Guitar Week Schedule – July 24-30, 2022

(THIS INFO IS FOR THE 2022 EVENT. INFO FOR 2023 WILL BE POSTED IN FEB.)

7:30-8:30 Breakfast
9:00-10:15
Guitar for Beginners
(Ed Dodson)		 Introduction to
Fingerpicking
(Cory Seznec)		 Essential Slide Techniques in Standard & Open Tunings
(Scott Ainslie)		 Intro to Percussive Techniques
(Vicki Genfan)
Riffs, Rags & Boogies
(Mike Dowling)		 The Guitar of
Joni Mitchell
(Tony McManus)		 Al Petteway Songbook
(Al Petteway)		 Live Interactive Performance
(Christie Lenée)
Flatpicking
& Rhythm Tricks
(Danny Knicely)		 Clawhammer Guitar
(Steve Baughman)		 Jazz Comping:
A Shape-centric Approach
(Sean McGowan)
10:15-10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45-12:00
Swing Guitar Soloing
(Mike Dowling)		 Bluegrass Songbook
(Ed Dodson)		 Roots & Blues:
Fingerstyle Basics
(Steve James)		 Creative Improvisation
(Christie Lenée)
Right-Hand Boot Camp
(Steve Baughman)		 Celtic Fingerstyle
Guitar
(Robin Bullock)		 Arranging Guitar Accompaniment
for Songwriters
(Al Petteway)		 Pentatonic Palettes for Jazz Guitar
(Sean McGowan)
Gypsy Jazz
Rhythm Guitar –
La Pompe
(Paul Mehling)		 Advanced Flatpicking
(Danny Knicely)		 Groovy Fingerstyle
Techniques from
America to Africa
(Cory Seznec)
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Luthier’s Exhibit, Daily Jam Session (with Ed Dodson)
2:15-3:30
Slowest Flatpicking
Class Ever
(Danny Knicely)		 Singing Technique for Non-Blues Singers
(Scott Ainslie)		 Composition Methods
for Guitarists
Who Play by Ear
(Al Petteway)		 Blues Guitar
Toolbox
(Steve James)
African
Fingerstyle Guitar
(Cory Seznec)		 Body of Rhythm
(Vicki Genfan)		 Celtic Accompaniment
(Robin Bullock)		 Celtic
Guitar Styles
(Tony McManus)
Next Level
Gypsy Jazz Guitar
(Paul Mehling)		 Deep Bluegrass Guitar
(Ed Dodson)		 Chord Melody
Made Easy
(Greg Ruby)
3:45-5:00
Beginning Celtic Guitar
(Tony McManus)		 Fingerpicking Firsts
(Vicki Genfan)		 Acoustic
Grateful Dead
(Robin Bullock)		 Blues: Give Me
Your Right Hand
(Scott Ainslie)
Musical Elements
for the Guitar
(Christie Lenée)		 Arranging Celtic Harp Tunes on Fingerstyle Guitar
(Steve Baughman)		 Bottleneck –
Call It a Slide
(Steve James)		 Gypsy Jazz
Jam Lab
(Paul Mehling)
Blues in Open Tunings
With & Without a Slide
(Mike Dowling)		 Kaleidoscopic
Chromatica
(Sean McGowan)
5:00-6:30 Supper
7:30-? Evening Events (concerts, dances, jam sessions, etc.)