2009 Traditional Arts Apprenticeships
Blue Grass Banjo

• Bruce Stockwell, Putney, Vt., master artist – $2,000
• Bill Jubett, Rindge, apprentice – $839

Bruce has an ambitious outline of material to cover with Bill. They will start off with lessons on the Earl Scruggs-style of banjo picking. Over the course of 20 lessons they plan to cover music theory, chords, strategies for playing in major and minor keys, melodies in the upper octaves, time signatures, and playing harmony, and play much of the extensive repertoire of Earl Scruggs and other great bluegrass players.

Bruce Stockwell backstage
Photo courtesy of Bruce Stockwell

"I’ve spent most of my life studying players who invented bluegrass, up close and personal, and I feel I enjoy a special perspective that’s for the most part no longer available to young players first hand." -- Bruce Stockwell, 2008

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Last updated: October 15, 2008