The farewell jam - with a special performance at the end!

With just one guitar and a flatpick, you can create the dynamic sound of a band, covering the roles of bass and drums and even adding riffs and lead licks along w/ rhythm. Bring a capo.

Wanna be a fingerstyle guitarist? Learn the basics of various techniques: Thumb and 1, 2 or 3 fingers for blues, folk, jazz, or bossa.

Learn how to add variety and power to your accompaniment w/ such techniques as partial chords, bass lines, muting, and cross-picking.

Explore left and right hand moves that drive this feel good, finger picking guitar style. We will ddiscuss syncopation, movable chords and alternating thumb. Get a better understanding of Piedmont style blues.

This class concentrates on providing a solid introduction and foundation to the aspiring blues fingerpicker, includding techniques for developing monotonic, alternating, and walking bass lines. We’ll explore how blues players move first position chord shapes up the neck in order add variety to their playing as well as to play in different keys.

Play along with some blues tunes!

This class will get your right hand moving towards a more advanced rhythm guitar style. Starting with a basic boom-chuck rhythm, we'll add bass walks and cross picking. A workout for your right hand!

Sign up in the resource folder to perform. Come 20 minutes early to check your sound settings!

Ever wish you could play higher up the neck? We'll connect those old familiar open chord shapes and unlock those mysterious upper frets.

This will be a guitar class drawing from the repertoire of early country and classic blues playing women. We’ll pay tribute to the ones who started it all - Mamie, Minnie, Bessie, Sippie, and more.

This session is open to any players, from early intermediates to experienced guitarists, who want to unravel the mysteries of the steady-bass thumb-and-finger styles used by blues and country pickers as well as by innumerable singer/songwriters.

Learn how common chord progressions are put together in various genres of music while playing lots of song examples. We will learn how musicians think in numbers while applying that knowledge to the guitar fretboard.

Use the language of blues guitar to tell a sacred message. We will explore the CAGED system, some principles of finger picking, the use of the relative minor chord, and other tools that are essential to getting a sacred sound out of the blues guitar.

Play and sing easy jazz and swing songs in this supportive and fun class. Pick up new chord shapes and learn how to make it swing!

Play and sing easy jazz and swing songs in this supportive and fun class. Pick up new chord shapes and learn how to make it swing!

Get a tour through the schedule, learn more about the classes, and hear the teachers play a snippet. Followed by a welcome jam for all levels!

Improve your waltz accompaniment technique - focus on bass runs, exercises, and theory. Jay Ungar will play fiddle for you to accompany!

Improve your 4/4 accompaniment technique - focus on fiddle tunes and songs with bass runs, exercises, and theory. Jay Ungar will play fiddle for you to accompany!

Have fun playing and singing songs along with guitar legend Happy Traum and multi-instrumentalist Peter Davis (a legend in his own mind.)

Sing and play along with classic songs that many people know. Bring one to share!

A showcase for the staff!

Play and sing swing instrumentals and songs.

This class is intended for those who have had some experience playing swing/jazz standards and want to add additional approaches to soloing and backing.

This class will focus on “Freddie Green” style of rhythm guitar starting with the feel of the rhythm and moving on to specific three-note chord voicings that lend themselves to rhythm playing in most any setting, duo to big-band.

Learn Brownie McGhee’s rhythmic fingerpicking style, rich accompaniments, intricate lead playing which wide-ranging repertoire influenced generations of guitarists around the world.