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Bluegrass Jam Camp
Taught by David Abramson using the Wernick Method
Wernick Method Classes teach real bluegrass jamming!
🎶 Hands-on learning in large and small groups
🎶 No jamming experience necessary
🎶 You will be jamming the first hour!
🎶 All bluegrass instruments welcome
🎶 Full ground rules and etiquette of typical jams
🎶 Intermediates welcome, and given added challenges
🎶 Friendly, encouraging, knowledgeable teaching
🎶 Gentle tempos! Mistakes expected!
🎶 Music/tab reading not needed or used
🎶 Ear skills taught and emphasized, as in real bluegrass
🎶 Learn many bluegrass standards
🎶 Singing not required, but encouraged and taught
🎶 Soloing not required! “Faking” solos taught
🎶 How to lead songs and how to follow new songs
🎶 How to find melodies, fake solos, sing harmony
🎶 Group and individualized instruction on backup skills
🎶 Understanding, low-pressure, time-tested teaching
🤔 Do you qualify? It’s easier than you may think!
😊 If you play guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, bass, or dobro… you can be part of a bluegrass jam.
Only requirements – be able to:
✅ Tune your instrument, and
✅ Change smoothly between G, C, D, and A (or the notes that work on bass and fiddle)