This is an opportunity for those who play instruments and want to get involved in sessions, but who find it all a little too daunting or who just want to brush up their skills and improve confidence.
We will have experienced musicians on hand playing fiddle, mandolin, box & guitar, and they will help everybody who needs it.
You may learn as many or as few of the tunes from the Tunebook as you like, and the session leaders will be there to keep everything going and running smoothly; they’ll also answer any questions and help you with any musical queries in the sessions.There will be one session in The Big Shed on Saturday, and one on Sunday in the bar area (which is huge) – we’ll have more details closer to the festival.
This is a first for Shrewsbury and we’re really excited – it’s an opportunity to get involved in a group session without any fear or worries. The leaders are there to help out and ensure you get the most out of session and will help people of every ability.
In the meantime, have a look at the tunebook here, and start practising!
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What a great idea - well done who ever came up with it. As an intermediate player I've always hung around the edge of sessions wanting to join in; now I can.
Great idea! Looking forward to it! but I note that not all the tunes have the chords written with them. Surely this will make it difficult for box players, guitarists, bass players etc. unless very skilled at working the chords out as they go along - which I, for one, am not!
The problem with putting prescribed chords is that they are only a suggestion and other chords may well fit. Some have chords because they came with the original abc file but otherwise check the key and if you know the tune you shouldn't (hopefully) go far wrong! I'll be playing guitar or cittern at the sessions so feel free to ask if unsure!
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