Thursdays, 7:00-8:15 pm, beginning November 6
$120.00 advance / $130.00 after October 27
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Many Blues guitarists relied on open tunings to create their exciting and haunting sounds. In this class we will work mainly with open G (DGDGBD) and open D tunings (DADF#AD), as well as D minor (DADFAD). Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Skip James, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt and many others all chose to play and compose in these tunings. We will look at phrases, chord voicings and songs and how various players shared or altered common licks and riffs. Participants should be be familiar with the genre and have some fingerpicking experience.

Pete Madsen is a teacher, writer, guitarist and performer based in Berkeley, California. He has written numerous lessons for Acoustic Guitar and Play Guitar magazines; and is the author of "FretMaster: Slide Guitar" and the "Fretmaster: Funk Book," both published by Backbeat books; as well as "A Guide to Acoustic Blues Guitar" and "The CAGED System for Guitar."

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