About Course
This is a 60 min, 9 week class held Thursdays at 7:00 | October to December 2023
Registration Deadline: September 30, 2023
The term “Americana” covers a broad range of contemporary genres. The course will touch on Blues, Rockabilly, Travis Picking, Hawaiaan Slack Key, Classic Singer-Songwriter accompaniment styles, and much more. Students need to be competent with first position chords and open to learning new variations, and willing to put in the time to “divorce” the picking thumb from the fingers (sometimes referred to as thumb independence). A sense of fun and musical adventure is also always an asset.
Course Content
Video Archive
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Video 2
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Week 1 October 19th Basic exercises to develop thumb independence, and one or more simple “rolls” incorporating the fingers I. patterns of picking.
Week 2 October 26th A simple version of “Freight Train”, one of the foundations of finger-style guitar
Week Three October 30 – Review
Week Four November 9th – Mr. Bojangles
Week Five November 22nd – Mr Bojangles
Week Six November 29
Week Seven White Christmas
Week 8 Here Comes the Sun
Blues LIcks
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