{"id":5655,"date":"2026-09-22T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musomadison.com\/home\/?p=5655"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:21:58","slug":"cajun-jam-at-muso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musomadison.com\/home\/cajun-jam-at-muso\/","title":{"rendered":"Cajun Jam at muso"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5655\" class=\"elementor elementor-5655\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a4d4a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05a4d4a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b86e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21b86e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?fit=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5660\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?w=1224&amp;ssl=1 1224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?resize=768%2C439&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?resize=200%2C114&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-attachment-id=\"5660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/musomadison.com\/home\/cajun-jam-at-muso\/cajun-long\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?fit=1224%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1224,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cajun long\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/musomadison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/cajun-long.jpg?fit=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e3f14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5e3f14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cajun jam at Muso<\/strong><\/h4><p><strong>2nd Thursdays, 3:30 PM &#8211; 5:30 PM beginning 10\/8\/2026<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come and share to joy of jamming on Cajun tunes. A core group of Madison Cajun musicians, including members of current and former Cajun bands, will share the joy of playing this dance music from Southwest Louisiana (Lafayette, LA is the center of the \u201cCajun Triangle\u201d).\u00a0 \u00a0Standard instruments are listed below.\u00a0 But no instrument is unwelcome!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: accordions are keyed, usually C or D.\u00a0 So tunes played in C\/G or D\/A.\u00a0 If you have a differently keyed accordion, please bring it\u2014more jam fun!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available will be a list of tunes that are standard in the Cajun repertoire.\u00a0 These are tunes that the accordion player, regular fiddler(s) and guitarist(s) know.\u00a0 For some there will be chord charts and Cajun French lyrics.\u00a0 New tunes are always welcome&#8211;bring tunes you\u2019d like to share.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Standard Instruments:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Cajun accordion<\/li><li>Fiddle<\/li><li>Guitar<\/li><li>Lap steel<\/li><li>\u2018tit fer (a triangle specifically made of hayrake iron. Only one at a time.<\/li><li>Acoustic or electric bass (there is an upright at MUSO)<\/li><li>Percussions: spoons, washboard (not rubboard\u2014that\u2019s Zydeco), drum kit.<\/li><li>Piano or keyboard (Piano at MUSO)<\/li><li>Harmonica<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>If you are not familiar with Cajun tunes<\/strong> and jam pattern here are a couple jam videos on YouTube of folks playing this very rhythmic music.<\/li><\/ul><ol><li>Short clip of a public jam at our likely speed:<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/P035ZXKYK8Y\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/P035ZXKYK8Y<\/a><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\"><li>This one of a house jam nicely shows the pattern of play (accordion-vocal-fiddles) and of how fiddlers and accordion second during vocals and then of fiddlers taking off during their break, following and complementing the main fiddler. Rhythm guitars and t-fer playing all through.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2MItlTNpqxM&amp;list=RD2MItlTNpqxM&amp;start_radio=1\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2MItlTNpqxM&amp;list=RD2MItlTNpqxM&amp;start_radio=1<\/a><\/li><\/ol><ul><li>If you\u2019d like to practice a Cajun song, check out one of the best known tunes,\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">J\u2019ai Passe Devant Ta Port, the Balfa Brothers \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DtchvhughFw?list=RDDtchvhughFw\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/DtchvhughFw?list=RDDtchvhughFw<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indeed the yellow Dewey Balfa album is a staple for Cajun tune tunes.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions:\u00a0 email Karen holden at <a href=\"mailto:karencleoma@gmail.com\">karencleoma@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cajun jam at Muso 2nd Thursdays, 3:30 PM &#8211; 5:30 PM beginning 10\/8\/2026 Come and share to joy of jamming on Cajun tunes. 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