Prashant Vasudevan
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Jan/09 | Tue | 06:30PM-07:45PM | W20 SalaDePuertoRico |
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Jan/16 | Tue | 06:30PM-07:45PM | W20 Lobdell |
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Jan/23 | Tue | 06:30PM-07:45PM | W20-491 (4th floor) |
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Jan/30 | Tue | 06:30PM-07:45PM | W20 PDR1+2 (3rd fl) |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: basic knowledge of a string instrument
If you play or if you just like to listen to traditional music played on fiddle, banjo, and guitar, come to the IAP Old-Time Music Jam!
Before radio and before bluegrass, fiddles, banjos and guitars were being played throughout Appalaichia and in the Southeastern states by people gathered on front porches and in dance halls to make their own fun. These people passed on an enduring repertoire of tunes and a musical style which is still alive and well.
Today players from all over the U.S. gather regularly to "jam," playing old and newly composed tunes in the style now referred to as old-time Southern string-band music.
Some simple tunes will be taught by ear. Come join us!
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, fdc@mit.edu