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NGW: Beatles Boot Camp
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:56 am
by firstbassman
If anyone is interested, National Guitar Workshop this summer will conduct a week-long "Beatles Boot Camp" seminar at two locations (Connecticut and Virginia) covering Beatles music.
www.guitarworkshop.com
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:54 pm
by mgauction
Very me, Mark, but very far away....
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:39 am
by firstbassman
Sorry, Mike.
But there are planes from Arizona to the east coast . . .
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:45 am
by mgauction
...and god knows I've been on a dozen so far this year. Have fun if you go, Mark!
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:30 am
by randyz
A Beatle boots camp? You mean a bunch of guys line dancing in Beatle boots? I think I'll sit that one out...
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:09 am
by firstbassman
I sat in on a few of the sessions (since it was next door to my class and I was getting a little bored anyway).
The instructor basically handed out chords/tabs of Beatle songs and had the class run through them once or twice.
Some analysis was done about why certain chords (or voicings) were used but not much.
Though a couple of the guitar players in the class were pretty good they were also very young and knew nothing about basic theory so a lot of the instructor's time was taken up with the basics of chord structure and scales.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:38 am
by brammy
Speaking of chords, on 'Things We Said Today', most books have:
C ....................... C7
Someday when I'm lonely
Not so. Try this and you'll see it sounds much more like the record:
C ....................... C9
Someday when I'm lonely
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:08 am
by 325_fan
Right you are Kent! I love how The Beatles mixed the chords up in certain songs.