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How many front porches
are in your neighborhood?
Boston Front Porch was created to address a pressing need
in our community: access to fiddle tune traditions the way they've
always been handed down. The greater Boston area has a wealth
of experienced traditional and improvising musicians, but students
rarely have opportunities to listen and learn from them. BFP
is the BBU's way of facilitating access so that today's students
have more opportunities to listen and learn from master musicians.
Skills:
BFP is designed for intermediate to advanced level players. This
is an opportunity to develop your fiddling (or fiddle tune skills
applied to other instruments). There is also room for experienced
players from other musical styles, or others who want to learn.
A Note to Banjo Players (and other instrumentalists): You
are welcome to join us, but at this point we can't help translate
fiddle tune skills to your instrument. That's the kind of work
that's usually done in private lessons. However it's OK to come
and listen, vamp or just play rhythm. BFP is open to all who
want to listen and learn. It's normal to sit on the outside of
the circle until you're comfortable joining in.
Repertoire: Every week we'll focus on a new fiddle
tune, to be prepared from the tune list. Students will learn
traditional styles, tunes, and the little details that make each
tune unique. We may also take side trips into related styles
such as Celtic, Cajun, or Texas Swing -- but the focus will be
on the fiddle tunes most often heard in bluegrass jams.
Costs:
Boston Front Porch is a free jam. It's an outreach program of
the Boston Bluegrass Union, and is also supported by your much-appreciated
(and tax-deductible) donations.
Help us get the word
out: Print a Front Porch
flyer in PDF
form (1.5mb)
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