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Bass from the Bottom
with Don Vought
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This class is designed for beginning bassists with little or no experience. It will help provide the foundation
needed to become a successful player. Focus is on right and left hand technique and building a basic walking bass line
that can be used in many styles of contemporary music, including rock, jazz, worship, bluegrass and country.
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Music Composition: A Practical Overview
of the Composition Process
with Jack Krone
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Students will gain an understanding of the creative process. They will learn how to convey their ideas creatively
through music writing. The various techniquest involved in creating new and personally enjoyable compositions will be
presented and put to practical use by students. The actual process of putting the creation on paper so it can be shared
with others will also be part of the presentation. A brief overview of the actual arranging process will also be included.
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The Beginning Guitarist
with Joel Golden
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Joel’s clinic will start with a brief history of the guitar and an overview
of various styles and the guitars that go with them. It will then move along into some fundamentals of music and how they
relate to the specifics of the guitar. The final part of his presentation will be a demonstration of simple melodies, basic
scales, harmonies, chords, and some basic improvisation techniques.
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Guitar Tapestries
with David and Marg
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David Myslewski and Marg Terry have played guitar together since 1990. Performing in a variety of genres,
they are especially proud of their CD, Simple Pleasures, and of their concerts in recent years at the University of Pittsburgh
at Bradford, where David is a guitar instructor. Marg's dexterous melodic lines and crisp sense of rhythm blend smoothly
with David's technical wizardry to reflect beautifully their versatility and talent. This seminar will enable participants
to develop their style and to improve their technique.
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The Guitarist's Toolbox
with Jim Ronan
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How did he do that? That's a common question when you listen to a lot of guitar music. In this lesson,
students will learn techniques that will come in handy during jam sessions, creative ruts and for the simple reason of just
having a new technique to play with. Techniques will include: String bending, vibrato, tremolo picking, raking the strings
and some discussion of amp effects. Please be advised that it may be difficult to replicate some of the techniqes described
on an acoustic guitar.
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The Complete Guitarist
With Joel Anderson
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This workshop is intended for students who read music and have a full command of scales and variety of intervals.
Perfect for the guitarist to learn new fingering patterns, exercises and picking techniques. Students will get an introduction
to improvising and comping along with a study of jazz and contemporary blues. They will learn the creation of ghost
notes and the basic technique of chord solo playing.
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Rockabilly 101 and Beyond
With Grant Orris
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Students will be learning a variety of techniques and sounds used to develop their rockabilly style. Grant
will review early influences on the rockabilly scene as well as artists that he has embraced to develop his own style.
This session may also overlap into the development of rock and roll music itself.
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The Evolving Jazz Bassist
With Philip Burlingame
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This workshop is intended to educate students in their development as serious jazz bassists. Areas of study
include: Choosing your bass equipment (including the bass itself, amplifier issues, direct box and bass effects), developing
walking bass lines for jazz, listening to jazz with a bass point of view, combo v. ensemble playing and becoming an evolving
jazz bassist.
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Building Guitars
With Allen Klein
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"This workshop will show how to build a guitar from scratch with easily obtainable local materials".
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Generations Guitar Workshop Instrument Exchange |
The Delta Blues of Robert Johnson
with Gene Johnson
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When morning session II dismisses, here's your protocol: Go to the bathroom, get your lunch & get ready
for a blues education you will never forget!!!! From 11:55am-12:55pm, Gene will demonstrate Robert Johnson's slide guitar
style in open G tuning. Listen to his tracks on the clinicians page to get a sample of Gene's monster guitar style.
By the way, you'll have five (5) minutes to get to your next class...
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Finger Lickin' Chickin' Pickin'
with Bob Hartle
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As a special treat to those attending the GGW Instrument Exchange, Bob Hartle will be demonstrating his style
of Chickin' Pickin' from 2:00pm-3:00pm. See Bob's biography in the clinicians section for more information...
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Swingin' Surfabilly Guitar Playin': Know Your Roots!!
with Dan Peters
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Dan will take students into a detailed analysis of several original compositions and how he developed his own
unique musical voice through an appreciation of many different genres. Rockabilly, surf, blues, jazz, country and heavy
metal all figure prominently in Dan's self-proclaimed "Surfabilly" sound and he encourages all students to do their homework
and "know your roots!!"
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