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The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
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The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music offers a variety of classes and workshops for adults and kids in guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, ensemble classes, and harmony singing. With a light-hearted and song-based learning style, students can begin learning songs immediately in a relaxed and affordable group setting.
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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...
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! ...
Bluegrass Harmony Singing 101
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
In this course, we will develop our Bluegrass vocal harmony skills with other singers in a welcoming and supportive environment. Singers will learn harmonies to their favorite choruses and duets throughout Bluegrass history and will develop the skills necessary to add harmonies to any song they hear. We’ll cover basic vocal techniques, warm-ups and exercises, as well as ear training and using a number system for note values. Using the number...
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Intermediate Guitar
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
For people who know a handful of chords, but want to become more familiar with them by learning new songs and strumming patterns. Students are welcome to re-take Guitar II as many times as they want - When there are return students, each session will consist of at least 50% new material. Songs from different genres will be presented. The main chords covered will be E, A, D, G, C, Am, Em, Dm, E7, A7, D7, G7, B7 and F. If you know some of these chords...
Intermediate Banjo
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Advancing on techniques taught in Banjo I, Banjo II is for players with an existing knowledge of chords, music, and the fundamentals of the right hand pattern and clawhammer technique. We will use tablature to play through popular folk songs as well as introduce students to techniques like sliding, hammer-ons/pull-offs, and drills to further each students ability. Some participants will be continuing on from Intermediate Banjo in the fall, but newcomers...
Intermediate Mandolin
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Intermediate Mandolin is for someone with a basic grasp of the instrument but wants to dive deeper. We’ll cover more chord shapes, basic theory and how it applies to mandolin and look deeper into musical styles. Students should expect to be introduced to scales, arpeggios and how they fit into chords. By the end of four week you should be comfortable playing progressions in several keys and be ready to do some improvising. Some participants will...
Sunday Sing! Harmony and Technique for all Levels
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Wouldn’t it be great to just get up every Sunday morning and SING? Well, here we go! The focus this particular session is AUTUMN INTO WINTER - HARMONIES FOR THE SEASON! As the weather gets colder and the songs get cozier, we'll sing songs that fit the mood: songs of travel, songs of change, songs of community, harvest, light, celebration, wistfulness. . .you name it! We'll start with a few country, old-time, and blues songs, and continue...
Harmony Singing with Val Mindel and Emily Miller
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
This will be harmony intensive, which means we'll roll along the basics and onto some of the harmony challenges one faces in singing duets and trios in American old-time, country and bluegrass music. Blend and buzz will be the theme of the afternoon. In addition, thanks to Emily's long expertise as lead singer with The Sweetback Sister, participants will look what's involved in putting across a lead in a honky-tonk song. Mostly, we'll sing non-stop!...
$55
Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 4
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
In this class, we'll learn songs from Volume 4 of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (the follow-up to the original anthology that was planned by Harry Smith in 1952 but not released until 2000), including songs recorded between 1927 and 1940 by such artists as The Carter Family, The Memphis Jug Band, Lead Belly, The Monroe Brothers, and other greats. Open to guitarists who know the basic chords. We'll encounter other material...
Sing w/Your Ears: Harmony & Ear Training
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
This class will use a song-based approach to lead singers through the steps it takes to hear harmonies, understand chord-based harmonizing, and feel comfortable singing individual lines. We'll connect together the more theoretical side with a dive-in approach, where you will learn through doing! Each class will begin with fifteen minutes of ear training exercises, where you will learn to go up and down the major and minor scales, identify and repeat...
Travis Picking and Finger Style Guitar
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
This course takes guitar playing basics to the next level, as we explore “Travis picking” patterns, learn how to play alternate bass lines ("the "steady-bass" style), master new chord voicings, arpeggios and capo techniques that will spice up your playing. Participants will review and read tablature picking patterns, while exploring capo and arpeggio/fingerpicking techniques. The focus will be on learning and incorporating these techniques...
Beginning Harmony and Building Strength
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
In this class, we will explore the foundations of vocal harmony by learning polyphonic vocal music from a variety of traditions. Our repertoire will include songs from American folk traditions (including gospel, country and shapenote) as well as more contemporary English-language songs (the Beach Boys) and songs from other countries (including Georgia, Greece and Ukraine). While this class will be mostly singing, we will spend some time learning...
Songs of Joni & Judee
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
In this class, we will learn 8-10 songs by the incredible songwriters Joni Mitchell and Judee Sill, for guitar and voice. Intermediate guitar level preferred, meaning: ability to decipher guitar tablature (but not sight-read), and basic comfort with finger picking. We will focus on songs from Joni Mitchell’s Blue, and Judee Sills self-titled debut album. These songs are a great way to get inside these writers’ creative processes, and to unlock...
Ukulele Ensemble: Bluegrass and Country Edition
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Ukulele Ensemble is for anyone who wants to take their ukulele game to the next level. We will take a deep dive into creating arrangements for ensemble play, with a focus on performance. This short session we will focus on Country and Bluegrass tunes. We will review jam etiquette and ways that ukulele can fit in with mixed instruments in bluegrass style jams. We will learn techniques for leading songs and supporting others while they lead. We will...
Advanced Harmony
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
This class is suited for singers who are comfortable singing one-on-a-part and would like a real challenge. With an emphasis on duet and trio repertoire, we'll dive into great repertoire from American genres including country, bluegrass, blues, and contemporary folk, and also mix in songs from around the world including Balkan duets, South African harmony styles, and other close-harmony traditions.We'll break into small groups from the get...
Intermediate Harmony
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Do you dream of singing in harmony? This class will take you through the nuts and bolts of harmony singing and get you to greater independence with your singing so that you can successfully hold down a part in a two or three part song. This class will give you a broad exposure to great harmony songs and help you hone the skills you need to find your own harmony parts to songs you love. Through ear-training exercises with intervals, scales, and chords,...
Old-Time, Early Country Harmony
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Just for this month, we're combining our usual two classes. Our carefully chosen songs will provide a challenge for the Duos & Trios students, but will also be very accessible to our Harmony Basics friends. And fun for everyone!
$25
Old-Time Harmony Singing
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Using the Carter Family as a jumping off place, we will work with simple three part harmony in this beautiful style. Finding harmony lines that sometimes weave around the melody, sometimes cross or create unisons, students will develop a better ability to hear and find parts, as well as learn what gives these harmonies their particular old-time country sound, and power. No experience needed, just the desire to SING.
$20
Beatles Harmony
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Want to learn the basic guitar styles used to create some of the most influential popular music of the 20th century? The guitar styles of the Beatles, a 4 week course, will teach you how to strum and pick along to songs from the early Beatles catalog including Yesterday, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away and more. Open chords, Barre chords and strumming patterns will be the focal points for getting you playing along with your favorite tunes....
$53.50
Harmonica 1.5
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
Now that you can play some 12-bar blues and folk melodies, explore the elusive techniques of the masters to expand your sound and fatten up your tone. Expand on what you need to know about note bending and tongue blocking. We will examine the rich legacy of recordings left by the masters and study the solos and accompaniment styles of Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton and Sonny Boy Williamson. Prerequisites: Harmonica and Repertoire...
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