Workshops

Brian Gore's new book Fingerstyle Guitar for Songwriters is available at Back Beat Books and Acoustic Music Resource.

Questions? email: brian@guitarpoet.com

Designed for both instrumental and lyric songwriters to help you tap into your natural instincts and develop an approach to guitar
that’s all your own. The workshop provides an intuition-guided tour of the fundamentals in tone production for the right hand, as well as an introduction to “pyrotechniques”—pull offs, hammer-ons, slapping, tapping, percussion and other fretwork. In conjunction with Brian’s new book, “Fingerstyle Guitar: Technique and Creativity,” participants will learn how guitar techniques are effectively applied in instrumental and lyric compositions. Course is co-sponsored by West Coast Songwriters. Cost: $35, plus purchase Brian’s book, Fingerstyle Guitar: Technique and Creativity

This unique approach to fingerstyle guitar does away with jargon and encourages players to tap into their natural playing instincts. Topics range from technique to visualization, to the effective teaching of articulation, altered tunings, composition and structure, accompaniment patterns, and idea development. Lessons exploring motor memory, body awareness, concentration development, and anxiety control maximize your growth, as will the exercises that lead to original compositions. Interviews with guitarists such as Pierre Bensusan, Laurence Juber, and Peter Finger explore tone, posture, hand position, and composition.

"Taking fingerstyle guitar lessons with Brian has been inspiring. His musical guidance on performance, melody, and the guitar's orchestral palette has been invaluable in the development of my compositions.  Brian's teaching style allows the student to learn at a reasonable pace and maximize their own potential.  I would encourage anyone who loves fingerstyle guitar to consider l earning from this master guitarist and composer." David  (San Jose, CA) - Dec. 2005.