Winter, 2020 Guitar Workshops in Palo Alto
January 13 - March 5 • Eight weeks of classes
January 13 - March 5 • Eight weeks of classes
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Mondays:
5PM - Starting to Play 6PM - Folk Favorites #1 7PM - Starting to Play |
Tuesdays:
5PM - Light Rock & Pop #2 6PM - Songwriting 7PM - Americana & Its Roots |
Wednesdays:
5PM - Bluegrass & Carter Style 6PM - Country Classics #3 7PM - Harmony Singing |
Thursdays:
5PM - Americana & Its Roots 6PM - Beginning Singing 7PM - Already Picking Some More |
Class descriptions and on-line registration below
All classes are taught by Carol McComb at Gryphon Stringed Instruments
211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto
All classes are taught by Carol McComb at Gryphon Stringed Instruments
211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto
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MONDAYS
5PM: Starting to Play (level 1) For total beginners or those who know only a few chords. We’ll learn how to accompany songs with 9 basic chords, 4 different strums, bass runs and hammering-on. 17 great folk, country, and easy rock songs. This class is popular, so it is offered at two times. 6PM: Folk Favorites
(level 2) Slightly faster paced than Folk Standards. We’ll learn new chords and strums, moving bass lines, easy fills, get started with barre chords, and accompany 18 great folk, country and rock songs. Favorites #1 and #2 are the same level, just different songs. 7PM: Starting to Play
(level 1) For total beginners or those who know only a few chords. We’ll learn how to accompany songs with 9 basic chords, 4 different strums, bass runs and hammering-on. 17 great folk, country, and easy rock songs. This class is popular, so it is offered at two times. |
TUESDAYS
5PM: Light Rock & Pop #2 (level 2+) Popular songs with easy strums and easy chords! You’ll learn how to use a flatpick, lots of acoustic rock strums, new chords, barre chords and great songs from artists like the Beatles, the Eagles, Neil Young, Indigo Girls, and many more. 6PM: Songwriting - Focus on Theory
(no guitar level) Open to songwriters of all levels including beginners. Our songwriting class is different every quarter in our constant search for the muse. Come to get started writing your own songs; come for ideas and guidance; come to share a song in progress or a finished song. come just to have a great time! 7PM: Americana Music & Its Roots
(multi-level class: level 2-3; level 3-4) (Offered at two different times).Always new songs! This exciting new multi-level class will feature contemporary and traditional music that incorporates elements of American roots music styles including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B and blues. We’ll learn songs from traditional blues and country artists, plus contemporary artists like Lucinda Williams, the Wailin’ Jennys, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, John Hiatt, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, Tim O’Brien, Nickel Creek, Crooked Still, Emmylou Harris, and many more. |
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Fall workshops start October 7 and meet for eight weekly sessions. They cover a variety of levels. All workshops meet one hour each week. We meet in groups of 15 - 20 in a relaxed atmosphere where there is opportunity for individual attention when needed. All the workshop materials (songsheets) are included. Recording devices (MP3, etc) are welcome. Please use batteries.
All Workshops - $180. TAKE TWO workshops during the same series, discount your second class by $10. Workshops are led by Carol McComb, a Bay area singer, songwriter, recording artist and guitarist with over 35 years experience teaching these classes. She has authored a best selling guitar book, written many articles for Acoustic Guitar magazine and taught at many music camps in the U.S. and Canada. She has toured extensively in duos and bands and also with Linda Ronstadt and Joan Baez. Workshops are held in Palo Alto at Gryphon Stringed Instruments, 211 Lambert Ave., Palo Alto (corner of Park & Lambert). Loaner Guitars - To reserve a loaner guitar for the Starting to Play classes, call Gryphon Stringed Instruments at 650-493-2131. |
How to enroll - Either enroll here online and pay using Paypal/Credit Card, or print and fill out the Class Registration Form below and mail it, with your fee, to Carol McComb, Guitar Workshops, 211 Lambert Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306.
Early enrollment is advised, as many of the workshops fill up early. This procedure registers you in the workshop(s) you choose. (You will NOT be notified unless your workshop is already full.) Just come to your workshop and check in. Please note that your workshop fees are non-refundable unless your workshop is already full or you cancel two full weeks before the start of the series. You may transfer your fee to another class during the first two weeks of the series. QUESTIONS? Contact Carol: Voice: 650-530-2526 email Carol For a loaner guitar: Contact Gryphon: (650) 493-2131, or www.gryphonstrings.com |
