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Workshop with Andrew Winton in lap slide guitar – tunings, picks, slides, amplification, writing for slide, history, practice tips etc. www.andrewwinton.com ANDREW WINTON LAP SLIDE GUITAR WORKSHOP Come and join Andrew Winton for an interactive session chatting about his favourite thing – lap slide guitar! Everything from tunings, picks & slides, amplification, writing for slide to history and practice tips will be covered. Andrew will bring all his different lap instruments including the Wintonbeast, his dobro, his old Gibson Mastertone and possibly others, and workshop participants will be able to have a close-up look and listen. Come with all your questions. Suitable for players of all levels, even if you just want to know where to start! Andrew has just released an instructional lap slide guitar DVD, find out more at www.andrewwinton.com.
More detailed background information for festival organisers & guitar shops Andrew has presented his lap style guitar workshop at a range of events to a wide range of audiences. This workshop is entertaining and informative, allowing plenty of participant interaction and questioning. Dobro and lap style guitar are generating increased interest, and participants benefit from hearing about the range of issues and techniques associated with this style of guitar playing. Andrew is a qualified musician (he holds a Diploma in Jazz from the WA Conservatorium of Music) and experienced teacher, having taught guitar professionally for over 10 years. Andrew’s experience working with both youth and adult groups with different levels of ability in music helps him to convey information in an accessible, unique and interactive way. In the dobro/lap style workshop Andrew covers topics such as:
Andrew’s background – how did he get into dobro/lap style guitar
I want to play lap style – how do I start?
Explaining the instruments
History of dobro music & influential dobro/lap style players
Tunings
Fingerpicks, slides, capos etc
Dobro and amplification
Writing for dobro
How can dobro/lap style be used in a range of musical genres Practice tips
Technique tips
Question & answer
Have a look – participants get an 'up close' look at the equipment
More detailed background information for festival organisers & guitar shops Andrew has presented his lap style guitar workshop at a range of events to a wide range of audiences. This workshop is entertaining and informative, allowing plenty of participant interaction and questioning. Dobro and lap style guitar are generating increased interest, and participants benefit from hearing about the range of issues and techniques associated with this style of guitar playing. Andrew is a qualified musician (he holds a Diploma in Jazz from the WA Conservatorium of Music) and experienced teacher, having taught guitar professionally for over 10 years. Andrew’s experience working with both youth and adult groups with different levels of ability in music helps him to convey information in an accessible, unique and interactive way. In the dobro/lap style workshop Andrew covers topics such as:
Andrew’s background – how did he get into dobro/lap style guitar
I want to play lap style – how do I start?
Explaining the instruments
History of dobro music & influential dobro/lap style players
Tunings
Fingerpicks, slides, capos etc
Dobro and amplification
Writing for dobro
How can dobro/lap style be used in a range of musical genres Practice tips
Technique tips
Question & answer
Have a look – participants get an 'up close' look at the equipment
genre
influences