The CHUCK PYLE FINGER-STYLE Guitar Workshop
I am teaching guitar workshops again. The CHUCK PYLE FINGER-STYLE Guitar Workshop is geared specifically towards singers & songwriters who want to strengthen their presentation while accompanying themselves, with an emphasis on using Drop D tuning. I've re-cycled material from earlier workshops - the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and the Swannanoa Gathering - and added several play-along exercises that, I think, make my style more understandable. It's been very satisfying. Please watch for a workshop in your neighborhood or, better yet, contact us to host one. (Slam pickers unite!)
Here's the workshop description:
Free the thumb and fire the band. Learn a finger-style accompaniment - using bass lines, counterpoint and musical hooks - that is actually geared towards soloists. This workshop will demonstrate several unique approaches to finger-style guitar that are perfectly matched to singers & songwriters who want to steady their tempos, expand their dynamic range and enhance their phrasing. Also, the workshop will focus on enlarging the perspective of the traditional Travis finger-style.
Bring your favorite guitar, in concert tune, and be ready to play along. The fee is $65 for a 3-hour class for intermediate-to-advanced players, with a minimum of 3, and a maximum of 15, participants per class.
Chuck has taught at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and the Swannanoa Gathering
Arkansas River Tours With Chuck Pyle
ARKANSAS RIVER TOURS
Presents
RIO CHAMA RIVER MUSIC ADVENTURE
With CHUCK PYLE
The Rio Chama River, Northern New Mexico
May 24-26, 2008 (SOLD OUT)
A second trip has been added for Aug 22-24.
Enjoy the music of Chuck Pyle under the stars by a crackling campfire in this extraordinary wilderness. The Rio Chama flows lazily through 35 miles of remote canyon scenery in northern New Mexico.
Designated by Congress as a Wild and Scenic River in 1986, the Chama offers pristine camping amongst towering Ponderosa pines, with an assortment of calm water floating and moderate whitewater rapids, suitable for first-time river travelers, or those seeking outstanding scenery without difficult rapids. You will float by a Franciscan monastary among Cedar and Pinon forested hills, through canyons with 1000 foot sandstone walls, picnic by an historic abandoned line shack, and, on the last day, take-out near Abiquiu, the Echo Amphitheater, and the famous Ghost Ranch, historic home of Georgia O' Keefe, world-reknowned painter and mystic.
THE STAFF: ART has been providing exceptional river experiences and programs for 35 years. ART will provide professional river guides, all necessary river equipment and delicious meals starting on the first day of your trip. All staff members are certified as EMTs or Wilderness First Responders and are river rescue professionals.
TRIP LOGISTICS: You are required to bring your own camping gear and personal gear. Please bring backpacking type camping gear for ease of packing. We will provide waterproof bags for your gear. You have the option to paddle in a paddle raft under the instruction of our guide or ride in an oar boat and let the guide do the rowing.
Bob Hamel
Arkansas River Tours
Arkansas River Tours
www.arkansasrivertours.com
P.O. Box 337
Cotopaxi, CO 81223
(800) 321-4352 (719) 942-4362
