2008 Augusta Mini-Class Description


Week 1
Guitar Week Mini-Class
Creating Accompaniment for Ballads, Blues and Field Hollers
Parrish Ellis



Learn how to create unique arrangements of acapella ballads, field hollers, work chants and folk songs for finger-picking guitar and voice. Guitar techniques will draw from the playing styles of of John Hurt, Gary Davis, Pink Anderson, Blind Arthur Blake, Snooks Eaglin, Elizabeth Cotten, and Willie McTell.

Intermediate level finger-picking experience recommended.