JUMP START YOUR GUITAR PLAYING WITH THIS GREAT WORKSHOP!
STUCK ON FIRST POSITION CHORDS?
– LEARN ABOUT CHORD SHAPES,
MOVE OUT OF FIRST POSITION, EXPLORE THE FINGERBOARD UP AND DOWN THE NECK!
– LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP A RELIABLE THUMB TO PROVIDE YOUR BASS LINES!
– LEARN NEW LICKS & TRICKS TO SPICE UP YOUR PLAYING AND AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS!
– EXPAND YOUR REPERTOIRE!
This workshop will
provide a solid introduction to fingerpicking guitar, including
development of that reliable thumb so essential to mastering this
style. This pianistic style of playing often characterizes the music of
Master Instructor
Jorma Kaukonen, and is typical of the great country blues artists such as
Rev. Gary Davis,
Blind Blake,
Mississippi John Hurt and other seminal musicians that have deeply influenced 20th century guitar styles.
We will emphasize the
thumb’s job in holding down the alternating and often syncopated bass
line, against a picked melody. We’ll venture out of first position,
and work with chord shapes up the neck, as well as with related licks
that add color and personality to songs. And it is, after all, about
the songs!
This special workshop
will have a triple threat of instructors, so that participants will
receive individually tailored attention. Along with the Captain,
singer/songwriter/guitarist
Marjorie Thompson will provide expert instruction focused on fretboard navigation and songcrafting, and
BreakDownWay maven David Wolff will guide students in the careful rendering of some country blues favorites exemplary of this genre.
It will be assumed that
students have familiarity with first position “cowboy” chords, and may
even have substantial experience as lead or rhythm guitarists, but are
relatively new to the fingerstyle approach to picking.
THERE ARE A FEW SEATS REMAINING IS THIS FANTASTIC BEGINNING FINGERSTYLE WORKSHOP
