VIRTUAL (ZOOM) DOBRO/LAP STEEL CLASSESSTARTING SATURDAY, JAN 16, 3PM, PST
Beginning to Intermediate Level
Fred Sokolow, renowned musician/author of 200 instruction books & videos for stringed instruments, offers a series of zoom classes for lap guitar: 4 weekly sessions, 75+ minutes
Sessions 1 & 2: G TUNING. You’ll learn:
• accompaniment skills like fills, turnarounds, tag endings
• how to solo in 1st position
• soloing up the neck using moveable positions
• lots of songs in many genres: country, blues, bluegrass, Western Swing, rock, Hawaiian
• fingerpicking techniques
• how to play in any key
• improvising skills
Session 3: the same, in D TUNING
Session 4: the same, in C6 TUNING
More sessions may be added if needed
You'll learn how to accompany & solo on a lot of great songs & how to improvise solos, plus Fred offers plenty of music history and anecdotes about the songs and the players.
Each session comes with tablature, and of course you can ask questions during the lesson. Fred will email you a video of each lesson, when it’s done, so you can study it at your leisure.
You can pay per class (to try one out)
for $25, or buy the 4 sessions for $75. Pay here:
http://www.sokolowmusic.com/instructional/other
Here's a music sample: Fred soloing on an Ian Whitcomb session, playing "I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tpGpLGhVs