Guitar Workshop Plus:
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So you’re learning your scales, chords, and theory, and your friends say your chops are getting really good. But sometimes it still doesn’t exactly come out the way you want. Come to this seminar prepared to work hard and practice a lot, and your playing will be taken to new heights.
You’ll leave with enough material to practice for several years. Students should have a reasonably solid working knowledge of scales, arpeggios and chords. Reading music is helpful but not essential. Although this course is designed primarily with rock players in mind, these concepts are built on solid theoretical principles and can apply to any style of music. Topics covered include a new look at pentatonics, rhythmic and thematic development, analysis of chord progressions, modal improvisation, creative expression and much more. One of our most popular instructors, Jon Finn, is uniquely qualified to teach this. He’s spent most of his professional life divided equally between performing and teaching. His approach is heavily influenced by his experiences working closely with masters such as Guthrie Govan, Steve Morse, John Petrucci, Dave Larue, Carl Verheyen, John Williams, Tom Morello and many others. Guitar phenom, Guthrie Govan will spend two days with students in this course.
This course will focus on the classic fingerstyle method of playing guitar made famous by the likes of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Scotty Anderson and Tommy Emmanuel. This seminar will cover the essential elements of this great style, including Travis-Picking, walking bass lines, harp harmonics, and cascades. In addition, through learning and playing many of the standard songs from the Travis-Picking repertoire, topics like chord-melody, solo arranging, voicings and substitutions, and improvising will be addressed. This seminar class will enjoy a visit from one of the greatest guitarists in the world, Tommy Emmanuel.
This seminar is designed to focus on rock that wears it’s blues influences on it’s sleeve. We’ll be looking at some guitar players and bands that took what they learned from the original blues artists, and forged a new style of rock. Using different tones and rhythms, but always with a nod to the past, some of the most memorable songs of the Delta were transformes into a powerful “new” sound that can still be heard influencing bands and players today. An indepth look at how to use major and minor pentatonic scales, the “blues” and “mixolydian” cales, string bending, hammer-on and pull off techniques, double stops, fresh chords, slide licks, wah-wah tricks and much more will be covered. So don’t miss out if you want to learn how to make your guitar sing like the best of ‘em! This class will enjoy a visit from the great Texas guitar slinger David Grissom.
Not just for country players, this seminar teaches improvisational concepts that apply to any style. Whether you are a jazz, rock or blues player, this class will also give you the tools to take on any country gig with confidence.Topics include hybrid pick-and-finger techniques, chick’n pickin’, pedal-steel and open string licks, building single note lines from chord forms, creating double stops, and mapping the fretboard to effectively play through chord changes.
Gain practical knowledge on how to generate a great country tone, including effects & settings, signal chain, amps, pickups, and guitars, as well as in-depth discussion of the styles of today’s masters such as Albert Lee, Johnny Hiland, Ray Flacke, Danny Gatton, Pete Anderson and more. Plenty of in-class playing is utilized to reinforce the many new ideas and techniques this style demands. Rather than ending up with just a collection of licks, several country ‘standards’ are used as templates, allowing students to implement their ideas right away into songs. Michael is an experienced player and clinician with over 25 years of experience. He has played and worked with Brent Mason, Johnny Hiland, Pat Martino, Will Ray, Toby Keith, Gary Allan, and many others. The knowledge and passion for teaching Michael brings will make this a seminar you won’t soon forget. This course will also enjoy a visit from the amazing Johnny Hiland!
This course is designed to help guitar players at a moderate to advanced level perfect their skills as a guitarist and songwriter. Covering a variety of topics including rock rhythm guitar, ear training, chord voicings, knowledge of the neck, rock improvisation and techniques, riff/hook development, song arrangement and in depth analysis of the writing techniques used in today’s hit rock and pop radio. If you’ve ever wanted to improve your abilities as a lead or rhythm guitar player, take your songs and sound to the next plateau, learn about the techniques used by your favourite rock guitarist, or learn how to perform at a professional level, then this is the course for you. Long time GWP faculty Aaron Little performs with Canadian rock band See Spot Run whose songs have seen Top 40 radio charts. Aaron has shared the stage with such acts as Our Lady Peace, Default, Bon Jovi, Stone Temple Pilots and, the special guest for this seminar, Ian Thornley.
Join one of Canada’s finest guitarists, Dave Martone on this journey into the insane! Topics covered will include insane legato, tapping and hybrid picking, sweeping, string sweeping, speed picking, bubble tapping, harp harmonics, modes/harmonic/melodic, chord inversions, and more! In-class jamming is crucial so there will be in-class performances daily as well. Dave has toured and performed with Joe Satriani, Michael Angelo Batio, Marty Friedman, Stu Hamm, Mike Portnoy, 3 Doors Down, Chad Krueger, and others.
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