometimes giddy “anything goes” experimentation of the ‘20s gives way to a more introspective period of consolidation. Neo-classicism dominates the musical scene. Nationalism (in politics and in music) emerges as a prominent force as the decade proceeds and the world moves once again into crisis. Established modern composers such as Stravinsky, Ravel, Hindemith, Bartok, Copland,...
The Birth of Jazz Part II: From Swing to Bop
The “Swing Era” is that brief, remarkable period in American musical history when jazz was America’s popular music and its stars were household names—Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bennie Goodman, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw. We’ll explore the emergence of this “swing” style along with the distinctive characteristics of the leading bands and soloists of the era. We then examine how, beginning in the late 1930’s, a small...
The World of Music I: Music from the 1940s, Part II
This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. This semester we continue our deep look at music composed in the 1940’s—perhaps the richest musical decade in the twentieth century—spanning from the war years through...
World of Music II
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. Having introduced ourselves to Jazz in the 1950’s over the course of our recent summer semester, we’ll take a deep dive into the decade, meeting many emerging artists...
Musical Analysis I: West Side Story Concluded
This course is designed to have a revolving curriculum, where each semester we explore popular song of all genres through in-depth analysis of melody, harmony, structure and the joining of words with music. This semester we complete our comprehensive exploration of the brilliant, ground-breaking Bernstein/Sondheim score from West Side Story. Please note: This is not a Music Appreciation course. It is assumed that students have taken the...
Music from the 1940s, Part I: The War Years 1940-1945
92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY
This semester we take an in-depth look at the first half of the 1940s and the extraordinary music created during, and often in direct response to, the Second World War. Many of the major European musical figures—e.g. Stravinsky, Hindemith, Milhaud, Schoenberg, Bartok, Britten—are living in the United States at the outbreak of the Second World War. American, Russian and European composers—Copland, Barber, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Honegger,...
Singer-Songwriters: Mid-Stream and Renewal
This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. Having established themselves in the first phase of their career, the most successful singer-songwriters, each in their own moment, faced the same challenge: How to sustain the high level of their work, renew themselves, stretch themselves, all while remaining viable in the commercial marketplace. For those fortunate...
Musical Analysis: The Music of Maurice Ravel
This course is designed to have a revolving curriculum, where each semester we explore the work of a specific classical composer. This semester we take an in-depth look at the music of Maurice Ravel, starting with his Piano Trio. It is assumed that students have taken the 92Y fundamental four-part Music Theory program or have equivalent knowledge.
The World of Music I: Listening and Watching
The World of Music I: Listening and Watching—Music and Dance from Stravinsky to Glass Music for ballet wasn’t taken seriously in European musical circles until Igor Stravinsky’s three groundbreaking—earthshattering—scores for Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe, culminating with The Rite of Spring (1913). Suddenly young composers were no longer interested in writing symphonies, tone poems or quartets—ballet music was now the genre that held...
SCHOOL OF MUSIC World of Music II: Jazz in the 1960s
SCHOOL OF MUSIC World of Music II: Jazz in the 1960s, Part II We continue our exploration of Jazz’s continued evolution during the 1960s, a terrifically vibrant, remarkably rich and expressively wide-ranging decade. Composers who were new on the scene at the beginning of the ‘60s such as Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock and Ornette Coleman, become major figures; artists such as Horace Silver and Charles Mingus are in their prime;...
Songwriting and Arranging - An Eight-Week Group Class
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Looking for a creative accountability group? Interested in learning how to arrange your songs? Do you love singing in harmony? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, join the Songwriting & Arranging class where we'll work on developing new original material, learn to sing and play beloved songs, and explore arranging originals or covers for solo or group performances. Open to singers, instrumentalists, or those who are both! ...
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