I'd forgotten I had this...

George Van Wagner · Post by **George Van Wagner** » 29 May 2007 8:47 pm

While doing some organization in the studio (a/k/a throwing out some junk), I stumbled across something I picked up at a yard sale many years ago, stashed away, and forgotten I had: a correspondence course in Hawaiian Guitar from the U.S. School of Music in Port Washington, NY. There are 96 lessons total, though I'm missing lessons 1-3 (which I'm guessing the original owner had done, moved out of the folder, and then lost interest in the course). I was just flipping through it and one of the lessons is a feature on Noel Boggs. The copyright dates on the lessons are 1945-1947. The early lessons are based around the High Bass A tuning (A, C#, E, A, C#, E), and they take a while to get into other tunings.

When I get some time, I'll make some scans and put 'em up.

Bernard Beck · Post by **Bernard Beck** » 29 May 2007 10:51 pm

Great idea to scan that course, and good luck on your cleaning up.
Bernard

Jeff Strouse · Post by **Jeff Strouse** » 30 May 2007 12:13 am

That would be great to see.

Jude Reinhardt · Post by **Jude Reinhardt** » 30 May 2007 3:33 am

You can still find the course on ebay occasionally. I bought one a few months ago and sold it a few weeks ago. The first few lessons are in an E or E7 tuning. I bought it because I had bought their course on standard guitar back in the 50's when they were still in business. A lot of work but a sound schooling in theory and reading notation. I didn't finish the first course.
Jude