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Note from the Commish:
Please consider bringing other people to Guitar League meetings. They do not need to be guitar players. People often just come for the music. Remember, first visit is always free!
Pre-meeting performance: Gerry Chmielewski, starts about 6:30
Main Presenter: Jeffrey Pepper Rogers:
Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers has combined his twin passions for words and music into a multifaceted career as a musician, author, and teacher. He is a grand prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, a contributor to NPR's All Things Considered, and the founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine. Based in upstate New York, he has been a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist and finalist (with his duo Pepper and Sassafras) for Best Duo at FreshGrass. A "renowned guitar teacher" (Boston Globe), Rodgers is author of The Complete Singer-Songwriter, recently published in an expanded second edition; the multimedia guide Beyond Strumming; and a video series teaching his acoustic arrangements of Grateful Dead songs. He teaches courses on songwriting and creative nonfiction writing in the Honors program at Syracuse University.
Below is Jeff’s description of his presentation:
Beyond Strumming
When you're playing guitar behind vocals, you can do so much more than simply strum the chords and keep the time. In this presentation, based on his new Acoustic Guitar book/video Beyond Strumming, Jeffrey will share ways to add variety and power to your accompaniment, using such techniques as partial chords, bass lines, string percussion, cross-picking, alternate tunings, and partial capos. And he'll perform some songs where you can hear these techniques at work.
Break out Sessions:
Don Van Deuson: In Don’s own words he has this to say about his breakout.
“I once read an article in "Guitar Player" magazine, showing signature single note "runs" of Chet Atkins and on tuning.
Over the years I have used some of those and maybe embellished where I should not have. But the purpose was to have fun, sound more accomplished than I really am, and put a little “Big Don” into it. These runs are used mostly at the start or end of a tune. You might call it cheating but using open strings in this process has really simplified the whole technique. I would like to tab examples out as a guide for fingerstyle or flat picking.
Secondly tuning with the use of harmonics in all positions of the fret board can be beneficial, specifically in respect to where your tune is being played on the fret board. For example, are you playing mostly in the 1st position or mostly in the 3rd position.”
Gerry Chmielewski: Music by the Numbers
In Gerry’s words: “In this Breakout Session, we will discuss and practice using numbers in music.
Numbers play an important role both (1) in the making of chords and (2) in the description of chord progressions in songs.
(1) Chords can be modified by raising or lowering or adding certain notes — notes to which a number is assigned, depending on the key.
(2) Some musical directors, instead of giving their session musicians sheet music, provide them with a chart made up of chord numbers that can be used to play a song in any key.
We will explore both of these uses of numbers in music.
First, we will discover how easy it is to use the chord root to build chords such as Cmaj7, G6, or C7b9, among others.
We will find out what a 13-chord is and talk about a couple of chord substitution tricks, such as how to very easily fake an F#m7b5.
Next, we will explore how numbers can be used to describe a song’s chord form — looking specifically at the 1-4-5 blues and also at another more complex form.
If there is time, we will take a common chord pattern and learn how easy it is to find it and play it anywhere on the fretboard — and how also to use it to change keys on the fly.
I will tailor this presentation specifically as a learning session for Rookies and Minors, so most all of the presentation will be in the key of C.
It would be helpful if you know how to play the following chords:
C C7 F G A Am Dm”
Note from the Commish: Gerry is very knowledgeable, musically, and a good teacher. This session is sure to clear up a lot of questions that you have, and if you don’t have these questions, you surely should!
Open Mike Session:
Please be tuned up and ready to go when Jim calls you up to the stage.
For more Guitar League info, go to our FaceBook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Syracuse-NY/Guitar-League/61120474109?ref=ts
As always, any of you are free to find a quiet corner for swapping licks and jamming.
Stay Tuned,
D
Contact info:
Dick Ward, Commissioner
Guitar League
2834 Nunnery Road
Skaneateles NY, 13153
Cell: 315-440-2484
rward1@twcny.rr.com
Please consider bringing other people to Guitar League meetings. They do not need to be guitar players. People often just come for the music. Remember, first visit is always free!
Pre-meeting performance: Gerry Chmielewski, starts about 6:30
Main Presenter: Jeffrey Pepper Rogers:
Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers has combined his twin passions for words and music into a multifaceted career as a musician, author, and teacher. He is a grand prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, a contributor to NPR's All Things Considered, and the founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine. Based in upstate New York, he has been a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist and finalist (with his duo Pepper and Sassafras) for Best Duo at FreshGrass. A "renowned guitar teacher" (Boston Globe), Rodgers is author of The Complete Singer-Songwriter, recently published in an expanded second edition; the multimedia guide Beyond Strumming; and a video series teaching his acoustic arrangements of Grateful Dead songs. He teaches courses on songwriting and creative nonfiction writing in the Honors program at Syracuse University.
Below is Jeff’s description of his presentation:
Beyond Strumming
When you're playing guitar behind vocals, you can do so much more than simply strum the chords and keep the time. In this presentation, based on his new Acoustic Guitar book/video Beyond Strumming, Jeffrey will share ways to add variety and power to your accompaniment, using such techniques as partial chords, bass lines, string percussion, cross-picking, alternate tunings, and partial capos. And he'll perform some songs where you can hear these techniques at work.
Break out Sessions:
Don Van Deuson: In Don’s own words he has this to say about his breakout.
“I once read an article in "Guitar Player" magazine, showing signature single note "runs" of Chet Atkins and on tuning.
Over the years I have used some of those and maybe embellished where I should not have. But the purpose was to have fun, sound more accomplished than I really am, and put a little “Big Don” into it. These runs are used mostly at the start or end of a tune. You might call it cheating but using open strings in this process has really simplified the whole technique. I would like to tab examples out as a guide for fingerstyle or flat picking.
Secondly tuning with the use of harmonics in all positions of the fret board can be beneficial, specifically in respect to where your tune is being played on the fret board. For example, are you playing mostly in the 1st position or mostly in the 3rd position.”
Gerry Chmielewski: Music by the Numbers
In Gerry’s words: “In this Breakout Session, we will discuss and practice using numbers in music.
Numbers play an important role both (1) in the making of chords and (2) in the description of chord progressions in songs.
(1) Chords can be modified by raising or lowering or adding certain notes — notes to which a number is assigned, depending on the key.
(2) Some musical directors, instead of giving their session musicians sheet music, provide them with a chart made up of chord numbers that can be used to play a song in any key.
We will explore both of these uses of numbers in music.
First, we will discover how easy it is to use the chord root to build chords such as Cmaj7, G6, or C7b9, among others.
We will find out what a 13-chord is and talk about a couple of chord substitution tricks, such as how to very easily fake an F#m7b5.
Next, we will explore how numbers can be used to describe a song’s chord form — looking specifically at the 1-4-5 blues and also at another more complex form.
If there is time, we will take a common chord pattern and learn how easy it is to find it and play it anywhere on the fretboard — and how also to use it to change keys on the fly.
I will tailor this presentation specifically as a learning session for Rookies and Minors, so most all of the presentation will be in the key of C.
It would be helpful if you know how to play the following chords:
C C7 F G A Am Dm”
Note from the Commish: Gerry is very knowledgeable, musically, and a good teacher. This session is sure to clear up a lot of questions that you have, and if you don’t have these questions, you surely should!
Open Mike Session:
Please be tuned up and ready to go when Jim calls you up to the stage.
For more Guitar League info, go to our FaceBook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Syracuse-NY/Guitar-League/61120474109?ref=ts
As always, any of you are free to find a quiet corner for swapping licks and jamming.
Stay Tuned,
D
Contact info:
Dick Ward, Commissioner
Guitar League
2834 Nunnery Road
Skaneateles NY, 13153
Cell: 315-440-2484
rward1@twcny.rr.com