WORKSHOPS
Coming Up!! I have wanted to do a workshop in a pub for a while!!! Here we go!
Guitarists meeting up at Fixed Gear to talk about guitars and USING A CAPO -
– Sunday, March 3, at 2pm start at Fixed Gear Brewing Canteen in Guelph!
Let’s keep it relaxed and informal. Less of a workshop and more of a guitarists’ meet-up afternoon.
Got a guitar? Bring it.
Got a question about capos? Bring it.
Guitar players hanging with guitar players. This just might be epic.
Location - Fixed Gear Brewing Canteen. 5 Edinburgh Road N in Guelph
Let us know you are coming… Please register with me so Fixed Gear and I can plan accordingly.
email - argyle@sympatico.ca.
Bring your guitar, picks, & ALL your capos - if you have any… You’ll need it all.
BTW - If Guelph is too far to come, contact me to discuss holding this in your community. I can do that
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CELTIC/TRADITIONAL GUITAR – Workshop – 1.5 hrs
Offered as part of the Irish Real Life Festival in Kitchener/Waterloo
March 10, 11am – 12:30 Location and sign-up details TBA
A workshop for those who already know something about playing guitar. We’ll get you thinking about some ways to use the guitar to play Celtic/Traditional Guitar stylings. We’ll touch on
- Role of the guitar to accompany tunes and songs
- Drone effect in regular tuning
- Common Progressions
- Walking bass lines
- Tune types and structures
- Playing sets – what to know, watch and listen for
- Common keys/modes/scales used in Irish folk music,
- Use of Drop D, Double Drop D and DADGAD tunings to bring out the “drone’ effect (if time)
- Selected songs to support the above.
Bring your guitar. You're going to need it.
Cost is “Pay What You Can.” Sign up is at the link/URL below –
Time & Location
Mar 10, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
TWH Social (Konig Room), 1 King St W, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A3, Canada
I also offer guitar workshops on the following topics.
PICKING & STRUMMING Workshop - 1.5 - 2 hours x 3
Three Night Workshop on Right Hand Techniques for Acoustic Pickers
This is for guitar players who want to take their playing up a notch & do something new.
We’ll cover:
- A fresh look at using a guitar pick
- Strumming styles – review basics and move on
- Travis/Piedmont picking & beyond
- Right hand techniques
- Palm mute
- Hybrid picking/frailing
- Back Beat strumming
- Intro to blue-grass crosspicking style
ALTERED STATES Workshop – 1.5 - 2 hours x 3
If you are comfortable with standard chords and want to know more about altered tunings – this workshop is for you. Knowledge of music theory not needed. Over 3 nights we’ll explore
- Drop D,
- Double Drop D, and
- DADGAD
ACCOMPANYING OTHERS -1.5 - 2 hours
We explore the guitar in new & different ways. Many of us know what it is like to work out chords to songs to accompany ourselves. Accompanying others builds on this and pushes us to:
- Move beyond traditional strumming and fingering chords & patterns
- Break song down into sections and review what to play in each section.
- Know when to play, when not to play
- Develop arrangements beyond verse/chorus/campfire strumming
For the purposes of this workshop, we will explore
- Accompanying a solo singer, and
- Accompanying a singer/guitarist or singer/pianist
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BTW - If Guelph is too far to come, contact me to discuss holding any of these in your community.
I'd really like to do that!