Sunday, March 24, 2019

Guitar Workshop

Japanese Folk Songs for Guitar 
1 pm  Saturday May 18, 2019   
          Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago 

Kojo no Tsuki
Japanese folk songs of the 1800's were written for traditional instruments of the time. These songs have subtle, but beautiful haunting melodies based on various Japanese musical scales. This gives them a different sound, and the songs sound great on the guitar. We’ll learn several instrumental songs - some simple, some more challenging, by working through tab notation. If you are an intermediate player and want to move beyond strumming, this is a great opportunity to learn to pluck individual melody notes using your fingers or a pick. For more advanced guitar players, this is an opportunity to try something new and add to your repertoire. 

We will emphasize efficient fingering positions, and techniques that can be applied to other styles of playing, with focus on fingerpicking. Proficiency with bar chords will be helpful.  For intermediate through advanced level players.  Let’s learn something different!  Listen to  Tabaru Zaka    Inshu-Inaba   Kojo no Tsuki       tab for Kojo no Tsuki


           

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