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Chris Stuart
Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar
& Songwriting Workshops
Saturday, September 11 - Open to all levels!
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10:30am-noon: Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar
The great bluegrass flatpicker Tony Rice once said that he's proudest not of his lead playing, but of his rhythm. Even if you're a fancy flatpicker, 90% of what you play in a band or accompanying yourself will be rhythm, and it's a lot more nuanced and intricate than some people assume. Chris Stuart will teach you the basics and beyond in this 90-minute workshop on bluegrass rhythm guitar. Learn fundamental picking patterns (boom-chuck to boom-a-chick-a), alternating bass strings, G-runs, runs in chord changes, kick-offs, how to back up other instruments, three-quarter time, accompanying yourself, and endings (including the essential upchuck ending).
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1:30-3pm: Bluegrass Songwriting
In this 90-minute workshop, Chris Stuart (co-writer of the 2009 IBMA Song of the Year and first-place winner of the MerleFest songwriting contest) will concentrate on what makes a good bluegrass song. You can bring your own songs to be critiqued in class. Topics will include looking at songs by the first generation of bluegrass songwriters (Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, and Carter Stanley), ballads, up-tempo songs, some modern bluegrass songs. Also, how to look for ideas, how to start writing a song, the forms of bluegrass songs, pitching to bluegrass artists, publishing, and collecting royalties. If you've been writing songs for years or have never written a song before, you will get something out of this workshop.
$20 per workshop - $30 for both
Chris Stuart is the rhythm guitar player and songwriter in his bluegrass band Chris Stuart & Backcountry and is a much requested teacher of rhythm guitar, songwriting and harmony singing with Janet Beazley at bluegrass camps such as the Augusta Heritage Workshop in West Virginia, the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, the California Bluegrass Association Bluegrass Camp, American River Acoustic Music Camp, and Sorefingers Bluegrass Week in the UK. He was co-writer of the International Bluegrass Music Association Song of the Year in 2009 and has had his songs covered by artists such as Claire Lynch, Dale Ann Bradley, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Osborne, Michael Cleveland, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass, Larry Cordle, and others. He was also the recipient of the IBMA Print Media Person of the Year award in 2008 for his articles in Bluegrass Unlimited magazine.
www.chrisstuart.com
Call OTM for class reservations!
(619) 280-9035
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