Guitar Week Schedule – July 28-August 3, 2024 7:30-8:30 Breakfast 9:00-10:15 Guitar for Beginners (Ed Dodson) How Did Robert Johnson Do That? (Scott Ainslie) Classic Swing Guitar (Mike Dowling) Slowest Flatpicking Class Ever (Danny Knicely) Advanced Guitar Workshop (Clive Carroll) The Celtic World (Tony McManus) Mapping the Fretboard (Grant Gordy) Acoustic Grateful Dead (Robin Bullock) Fingerpicking Greenwich Village (Toby Walker) Slack-Key Guitar (Patrick Landeza) The Holistic Guitarist (Sean McGowan) 10:15-10:45 Coffee/Tea Break 10:45-12:00 Theory for Guitar I (Ray Chesna) Bluegrass Songbook (Ed Dodson) Slide-Ways: Bottleneck Blues & Beyond (Mike Dowling) Forming Solos From Chords (Danny Knicely) Brazilian Guitar Accompaniment Styles (Cesar Garabini) Jammin’ Gumbo (Toby Walker) Hawai‘ian Melodies (Justin Firmeza) Jazz Guitar Ensemble (Sean McGowan) Playing A Song (Clive Carroll) Composing & Arranging with Percussive Techniques (Vicki Genfan) British Folk Revival Fingerstylists (Josh Turner) Intro to Celtic Guitar (Tony McManus) 11:30-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:15 Luthier’s Exhibit, Daily Jam Session (with Ed Dodson) 2:15-3:30 DIY Recording for Guitarists (Josh Turner) Flatpicking & Rhythm Tricks (Danny Knicely) Intro to ‘Travis Picking’ (Toby Walker) Creative Chords (Grant Gordy) Let’s Get Funky (Ray Chesna) Music of Mississippi John Hurt (Scott Ainslie) Solo Brazilian Guitar (Cesar Garabini) Rhythm Play (Vicki Genfan) Jazz Harmony in Pop Music (Sean McGowan) Bert & John (Clive Carroll) Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar (Robin Bullock) 3:45-5:00 Celtic Accompaniment (Robin Bullock) Deep Bluegrass Guitar (Ed Dodson) Hot Club Jazz (Greg Ruby) The Guitar of Joni Mitchell (Tony McManus) Making It Emotional: Lessons From a White Blues Singer (Scott Ainslie) Arrangement & Performance (Grant Gordy) Theory for Guitar II (Ray Chesna) Recreating Songs in Open Tunings (Vicki Genfan) Brazilian Guitar for Beginners (Cesar Garabini) Boogie Woogie Boot Camp (Mike Dowling) Beginning Fingerstyle Arranging (Josh Turner) 5:00-6:30 Supper 7:30-? Evening Events (concerts, dances, jam sessions, etc.)