Beginner Jam
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm
2099 S Century Way, Boise, ID
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The song of the week is 'Clinch Mountain Backstep' in the key of A. Recordings Ralph Stanley - key of A Clinch Mountain Backstep Bluegrass '96 - key of A Clinch Mountain Backstep Blue Highway - key of A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTEF5keaPhk Jam Videos Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com) Progression The chord progression for the A-Part is: 1115 1151 The chord progression for the B-Part is the same, except that there is an extra 'half-measure' of the '1' before the first '5'. If one is counting the beats in the first line of the B-Part in cut common time (2/2), one would count it as: 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2. (On the sheet music attached here, I have written the first line of the B-Part as 3 measures in 2/2, followed by a measure in which the time signature changes to 1/2, followed by a measure that returns to 2/2.) Melody & Key Although the melody of Clinch Mountain Backstep consists only of the notes of the Am pentatonic scale, it is called at jams in A (Major) rather than Am because the '1' chord that is used in the chord progression for the song is an A Major Chord rather than an Am Chord ('1m'). To call Clinch Mountain Backstep in A Minor instead of in A (Major) at a jam would imply that 1m Chords are to be played in place of 1 Chords. In the attached melody sheet for Clinch Mountain Backstep, I have used the key signature for Am (no sharps or flats, same as the key signature for C Major, the Relative Major of Am) instead of the key signature for A Major (3 sharps) to avoid the need to write natural signs in nearly every measure. I hope that my doing this makes the sheet music easier to read than if I had used the key signature for A Major. The notes that make up the Minor Pentatonic Scale, or as I like to call it sometimes 'The Clinch Mountain Scale', are: 1, b3, 4, 5, b7 Key of A: A C D E G Key of G: G Bb C D F Key of D: D F G A C etc. Song List 14 songs were played at last night's jam: 8 from the main list, and 6 from the additional songs list: Beautiful Brown Eyes - D Clinch Mountain Backstep - A Cluck Old Hen - A Gold Watch And Chain - E Long Journey Home - D New River Train (played twice) - B & G She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain - D Way Down Town - C Buffalo Gals - A Cripple Creek - A I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - B I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling - G Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong - G Will The Circle Be Unbroken - D Happy Pickin', Jason Files: Clinch Mountain Backstep - Banjo tab Download File Clinch Mountain Backstep - Guitar tab Download File Clinch Mountain Backstep - Mandolin tab Download File Clinch Mountain Backstep - Melody in A Download File
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Beginner JamLed by Janene Thomas
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