Guitar, Bass | Hasee Ciaccio | Intermediate/Advanced | Period 1 | Week 3 (July 20-25, 2025)
Geared towards bass players and guitar players, this class will explore the complexities of rhythmic “feel.” Bring your questions about how to find the collective gel in a jam or band setting. We’ll talk about how to listen with intention, respond with your right hand, the nuances of different types of rhythm, and what “getting in the pocket” is all about! This class will also dissect why a groovy “boom~chuck” can make your playing more fun for you, your collaborators, and the listener!
About the Instructor
Hasee Ciaccio is a performer, maker, studio musician and educator residing in the piedmont of North Carolina. Born and raised on the Low Country coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, she made her way to the Mountain South in 2010 to study traditional Appalachian music and culture at East Tennessee State University. Hasee drives the upright bass with honed skill and conviction well beyond their years, moving listeners at festivals, intimate venues, and concert halls alike. In recent years, they have toured and recorded with artists among the likes of the timeless and legendary Laurie Lewis, the all star bluegrass band Sister Sadie, the trailblazing Alice Gerrard and the visionary Jake Blount. During Hasee’s time with Sister Sadie, the band regularly appeared on Nashville’s own “The Grand Ole Opry,” and brought home various International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, including “Entertainer of the Year” in 2020, the industry’s highest honor. Throughout Hasee’s years as a performer, they have shared the stage with artists among the likes of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, Molly Tuttle, Dale Ann Bradley, and David Grisman, playing at such notable venues as New York City’s Lincoln Center, PBS’s Song of the Mountains, and San Francisco’s “Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.” While off tour, you might find her foraging for wild mushrooms or medicinal plants along the Laurel Fork River, tracking a session at a regional recording studio, or sitting on the porch at their home in Hillsborough, North Carolina.