Happy Guitober!
Guitober is here! Let’s do a crossword!
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Celebrating our favorite six-stringed instrument, the Brookline Music School honors the Guitar with a month of fun and free activities.
Resource Files
Guiphoto Review
This was posted earlier, but now that all the pictures have been posted, here it is again: The Guitober 2008 Photo Reel
Faculty Concert
The Faculty Concert last night was a great way to end Guitober ’08. Thanks to everyone who came out. It was a great please to share our music with you. Set List: Will Dick – April Come She Will by Paul Simon Will Dick & Brendan Burns – Lovers In A Dangerous Time by Bruce Cockburn Brendan [...]
Jay’s Repair Clinic
Our Final Clinic this year was Jay’s Repair Clinic. Jay is the senior guitar tech at Mr. Music in Allston. He came in to talk about considerations when purchasing a new guitar, how to assess your own guitar and how to maintain & do simple repairs at home. Topics included: examining a guitar for cracks examining the [...]
Effects Clinic Assets
Joe Conley let an Guimazing clinic on Saturday with his guitar effects demonstration. He brought his giging pedal setup and explained: pedal ordering & signal flow true-bypass effects making your own cables effects without any pedals & demonstrated all his gear Here are some links from Joe: The top 3 guitar fx brands I use: Zvex - All those [...]
Blues Clinic Assests
Jason Yost led a Guitabulous Blues Clinic on Saturday filled with an incredible amount of information about comping & improvising. Some of the topics Jason discussed and demonstrated: 12-Bar Blues Jazz Blues Chord Progressions Dominant 7th chord voicings Modal Playing Harmonic Substitutions Modal Substitutions If you have any questions about any of the material, feel [...]
Guitar Night II
Our Second Guitar Night has Gui-Happened! It was a blast! Thanks to all the performers: Alex Meyer David Ullman Ben Fox Jason Boyle Livia Merrill George Bell
Guitober Guiphotos
Photos from Clinics, Classes, Recitals, Tours & Concerts have been posted here, and can be also viewed in this nice little slide show. Enjoy:
Tagged photoGuitober at the MFA
Darcy Kuronen, curator of the instrument collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gave an incredible presentation of their guitars to Brookline Music School students and faculty. It was truly an educational and exciting showcase of the musuem’s impressive guitar collection. Not only was Darcy well informed and a gracious host, but he let us hold and [...]
Finger-Style Clinic
Bob Ward & Will Dick led a phenomenal clinic on Finger-Style Guitar playing yesterday afternoon. Will started things off with a demonstration and explanation of Travis Picking and the Carter Family Flick. Bob Ward, then followed a brief history of finger-style guitar and a demonstration of different techniques. Below are a few assets from the class: Travis Pick [...]