Does your guitar playing feel like it is stuck in a rut? Tempted to put that guitar away? Before you do, try Guitar for Improvers. In a fun and supportive environment, you will be introduced to more chords and strumming patterns through familiar songs. Ideally suited for anyone who has attended the Guitar for Beginners course or is familiar with the chords D, A, E, G, Am, Em, C and F. This is a hands on course with lots of playing and singing. You will need a playable and tuneable guitar, a capo and some plectrums.
Aims
of course:
To introduce the learner to improvers level
guitar techniques:
- Chords: B7, Dm, E7, A7, F & Am;
- Strumming rhythms, including waltz time and "boom-chick-a”;
- Alternating and "walking” bass notes;
- Songs that utilize "quicker” chord changes;
- Playing songs with a group of fellow learners.
Improvers Guitar is ideally suited for the player
who has had a short course in guitar tuition and is familiar with the first
position chords G, C, D, E, A and Em.
DAY ONE
· Review basic chords: D, E, A, Em, G, C
· New Chord: B7
· Song: House of the Rising Sun
· Collect song ideas/suggestions from learners
DAY TWO
· New chord: E7, A7, D7
· Song: Key To The Highway
· Song: Folsom Prison Blues
DAY THREE
· New Chord: F
· Song: Bye Bye Love
· Song: suggestions from learners
DAY FOUR
· New Chord: Dm
· Song: Summertime
· Song: more suggestions from learners
DAY FIVE
· New chord: Am
· Song: Wonderful Tonight
· Song: more suggestions from learners
Please Note: All songs subject to change.
Brooks Williams
About Brooks
Brooks Williams is a
professional musician with twenty-five years' experience on the road and in the
recording studio. A native of Statesboro, Georgia (USA) and now living in
Cambridge (UK), Williams was
named one of the Top 100 Acoustic Guitarists and has played major festivals and clubs throughout the
world. Brooks Williams is a well-respected teacher whose guitar
workshops are highly regarded. Recent workshops include Guitar Retreats in the
UK, La Grande Gennerie in France, and The Swannanoa Gathering in the USA. In
addition, Williams is a visiting lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University in
Cambridge, where he tutors guitarists in the popular music program. In 2012
Williams was awarded an Arts Award by the South Cambridgeshire District Council
for his teaching. Williams also has two guitar instructional DVDs, Blues For
Beginners and Guitar Groove. Both are praised for their accessibility as
well as his "easy and engaging presence on screen." "There aren't many people
who can play guitar like Brooks Williams, and fewer still who can teach like he
can." (Acoustic)For more information, please visit: http://www.brookswilliams.com/
