By Jon Peik

Next Tuesday (12/1/09) will be our annual Christmas and holiday song Beginner Bluegrass Jam Class. We will meet Tuesday from 7:30-9:00pm at:

The Germania parlor area (kid friendly) of The Up North Bar, 514 E Wilson St. Madison, near the Essen Haus at the corner of Blair and Wilson streets. There’s plenty of free parking behind the Essen Haus.

Formal instruction and facilitation will run from approximately 7:30-8:30pm (as soon as I get there after my lessons at Spruce Tree Music)

This month we will play primarily from the following list:

Christmas Time’s a Comin-key of G (3 chords G, C & D)
Silent Night (waltz time)-key of G (3 chords G, C & D)
Jingle Bells-key of G (4 chords G, C, D & A)
Silver Bells-key of D or G (3 chords D, G, & A  OR G, C, & D)
Auld Lang Syne-key of G (3 chords G, C & D)
Away in a Manger (waltz time)-key of D (3 chords D, G, & A)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas-key of G (6 chords, G, C, D, A, B, Em)

And. . . don’t worry if you don’t already know these songs, part of the fun is learning how to play along even if only one person knows the song.

The jam exists to encourage beginning bluegrass players and to help each other learn.  The goal is to enjoy playing music together.

Hope to see you Tuesday!