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Music & Dance

in Personal Enrichment

Course

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Instant Guitar for Hopelessly Busy People

with Craig Coffman

Jun
29

June 29th, 2022

$60 More Info

ONLINE -one night workshop

Have you ever wanted to learn the guitar but simply find it difficult to find the time?  In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it.  This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away.  Since this class is being held online with ZOOM, you will be able to sit at home with your guitar and take this class without any pressure at all.   And since the class includes an online book and online follow-up video lessons, you will be able to continue your practice and study on your own.  An optional periodic online question and answer session is also included.   A recording of the class is included as well. 

Class limited to 15 students.  For ages 13+. 

 Topics include:

      How chords work in a song

      How to form the three main types of chords

      How to tune your guitar

      Basic strumming patterns

      How to buy a good guitar (things to avoid)

      How to play along with simple tunes

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Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People

with Craig Coffman

Jun
28

June 28th, 2022

$60 More Info

ONLINE -one night workshop

In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment.  Learn to play piano the way professionals do-using chords.  Since this class is being held online with ZOOM you will be able to sit at your piano or keyboard at home and take this course with no pressure at all.  And since this course includes an online book and online follow up video lessons, you will be able to continue your practice and study on your own.  An optional periodic online question and answer session is also included.    A recording of the class is included as well. 

The course is partly lecture/demonstration and partly hands on instruction.

Topics include:

How chords work in a song

How to get more out of sheet music by reading less of it

How to form the three main types of chords

How to handle different keys and time signatures

How to avoid “counting”

How to simplify over 12,000 complex chords

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