Name: Bantam Studios
Address: 47 Hall St, Brooklyn, NY, 11205
Telephone: 347-564-2517
Price range: $$$

Popular Classes

Booze Guitar Beginner I

$200.00

This 8 week introductory group guitar class is designed for students with no prior guitar experience. Starting with the very basics, this class is designed to equip adult beginners with basic guitar playing skills, a basic vocabulary of chords, an elementary knowledge of musical notation in preparation for music and lead sheet reading in later classes, and a memorized piece of music which will be performed at the Bantam Studios adult recital at the end of the session. Repertoire will be chosen from the American folk and blues traditions. Students will also gain an expanded knowledge of notable guitarists, genres and styles through listening to recordings of each week at class. The course will give students a basic understanding of guitar playing and will prepare them for future study in a group or private lesson setting

Booze Guitar Advanced

$200.00

This 8 week Advanced group guitar class will build off of the intermediate skills that students have acquired in the Intermediate Booze Guitar class.

Booze Violin Beginner I

$200.00

This 8 week introductory group violin class is designed for students with no prior violin experience. Starting with the very basics, this class is designed to equip adult beginners with basic violin playing skills, an elementary knowledge of musical notation in preparation for sight reading in later sessions, and a memorized piece of music which will be performed at the Bantam Studios adult recital at the end of the session. Repertoire will be chosen from the American folk and fiddling traditions. Students will also gain an expanded knowledge of notable violinists and violin traditions/genres through listening to recordings each week in class. The Beginner I class will focus on self taught violinists, violinists who found success later in life and violinists who have taken unconventional career paths with their music. The course will give students a basic understanding of violin playing and will prepare them for future study in a group or private lesson setting.

Booze Guitar Intermediate

$200.00

This 8 week Intermediate group guitar class will build off of the basic skills that students have acquired in the Beginner 1 Booze Guitar class. The class will focus on refining techniques learned in Beginner I and will introduce new techniques such as an increased chord vocabulary, new scales and keys, new left hand finger patterns, improving speed and dexterity with picking and working on reading music off of a lead sheet. Like in Beginner I, songs will be chosen from the American folk and blues traditions. Students will learn a more advanced piece to be performed at the Bantam Studios adult recital at the end of the session. In-class listening selections will focus on highlighting techniques that the class is working on.

Booze Violin Advanced

$200.00

This class will serve as an introduction to chamber music. Students will learn violin duets and trios with independent parts and will increase their understanding of the roles of different instrumental voices in chamber music. New techniques in this class will include slurring many notes together, playing at fast tempos, an introduction to shifting, and improving the bow arm to achieve a more refined tonal palate. Students will also learn the fundamental procedures of harmony and music theory and will develop more facility with sight reading on the violin.

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Booze Guitar Beginner I

Booze Guitar Advanced

Booze Violin Beginner I

Booze Guitar Intermediate

Booze Violin Advanced

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