Tenor Guitar Gathering

Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/03/2022 - 06/04/2022
All Day

Location
Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts

Categories


The 12th annual Tenor Guitar Gathering in Astoria, Oregon on June 3-4, 2022 will be live, and we are so excited to be back in person!

Tenor Guitar GatheringTenor guitarists and other four stringed instrument players will gather for two days of workshops, jam session, and concerts. Workshops will be held on Friday and Saturday, and the concerts will be on both evenings. Those events will all be held at the Charlene Larson Center for Performing Arts in Astoria.

A crowd favorite is our annual sing- along trolley ride filled with tenor guitars, banjos, mandolins, and assorted instruments, which will take place on Friday morning. Other traditions we love are the lunch at the Bridgewater Bistro with live music. Later many tenor guitarists as possible will fit into a control booth for the Carol Newman’s KMUN radio show.

Anyone, from people just curious to learn about the instrument, to beginner players, to professionals, have come from all over the country to learn, take classes, jam, and listen to world class musicians, during two evening concerts, which are open to the public.

More information will be released as it is confirmed. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest information. Our website is: tenorguitargathering.info

Here is the class line-up.

  • Myshkin Warbler – Intuitive songwriting workshop – Playing with techniques that help us get limber with rhythm, lyric, and melody, opening our creative taps, letting ideas flow, and beginning to shape them into songs. Bring pen and paper.
  • Grant Flick – Improvisation Q & A: We’ll be looking at different ways to improvise in multiple styles on the tenor guitar! This workshop is designed to help you make music in whatever setting you find yourself in. We’ll explore ways to keep your playing fresh and find new discoveries in your music. There will be lots of playing, focused on material participants are curious about. I’ll be playing in CGDA/GDAE, but all tunings and skill levels welcome!
  • John Halovanic -Introduction to Harmonicas – This workshop will feature a view into different Harmonicas such as Chromatic, Chord and Bass along with Diatonic and others with a basic understanding of what each instrument is designed for. Each attendee (the first 25) will receive a Diatonic Harmonica in the key of G, and workshop songs and sheet music.
  • Tyler Jackson – Take your playing to the next level – Tyler shares tips for getting better at soloing, timing and chord melody. Handouts will be provided. Tyler will be using a CGDA tenor but the concepts work on any tuning.
  • John Lawlor – How to play easy alternative chords to standard songs – CGDA tuning – Pick a song you like to play and maybe I can show you some other interesting chords to add in it that you might like. Bring your phone in case you want to record the session to practice at home.
  • Tim May – Chicago tuning (DGBE) – How to create solos: tremolos, neighbor notes, double stops, cross picking, minor blues, major blues and more! Hands-on, lots of playing.
  • Alison Helzer – Learn to play waltzes on the tenor guitar. This workshop will teach two waltzes on tenor guitar in GDAE tuning. Both melody leads and accompanying techniques will be covered. The workshop is intended for beginning level players. I will cover Josefin’s Waltz and Chihiro’s Waltz. Both tab and sheet music will be provided.
  • Jean Mann – Ukulele: Exploring multiple strum/plucking patterns – 3/4 and 4/4 time. General ukulele chord-playing skills helpful.
  • Matt Weiner – Intro to the Double Bass: Never played a bass, or barely played one? This is for you! In this overview we’ll go through all the basics of playing the bass. Holding the bass. Right and left hand techniques. Getting pizzicato, arco and slap sound. Questions and tangents welcomed.
  • EZ Marc Poschman – Convert a Squier Mini Stratocaster to a tenor guitar – Convert a small Fender guitar that has the right scale length for tenors into a tenor. These guitars are built for juvenile players, and are inexpensive but fully functional. I’ll show you how to narrow the neck, and give the dimensions for the nut, neck, and bridge and string spacing. I’ll demo mine, and pass it.

For more information and tickets, please go to tenorguitargathering.info