Guitar
Guitar, level 1 - Our emphasis will be on basic rhythm, simple bass runs, and chord changes. We'll learn some simple Carter-style melodies that lie within chords. We'll discuss how to jam and touch on general music concepts like the Nashville number system, chord progressions, and arranging.
Prerequisites: Students should know the basic chords—G, C, D, A, and E, know how to tune the guitar.
Dix Bruce is a musician and writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He performs and records with a variety of groups ranging from a duo with guitarist Jim Nunally to a 10-piece big band, The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra.
Dix has authored over fifty music instruction books, CDs, and DVDs for Mel Bay Publications and Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. His latest book/CD set is the 300 page Parking Lot Picker's Songbook which features cover photos from the 2006 CBA Music Camp. His latest CD with Jim Nunally is entitled "Brothers at Heart." He’s always a well-liked instructor at our camp, and we’re pleased to have him back.
http://www.musixnow.com/
Guitar, level 2, rhythm—We’ll cover strum patterns that include and build on the simple bass-down, bass- down strum. From there we start covering the upstroke and some mute strum patterns, bass lines, the Lester Flatt G run, and common bass walks in the keys of G, C, and D. There will be heavy emphasis on dynamics within a strum and in a band context. We'll work in depth on tone and timing, with a strong emphasis on tone.
Prerequisites: Be able to play with a flatpick, and move through chord changes smoothly, keeping time.
Jim Nunally is a musician, composer, teacher, recording engineer and producer. He has performed on recording sessions with numerous artists. He’s received Grammy Award certifications and awards from the IBMA for his performance on the 1996 Bluegrass Album of the Year "True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe." Jim appears on the new David Grisman Bluegrass Experience CD singing lead and harmony as well as playing guitar. He's a featured artist on the critically acclaimed CD "Tone Poets" released in 2005. He recorded with David Grisman and Sam Bush on the album “Hold On, We’re Strummin” which was nominated for two IBMA awards. Jim is a two-time Western Open Flatpicking and Master Picking Champion. As a record producer, Jim has produced over 35 CDs. Jim performs with John Reischman and the Jaybirds, the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, Due West, and in duos with Dix Bruce, and Keith Little.
Jim is a highly respected teacher at music camps across the country, including the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, Bluegrass at the Beach, California Coast Music Camp, and many more. He has been a favorite teacher at CBA Music Camp since our first year, and even longtime guitar players always seem to learn something new in his class.
http://www.jimnunally.com
Guitar, flatpicking, level 3—The following topics will be covered: the “Ts”—timing, tuning, tone, technique and taste—how to improve your command of all five; figuring out a break; thinking melodically; bluegrass rhythm guitar; lead guitar techniques—floating, pulls, hammers, slides, bends, thirds, fifths, harmonics, and more; the Nashville number system; chord substitutions; playing in a bluegrass band; improvising; learning a fiddle tune; exercises for building speed.
Prerequisites: To be a level three student, you should have at least two years of playing experience, including some experience playing with others in jam sessions or in informal bands.
Tim Stafford is a guitarist with the band Blue Highway, which he helped found in 1994. He is also an acclaimed guitar teacher, producer and songwriter. Blue Highway has won over 14 IBMA Awards, a Dove Award and has been nominated twice for Grammies. He won the Grammy in 1993 for his work on Alison Krauss and Union Station's "Every Time You Say Goodbye." Tim was named SPBGMA's Guitar Performer of the year in 2002 and has produced albums by artists such as Kenny Chesney, Chris Jones, and the Infamous Stringdusters, whose "Fork in the Road" won IBMA's Album of the Year in 2007. In addition, Tim and co-writer Caroline Wright will complete a full-length authorized biography of Tony Rice in 2008.
His instructional DVD, "Acoustic Guitar Fundamentals," is a best-seller, and he has taught at dozens of bluegrass-related music camps, including the CBA camp in 2003. We’re glad to have him back.
www.tim-stafford.com/
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