Open Tunings for Blues Guitar with MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE
Thursday, May 3rd, 7pm-9pm
Seminar Cost: $40 (non-refundable unless the event is cancelled)
Venue: 3607 West Broadway (@ Dunbar St), Vancouver BC
There is limited capacity for this seminar.
To register and confirm your place, visit Prussin Music, call 604-736-3036.
For more information email [email protected]
Open tunings for guitar - all levels
We will explore the two main open tunings: Open D (Vastapol) and Open G (Spanish) used in traditional blues. We will deliberately not focus on the slide (though we will explore it a bit), but instead learn how to get around in these tunings with our fingers. Students can be at any level, as long as open tunings are relatively new to them.
Michael Jerome Browne, Canadian Solo Folk Artist of the Year in 2008, Maple Blues Acoustic Artist Award Winner, International Blues Challenge Semi-Finalist, Three time Juno Award Nominee in both the roots and blues categories. Michael is a multi-instumentalist, a songwriter, and a living encyclopedia of American Roots music.
Whether he's gliding a slide across his national guitar, pulling his bow over the fiddle strings to play a lively Cajun waltz, or frailing away on his gourd banjo Michael's passion and virtuosity always shine through. In the true tradition of folk music, his performances inspire us to see the interconnections between the many cultures and influences that gave birth to American Roots Music. Gospel, Blues, Old-Time, Country, Soul and Cajun, expect to hear all of this and more from a performer who's been called a street-smart archivist and an absolute treasure.
www.michaeljeromebrowne.com
Michael is also playing a show at the Rogue Folk Club on Friday May 4th at 8pm. Info here: www.roguefolk.bc.ca/concerts/mjbrowne12.html
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