The New School’s Bluegrass Slow Jams are open to anyone who wants experience playing and singing bluegrass standards at a moderately slow tempo and in a supportive, educational and fun jam setting. The primary emphasis is on participants playing and hearing basic chord changes cleanly and in time. We will also work on arrangements of the selected material, and participants will learn how to begin a song, how to order solos, how to end a song, and how to communicate with the other musicians.

Participants will build up a repertoire of bluegrass, folk, gospel and country blues songs and learn how accessible and enjoyable playing with other musicians can be, while supervised by an experienced teacher.

Bluegrass Slow Jams take place on Friday evenings 6.30 – 8 pm at the school, and both New School and external students/players are welcome. The jams are supervised by a New School bluegrass teacher, and songs are provided in advance, to facilitate group playing.

Currently-enrolled students at the New School are asked to contribute €3 at each session, and external students/players are asked to contribute €6, to help cover supervisor fees and expenses.

2012 Bluegrass Slow Jam Dates
February 10
March 16
April 20
May 18
June 15

Lyrics and chords of songs we are working on (in pdf format) can be downloaded here:

Banks of the Ohio
Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Darling Corey
I’ll Fly Away
Nine Pound Hammer
Tom Dooley
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Worried Man Blues
You Are My Sunshine

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