Post-Gathering Slow Jam

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Our goal is to have a slow jam after each Monthly Gathering (see link at left for Monthly Gathering). This is in addition to the song circle and the "fast" jam, both of which also rev up after each Monthly Gathering. The goal is to have a nurturing environment for those new to jamming to get their feet wet. It increases participation if there's a "core" of songs that we can all count on. So, below is our tune list. If you can become familiar with these, then you'll be in good shape to join us after the next Monthly Gathering.

There are a lot of tunes here; that's just to make sure that we have more than enough to fill our time. The plan would be to go through these in the order listed below. So for beginners who might think this is too long a list to learn completely, if you learn these in the order listed then you can be confident we'll play them in that same order and you can join in for as many tunes as you learn. The mp3 and midi samples, and the music/chords, are offered only as examples for those who need them. If you know a different version, as long as we're in the same key that should be fine.

Some general resources to learn new tunes:

For Post-Gathering Slow Jam

(We have changed the order to begin with the key of D)

Tune

Key

mp3 sample*

midi sample

Sheet music/chords

Chords

Old Molly Hare D mp3 midi Sheet music/chords All chords in one document (this is a Word doc. You are free to download and edit as you want)
Angeline the Baker D mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Arkansas Traveler D mp3*** midi Sheet music/chords
Soldier's Joy D mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Over the Waterfall D mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Eighth of January D mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Chinese Breakdown D mp3*** midi Sheet music/chords
Bonaparte's Retreat D mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Midnight on the Water D mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Oh Susanna G mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Camp Town Ladies G mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Sourwood Mountain G mp3** midi Sheet music/chords
Girl I Left Behind Me G mp3*** midi Sheet music/chords
Shortnin' Bread A mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Buffalo Gals A mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Old Joe Clark A mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Cripple Creek A mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
June Apple A mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Red Haired Boy A mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Cluck Old Hen Am mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
Shady Grove Am mp3 midi Sheet music/chords
* Except as otherwise noted, all mp3s are courtesy of the Pegram Jam site, a wonderful stockpile of jam session recordings.
** This Sourwood Mountain mp3 is played by CFS' own Jon Singleton
*** These mp3s are from Local Tomatoes, a CD of 42 old-time fiddle tunes recorded as played by local CFS musicians at weekly jam sessions at the Mecklenburg County Market in Charlotte in 2006. This CD is available on our marketplace here.