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Clinics cost $40 per person per clinic. Pay at the door with cash or credit card. There is limited space, so advance reservations are recommended. You do not need to buy a pass to the Luthiers Showcase to attend Clinics.
To Reserve Your Seat at a Clinic
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Participants should bring their own instruments, tuners, capos, any permitted recording devices, etc. Clinics will be held in the Pavilion of The Bear Cantina (295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498), northwest corner of the Bearsville Center complex, steps away from the Bearsville Theater. There will be a free guitar checkroom there for Clinic attendees. No personal instruments are allowed in the Luthiers Showcase Bearsville Theater or Utopia Soundstage exhibition areas.
Friday, October 13, 2023 | ||||
Friday 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Happy Traum - "Blues and Country Fingerpicking 101: Conquering the Challenge of the Steady Thumb" This session is open to any players, from early intermediates to experienced guitarists, who want to unravel the mysteries of the steady-bass thumb-and-finger styles used by blues and country pickers. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Friday 2023 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Tony McManus - "Taming Altered Tunings" Guitar often involves a bewildering array of non-standard ways of tuning the instrument. What I hope to do in the course of this workshop is bring some order to the chaos. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Friday 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Dustin Furlow - "Tone, Timber, and Ergonomics" This workshop will be an insightful offering for attendees that will be more about tips for sounding your best depending on your style, guitar choice and preferred genre. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Friday 2023 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Tim Farrell – “The Weight - A Fingerstyle Celebration of the Musical Legacy of Woodstock” Join us as we celebrate the musical legacy of Woodstock with a fingerstyle arrangement of one of the most enduring and beloved songs to originate from the musical community in Woodstock, "The Weight". The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Saturday, October 14, 2023 | ||||
Saturday 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Preston Reed - "An Introduction to Integrated Percussive Guitar Playing" Integrated percussive guitar playing means incorporating a percussive groove into a solo guitar composition. It is a way of accessing the true sonic potential of the acoustic guitar. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Saturday 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Paul Asbell - “Jazz-in' The Blues, and Blues-in' The Jazz Workshop” This workshop will first present practical ways to incorporate jazz harmony and melodic concepts into playing the blues on guitar, using chord voicings, substitutions, arpeggios, etc. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Saturday 2023 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Shine Delphi - "Ragtime Fingerpicking, Beginner to Advanced" In this class we will break down a few classic ragtime pieces. Starting with the simplest form and working our way up to advanced techniques will allow us to bring ragtime fun to any style of music. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Sunday, October 15, 2023 | ||||
Sunday 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Vicki Genfan – “Re-creating Songs in Open Tunings” Vicki Genfan, known as the Queen of Open Tunings, will guide you through the process of rediscovering a well-known cover song using multiple Open Tunings. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Sunday 2023 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Adam Miller - "Fingerstyle Freedom & Improvisation for Solo Guitar" This workshop will go through the fundamentals of incorporating bass lines into solo playing. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Sunday 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Matt Thomas - "Being at One with Your Instrument” Everyday practice and right hand "Calibration"! These exercises help the player first "feel" the strings and feel at home with 'your' guitar. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY | More | ||
Sunday 2023 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Sean McGowan - "Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Essentials" In this advanced beginner to intermediate level class, we’ll take a look at and work through the nuts and bolts of solo fingerstyle jazz guitar. The Bear Cantina, 295A Tiniker Street, Woodstock, NY | More |