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New Beginner Bluegrass Jam

1/2/2017

5 Comments

 
For the first phase of the new beginner jam, we will, for the first half of the night, play only songs on the 'Top 20' list and only in the keys specified for each song on that list (see the attachments). For the second half of the night, people are welcome to call any beginner-friendly bluegrass songs that they would like to play at the jam, and with most of the 'key' restrictions removed, including for songs that are on the Top 20 list. (I will explain this in greater detail at the jam.) To give a clearer idea of what kinds of songs tend to be beginner-friendly at a bluegrass jam, I have also attached here, in addition to the Top 20 list, another list of songs titled '30 Additional Jam-Friendly Songs'. Most of these songs will at some point be introduced into the beginner jam repertoire.
Top 20 songs 2017.pdf
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30 Additional Jam-Friendly Songs
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5 Comments
Brian S.
4/6/2017 03:23:31 pm

Hi .. As an older beginner I've been wanting to bring my guitar or
5 string banjo to sit in the back and learn some things. How long into the Spring or Summer does the beginner blue grass jam go, and is it ok to join midway in the season. Thanks

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Petra S.
4/6/2017 04:42:18 pm

Hi Brian,
you can join anytime you like. This jam is going through the summer - year round. We also have the intermediate jam that started Sep 2015 as a beginner jam. - Feel free to come and check it out. It is a lot of fun.

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I am looking forward to coming,with my wash tub base.
4/29/2017 03:16:46 pm

I also have a dobro for sale if anybody's interested

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Scott Muscolo
10/18/2017 12:47:46 pm

Hello:
I hope this doesn't show up twice.
Do we have a current schedule for the beginner jam? And location?
Thank you,
Scott M.

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Petra
10/18/2017 01:50:54 pm

Yes, we started Wednesdays again.- Pioneer building.
Hope to see you there.

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    ​Jason's Beginner Jam Blog 2017 - 2018


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       Jason Homey

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    ​Songs regularly called at the Beginner Bluegrass Jam and links from Jason's "Song of the Week" emails.  (from Renee)

    ​

    Songs

    All
    All The Good Times
    A Memory Of You
    Angeline The Baker
    Beautiful Brown Eyes
    Blue Ridge Cabin Home
    Boil The Cabbage Down
    Buffalo Gals
    Bury Me Beneath The Willow
    Clinch Mountain Backstep
    Cluck Old Hen
    Columbus Stockade Blues
    Cripple Creek
    Down The Road
    Foggy Mountain Top
    Gathering Flowers From The Hillside
    Good King Wenceslas
    Handsome Molly
    I Can't Feel At Home
    I'll Fly Away
    I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand
    In The Pines
    In The Sweet By And By
    Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
    Liberty
    Little Birdie
    Little Cabin Home On The Hill
    Lonesome Road Blues
    Long Journey Home
    Mama Don't Allow
    Mountain Dew
    My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
    New River Train
    Nine Pound Hammer
    Old Joe Clark
    Reuben
    Shortnin' Bread
    Silent Night
    Soldier's Joy
    Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
    Swing Low Sweet Chariot
    Take This Hammer
    Way Down Town
    We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
    Will The Circle Be Unbroken
    Will You Be Loving Another Man
    Worried Man Blues
    Wreck Of The Old '97
    X- 30 Add. Jam-Friendly Songs
    X Basic Chord Progressions
    X- Basic Chord Progressions
    X-Bluegrass Artists And Bands
    X- Music Theory
    X- Pick-Up Notes
    X- Song List For 2018
    X Song List For 2019
    X- Top 20 List

    All of Jason's Songs
    in alphabetical order

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  • Home
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    • Join Us
    • Donate
    • IBA Newsletter
    • Our Logo
  • Articles and Podcasts
    • Podcasts >
      • ​Jeremy Garrett Interview
      • Keith Reed Interview
      • Jason Homey Interview
      • Becky Smith Interview
      • Marv Quinton Interview
      • Rue Frisbee Interview
      • Donna and Mike Bond Interview
      • Honi Deaton Interview
      • Dennis Stokes Interview
      • Gary Eller Interview
    • Articles >
      • Glen Garrett - The Golden Years
      • Sammie Bush - came to Weiser
      • Mark O’Connor - My History at Weiser
      • Barbara Lamb - Fiddler Extraordinaire
      • Charlie Simmons -The Idaho Bluegrass Association from 1975 to 1985
      • Idaho's 19th century Fiddlers
      • Weiser Fiddle Champions ​ 1950s & 1960s
      • ​Byron Berline
      • Dave Frisbee
      • Weiser Fiddle Champions from 1970s and 80s
      • Megan Lynch Chowning
      • Fiddle Champion ​in 1990s and 2000s
      • Tashina and Tristan Clarridge
    • Snap Shot - Videos from IBA members
  • Events
    • Calendar (BCBB)
    • Open Mic
    • Winterfest
    • IBA Concert Series
    • Springfest
    • Virtualgrass
    • Other Bluegrass Events
  • Jam
    • Idaho Jams
    • Jason's Beginner Jam Blog 2021 - 2022
    • Jason's Intermediate Jam Blog 2021 - 2022
    • All of Jason's Songs
    • Old Blogs from Jason >
      • Jason's Beginner Jam Blog 2019 - 2021
      • Jason's Intermediate Jam Blog 2019 - 2021
      • Jason's Beginner Jam Blog 2017 - 2018
      • Jason's Intermediate Jam Blog 2017 - 2018
      • Songs in 2016
  • Camps & Contests
    • Idaho Bluegrass and Banjo Camp
    • Banjo Contest
    • National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest
  • Idaho Bands
  • Teachers
  • Classified
  • Links
    • General
    • Learning
    • Specific Instruments