You will cover lead and rhythm playing and look at the
techniques of players such as Freddie King, Steve Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Eric
Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy and
Blind Blake to name
just a few.
On the Sunday morning we will do a workshop on slide
playing, it's not as difficult as you think.
Take note ; for slide playing you only need an old guitar
with heavy gauge strings and a high action. *****
The aim of the weekend is to get you playing no matter what level
of ability you are at.
With learning in a group it allows you to appreciate what it's like
playing with others. We do have people of differing abilities on the same course so don't
worry about how good you are.
We will get you playing with others and enjoying it as well
as learning some very useful techniques.
We will have constructive and controlled jam
sessions.
We will look at some specific pieces and break them
down into easily manageable elements and see what can be improvised over them.
We will
look at the scales and chords you need to know for blues playing and it's not just 7th's
and the blues scale.
The Blues weekend is our most popular course so early booking is
advised as we only do five a year and one of those could be a
Blues Two course
covering the playing styles of guitarists such as Robben Ford, in which case you need to
have been on the basic weekend before coming on that one.
There are some elements of playing that we think would be very
handy to know or be aware of before coming on the weekends. They are as follows-
Construction of a major scale in C, in one position.
Open string notes, from the bass string E_A_D_G_B_E
Position of some main notes on the neck e.g. A's C's and E's
(more the better)
Construction of a blues scale in one position
Minor
Pentatonic shape (1st position)
Of
course if you know more, great!
If you
are at all worried about your ability to then it might be worth
thinking about the Strugglers weekend feel free to phone me for
advice 01931 713241
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Take a look at your local second hand shop, they might
have an old guitar for just a few quid, then bring it along.****
