Duluth Community Education

Instructor: Eileen Sugars Instructor: Eileen Sugars Learn to play Scruggs-Style 5-string banjo. Learn how to hold, tune, and pick your banjo. Also shopping for banjos and accessories, chords, practice methods, reading banjo tablature with eventual learning to play by ear, and some basic bluegrass tunes. Please bring a 5-string banjo in playable condition, 1 thumb pick and 2 finger picks. No class 2/21, 4/11.

Instructor: Eileen Sugars For those wishing to continue their banjo journey, we will start transitioning into the “soft skills “ of learning to play by ear, improvising in different keys, playing in a group, and basic music theory. Students should have basic 5-string skills and be able to play some tunes from memory. No class 2/21, 4/11.

Instructor: Jerry Kaldor Are you comfortable switching between some basic chords and want to learn more? Join us! We will cover the basic chords (major, minor, 7th), work on basic barre (bar) chords, and practice a variety of strumming patterns using songs you might sing around a campfire. Ages 14 and up are welcome. You must have your own guitar. No class 2/20, 3/6

Instructor: Brandon Smith Play a varied repertoire for the joy of it with a congenial group of musicians. We welcome anyone who plays standard symphony orchestra instruments (within the confines of balanced instrumentation). No auditions required, and no age restrictions, but you must be able to sight-read music, have your own instrument, and play at the high school level. Regular concerts in the area. No class 2/14 or 2/21.