Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/10/2017
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Mint Music Yonge & Dundas
Categories
Description:
This Electric Intermediate course with KC Roberts will focus on learning interesting and challenging Fingerstyle, Strumming, Rock and Blues pieces from beginning to end. KC will help you develop complex and fulfilling guitar songs, pieces and skills which will raise your electric guitar playing to new and exciting places! To attend this class please ensure you have good tab reading ability, can strum rhythmically and fingerpick at an intermediate level and have no problem playing bar chords and improvising.
Class size is limited to 6 people and places are filled on a first come first serve basis. If you would rather not bring your own amp to class the Toronto Guitar School has guitar amps you can use.
Repertoire and Materials Covered
Cissy Strut – The Meters, Back In Black – ACDC, Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns and Roses, Over The Hills And Far Away – Led Zeppelin, Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard, Just – Radiohead, Jonny B. Goode – Chuck Berry, Layla – Eric Clapton, Sultans Of Swing – Dire Straights, Alive – Pearl Jam, Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix, One – Metallica, Beat It – Michael Jackson, Dream On – Aerosmith, Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix, Gimme Shelter – Rolling Stones, Soul To Squeeze – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mary Had A Little Lamb – SRV, Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin, Interstate Love Song – STP, Everlong – Foo Fighters, Paranoid Android – Radiohead, Given To Fly – Pearl Jam, Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones and More…
Using the 12 bar blues riffs and pieces this class will help develop your improvisation. The course will cover blues scales, major/minor scales, arpeggios, and provide you with a deeper understanding of chords and musical theory.
Course Requirements:
Completion of any Guitar 3 Level Course or equivalent Intermediate Level skills in strumming, chord knowledge, tab reading, technique, and fingerpicking.
Taught by: Toronto Guitar School Instructor KC Roberts
Here are a couple videos of KC Roberts playing his own original music on Acoustic and Electric Guitar
“Dustin It Off”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RIcOKrYv2M
“Find You Again”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00mA_vazvrk
CLASS SCHEDULE
Class 1: Sunday, September 24th, 4-5 PM
Class 2: Sunday, October 1st, 4-5 PM
School Closed – Sunday, October 8th – Thanksgiving Long Weekend
Class 3: Sunday, October 15th, 4-5 PM
Class 4: Sunday, October 22nd, 4-5 PM
Class 5: Sunday, October 29th, 4-5 PM
Class 6: Sunday, November 5th, 4-5 PM
Class 7: Sunday, November 12th, 4-5 PM
Class 8: Sunday, November 19th, 4-5 PM
Class 9: Sunday, November 26th, 4-5 PM
Class 10: Sunday, December 3rd, 4-5 PM
Class 11: Sunday, December 10th, 4-5 PM
Class 12: Sunday, December 17th, 4- 5 PM
Guitars are available for rent or purchase from our school store. You can either email us at info@torontoguitarschool.com or phone 416-707-1077 for more information.
SPECIAL OFFER:
Pre-pay for this guitar course before September 24th and SAVE $122.50!*
You will Receive:
• $60 off the regular course cost of $300 ($25/Class)
• 50% discount on 1-hour private music lessons (Savings of $37.50)**
• AND one FREE additional guitar class**
Bonus: Those enrolled in our guitar courses ALWAYS receive the discounted rate on all of our classes and courses.
* This offer may not be combined with any other special offers or discounts.
** Must be redeemed before the last class of this course.
Payments can also be made in person at the Toronto Guitar School’s Yonge and Dundas location (116 Bond Street) by appointment only. Cheque, VISA, debit or cash are the accepted methods of payment at this location.
Payment must be received 24 hours prior to the start of the class to receive the discounted price otherwise the regular class rate of $25 per single class applies. Feel free to email us at info@torontoguitarschool.com or phone 416-707-1077 if you have any further questions.