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Guitar Boot Camp

October 10, 2009 from 11:30am to 2pm – Swallow Hill with Chris Sauthoff. Get the basic training on how to make yourself a better guitar player. During this hard-core guided practice session, you will learn guitar logic, scales, finger and practice e... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, boot camp
Dark Side of the Moon Guitar Workshop

October 10, 2009 from 3pm to 5pm – Swallow Hill with David Bailey. Break out the blacklight posters and turn on The Wizard of Oz as we venture into the most epic of Pink Floyd albums. Classics like Money, Us and Them, and The Great Gig in The Sk... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, pink floyd,, rock

Gear!

October 17, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm – Swallow Hill with Chris Sauthoff. Learn all about amps by playing them! Cover compressors, choruses, flangers, distortion units, and delays. Test-drive Chris’ various amps, effects, 24-channel mixing board, or ... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, gear

Rock Guitar for Teens and Adults Workshop

November 3, 2009 from 7pm to 8pm – Swallow Hill with Richard Reed. Learn easy tab, note arrangements, power chords, riffs, jamming and beginning lead guitar of classic rock tunes. Songs include You Really Got Me, Louie Louie, Pretty Woman, The M... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, rock

Blind Blake Blues Guitar Workshop

November 5, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Swallow Hill with Richard Reed. Blind Blake was the kingpin of early ragtime blues. Learn great arrangements of his legendary songs including Diddie Wa Diddie, West Coast Blues and many more. For intermediate-l... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, blind blake,, blues

Guitar Set Up and Maintenance Workshop

November 14, 2009 from 11:30am to 1:30pm – Swallow Hill with Chris Sauthoff. Learn how to keep your guitar playing well. Bring a set of strings and we will re-string your guitar. Then learn how to set it up to make sure it's playing properly. Basic adju... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, tech, maintenance

Best of John Fahey Guitar Workshop

November 17, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Swallow Hill with Richard Reed. John Fahey began a revolution in folk fingerpicking guitar back in the '60s. He wrote many original instrumentals and inspired such artists as Leo Kotke while experimenting with ... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, john fahey

Best of Chet Atkins Guitar Workshop

December 1, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Swallow Hill with Richard Reed. Chet Atkins popularity dates back to the 1950s Nashville scene and he is largely credited with developing the style used by many of today’s fingerpickers. Learn the easiest and b... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, chet atkins

Acoustic Blues Extravaganza Guitar Workshop

December 3, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Swallow Hill with Richard Reed. The most popular blues riffs, songs and styles taught through famous tunes such as I’m a Man, Thrill is Gone, Stormy Monday, Before You Accuse Me and many more. Thursday, 12/3, 7... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, blues

The Who’s Tommy Guitar Workshop

December 5, 2009 from 3pm to 5pm – Swallow Hill with David Bailey. Doesn’t your adrenaline get going when you hear the acoustic guitar that kicks off Pinball Wizard? This seminal rock opera will be opened and we will learn the many guitar styles... Organized by Swallow Hill School Dept | Type: workshop, guitar, rock, tommy, the who