Southcoast Lessons

71 8th Street
New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740

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Group Lesson

Youth Rock Band - Monday 5PM

1 hr··$206.10

**Please note this class will take place at 10 Martin Avenue, Mattapoisett **
10 week session :
March 31st
April 7th, 14th, 28th
May 5th, 12th, 19th
June 2nd, 9th, 16th
In SC Lessons rock band class students not only learn how to play covers of fun rock songs… they also write new songs as a band. And, at the end of the session, when they have their material rehearsed they record those songs using professional recording equipment & software. Every student gets a high quality recording of their music that can be shared freely with friends & family! Rock band class is capped with a smaller number of participants than most ensembles and a limit on the number of players on each instrument. Open to guitar, bass, drums, keys, ukulele, vocals, horns.

Clawhammer Banjo - Tuesdays 6PM

1 hr··$206.10

10 week session
April 1st, 8th, 29th ( no class April 15th or 21st)
May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th
June 3rd, 10th, 17th

Here’s a class for those who’ve already begun clawhammering, and want to explore possibilities. This class will encourage students to look at common tunes as an opportunity to explore variations and nuance while also adding a few less common pieces as well. We’ll be dropping thumbs, plucking, missing brushes, batting chords, and just generally having all the fun a body can have on four strings plus a drone. Available in person or digital.

Ear Learning Strategies & Applied Theory - Thursdays 9AM

1 hr··$206.10

10 Week Session
10 week session
March 27th
April 3rd, 10th, 17th
May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
June 5th

Open to all instruments. Here’s a class designed to demystify the process of learning melodies by ear and hear the chord changes to a song without a lengthy and strenuous trial and error process. And make no mistake about it, if you play a predominantly or exclusively melody instrument, chords are important for you too because they shape the melody and predict where it’s going! And strummers- it’s the same situation, the melody will tell you what’s happening both now… and next. In addition to a range of ear techniques, we’ll learn the necessary bits of practical and directly applied theory that will get you where you want to be. Ear learning, “hearing the changes,” and the ability to communicate ideas in the language of other musicians opens all the doors to social music. And these are the skills needed to find your next level of playing in every common genre. That said, though, we’ll be focused primarily on traditional melodies & folk songs in this class. They’re the roots of all else, and the very best place to start!

Thursday String Band - Thursdays 10AM

1 hr··$206.10

10 week session
March 27th
April 3rd, 10th, 17th
May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
June 5th

Do you know a tune or two but need to build repertoire? Have you been studying on your own but want to learn to play with others? Have you played a different style but now want to branch out? Do you have some of the fundamentals of your instrument, but want to learn to use them in a group setting? Here’s a class for people at the beginning and early intermediate stage of their journey towards playing string band music. Come help us build something together and be a part of a living tradition! Open to fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, mandolin, ukulele, and other traditional lead instruments.

Rising Ukulele & Guitar - Thursdays 11AM

1 hr··$206.10

10 week session
March 27th
April 3rd, 10th, 17th
May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
June 5th

A mixed ability group exploring the ukulele or guitar’s capabilities. Whether it's some really advanced moves or just a few more chords you're after, this is where you want to be! Playing and learning ukulele or guitar in a large group is equal parts social activity, brain builder, and outlet for creative expression. Maybe you’ve been playing for a bit and you already know that. Come join me to find out what else there is to know on those strings. Available in person or digital.

Banding Together (Grade 4 and up)- Thursdays 5:30 PM

1 hr··$206.10

10 week session
March 27th
April 3rd, 10th, 17th
May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
June 5th

Learn to play not one, but several different instruments! And that would be cool enough, but there’s so much more. This is the bridge program between my Play Party class and the Growing Tradition class, and as such it has all of the same super fun elements of both. Traditional dancing, singing, hambone body percussion, songwriting… we do them all! And this session we’re adding in a brand new visual art element too. All students will be making moving panoramas that play like an old fashioned movie tell the story of a tune they love.

Rhythm , Chords , Keyboards- Saturday, 10:30 AM

1 hr··$206.10

10 Week session
March 29th
April 5th, 12th
May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 31st
June 7th, 14th, 21st

Not your traditional piano class! This is an introduction to piano & keyboard family instruments Southcoast Lessons-style. Which is to say… keys with an emphasis on playing with others, centered in the styles you're most interested in, and presented with an emphasis on fun. Students get the basics of how to play along socially to rock, folk, blues, contradance & other popular music styles within a single session of class in addition to the building blocks to explore beyond.

Rising Fiddle- Saturdays 9:30 AM

1 hr··$206.10

10 Week session
March 29th
April 5th, 12th
May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 31st
June 7th, 14th, 21st

This is an exciting fiddle class for those who would like to delve into the nuance and detail of playing Old Time fiddle tunes with nuance and authenticity. We dig into right hand bow techniques, left hand variations, more obscure tunings, pulsing, creative droning, and other sophisticated elements of the style. Players enrolling in this class do not need to have significant experience playing Old Time music, but should already have the basic elements of technique, a knowledge of the notes in first position, and some level of comfort with eat learning. (And if your ear is already pretty developed, you might not even need that note knowledge so much)! All lessons are supplemented with complementary video and written materials.