Zydeco Boot Camp
(Music Center - Downtown Los Angeles)
Haven't played your violin in a while?
Own a squeezebox and looking for a chance to tickle the keys more often?
Transport yourself to the Bayou and explore and learn this earthy music and rhythms used to create a spectrum of possibilities such as Two-Step, Shuffle, and Waltz - a simmering American melting pot of sound! For violin/fiddle and keyboard accordion players.
Examples of Zydeco music:
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| Big Mamou (two-step, a classic Zydeco party song) |
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| Le Coucher (waltz, an old French melody) |
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Throughout the course of the series, our goal is to provide a multitude of resources to help you Get Your Chops Back - learn each song step-by-step (melodies, accompaniment, instrumental techniques) with easy building blocks to help you get into the music. Receive technical training and style-specific mentoring in playing authentic Zydeco music. If needed, some music notation will also be available as well.
Get Your Chops Back (GYCB) is a series of learning workshops in a stress-free, non-judgmental environment for adult recreational musicians with prior music-making experience/basic playing skills and who have not made music for a while.
Zydeco Boot Camp:
Familiarity with reading music is helpful but not required. Kindly provide your own instrument: violin/fiddle or keyboard accordion (sorry, no other variations please).
QUESTIONS? Check out our FAQ
LOCATION
Zydeco Boot Camp workshops will be held at the Music Center located at 135 N. Grand Ave. in Downtown Los Angeles. Parking is available in the Music Center garage for $9.
REGISTER ONLINE: Registration period is now closed.
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