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Spring, 2021 Online Guitar Workshops
April 5 - May 27
A word about the coronavirus and how it effects these classes:
Our classes will be meeting live via Zoom, and I'll also videotape each class, in case you can't tune in at the scheduled time. You MUST pre-register to participate, because I'll need to send you the link for your class in addition to PDF's of the handouts each week. 
Scroll down to the class of your choice and click on the "add to cart" button to sign up!
​Hope to see you soon!
Mondays:
5PM - Starting to Play  
6PM - Folk Favorites #2  
7PM - Starting to Play 
Tuesdays:
5PM - Light Rock & Pop #1
6PM - Songwriting    
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7PM - Americana & Its Roots       
Wednesdays:
5PM - Folk Standards

6PM - Music Theory for Guitar
7PM - Harmony Singing
Thursdays:
5PM - Americana & Its Roots 
6PM - Country & Blues Instrumentals #1
7PM - Easy 21st Century Rock,               
             Folk & Country #4

Class descriptions and online registration below
All classes are taught by Carol McComb online via Zoom until further notice 

MONDAYS
5PM: Starting to Play 
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(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.

Mondays at 5PM - Starting to Play

$190.00
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6pm: Folk Favorites #2 (level 2)
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.
(Note: Folk Favorites #1 and Folk Favorites #2 are the same level; just different songs.

Monday 6PM - Folk Favorites #2

$190.00
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7PM: Starting to Play
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(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.

Monday 7PM -​ Starting to Play

$190.00
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TUESDAYS
5PM: Light Rock and Pop #1
(level 2+)

Popular songs with easy strums and easy chords! You’ll learn how to use a flatpick, you’ll learn 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. Light Rock and Pop #1 and #2 are the same level, just different songs.

Tuesday 5PM - Light Rock and Pop #1

$190.00
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6PM: Songwriting - Focus on Modal Scales
(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!

Tuesday 6PM - Songwriting

$190.00
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7PM: Americana Music & Its Roots 
(multi-level class: levels 2-3 and 3-4)

(This popular class is offered at two different times).​ Always new songs! This multi-level class features contemporary and traditional music that incorporates elements of American roots music styles including country, roots-rock, folk, old-time, bluegrass, R&B, blues etc. We’ll learn songs from traditional blues and country artists, plus contemporary artists like Bonnie Raitt, the Wailin’ Jennys, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings,  John Hiatt, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, Tim O’Brien, I'm With Her, Emmylou Harris, and many more. All songs in tablature.

Tuesday 7PM - Americana Music & Its Roots

$190.00
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WEDNESDAYS
5PM: Folk Standards
For those who know basic chords but are still slow changing from one chord to the next (especially the F chord). We’ll review the basic strums and chords, do lots of chord drills, learn new chords, new strums, bass runs, and 16 timeless folk, country, and rock songs.

Wednesday, 5PM - Folk Standards

$190.00
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​6pm: Music Theory for Guitar
(level 2 and up)
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Learn scales, chord theory, how to read music, what the numbersmean after chords (and how to play them), where to find notes on the fingerboard, how Ionian, Mixolydian, Dorian and Aeolian modes are constructed, about intervals, key transposition and much more.

Wednesday, 6PM - Music Theory for Guitar

$190.00
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7PM: Harmony Singing - All Styles
(no guitar level)

New songs! Wonderful duet, trio and quartet arrangements of folk, country, bluegrass, blues and rock and roll songs from your favorite artists. All parts are written out in detail but you don't have to be able to sight read to take this class. We will create class recordings to assist in online singing.

Wednesday 7PM - Harmony Singing ​​​

$190.00
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THURSDAYS
5PM:Americana Music & Its Roots 
(multi-level class: levels 2-3 and 3-4)
(This popular class is offered at two different times).​ Always new songs! This multi-level class features contemporary and traditional music that incorporates elements of American roots music styles including country, roots-rock, folk, old-time, bluegrass, R&B, blues etc. We’ll learn songs from traditional blues and country artists, plus contemporary artists like Bonnie Raitt, the Wailin’ Jennys, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings,  John Hiatt, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovett, Tim O’Brien, I'm With Her, Emmylou Harris, and many more. All songs in tablature.

Thursday 5PM - Americana and Its Roots

$190.00
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6PM: Country & Blues Instrumentals #1
(level 3-4)

Maybelle Carter Style leads and Piedmont Style blues all in one class! All songs are written in tablature. We'll learn two songs a week in this class. Material from Maybelle Carter, Appalachian fiddle tunes, Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt, Mance Lipscomb and other blues artists, plus newer songs played in these older styles. (Please note: This class used to be called Instrumentals A when I taught it years ago.)

Thursday 6PM - Country and Blues Instrumentals #1

$190.00
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Easy 21st Century Rock, Folk, & Country #4
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(level 2-3) 

Contemporary rock, folk and country songs with acoustic guitar accompaniment. Counting Crows, Patty Griffin, Coldplay, Shawn Colvin, Ben Harper, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, I'm With Her, Wailin’ Jenneys, Avett Brothers and more!

Thursday, 7PM - Easy 21st Century Rock, Folk & Country #4

$190.00
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Please Note: Workshops are held online only until we get the all clear from the county to meet in person again!

Winter online workshops start April 5, 6, 7 and 8 and meet for eight weekly sessions via the Zoom app. They cover a variety of levels. All workshops meet one hour each week. No worries if you miss a class - Carol will be sending video links each week for your classes. 

All Workshops are $190. TAKE TWO workshops during the same series, and discount your second class by $10. If you sign up for more than one class during the same series, you may wish to PayPal Carol directly at carol@carolmccomb.com in order to take advantage of your $10 discount. Please see the next column for more information on enrolling for a class. 

All workshops are led by Carol McComb, a Bay area singer, songwriter, recording artist and guitarist with over 40 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.
How to enroll - Either enroll here online and pay using Paypal/Credit Card, or mail your registration, with your fee, to Carol McComb, Guitar Workshops, PO Box 620280, Woodside, CA 94062. Please include the class or classes you wish to take, plus the email address you wish to use for the class so you can receive your PDFs and login info.

You must pre-register for your class so Carol can email you your login code for your class. If you are new to the Zoom online format, we suggest you download the app ahead of time and learn your way around a bit. 

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.
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QUESTIONS? Contact Carol: 
Voice: 650-530-2526 
email Carol
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For a loaner guitar: Contact 
Gryphon: (650) 493-2131, or www.gryphonstrings.com

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • GROUP CLASSES
    • One-Night Only Seminars
    • Special Christmas Class
    • Class Song Lists >
      • Looking for the 8 week classes?
  • CALENDAR
  • BOOKS/RECORDINGS
  • PRESS KIT
    • Fact Sheet
    • Bio
    • Dj's Guide
    • Press Quotes
    • Notable Venues
    • Recent Airplay
  • Blog
  • CONTACT
  • PHOTO ALBUM
  • Untitled
  • Gryphon Carolers