Oct. 12: Spicing Up Your Fingerstyle Arrangements with Eric Lugosch (in-person)

Oct. 12: Spicing Up Your Fingerstyle Arrangements with Eric Lugosch (in-person)

Eric Lugosch

Wednesday, October 12

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM in person at Dusty Strings

Masks and proof of vaccination required. Please present proof of vaccination at the door. *

Cost: $75

Registration deadline: Wednesday, October 5

Maximum enrollment: 12 students

For advanced beginners and intermediate fingerstyle guitar players. Participants will receive sheet music and hands-on instruction geared toward the students’ level. Eric recommends bringing a smartphone or video and audio recording device.

Feeling out of your comfort zone trying to expand your playing? Looking for ways to make your piece sound more interesting or embellished? Learn some simple “ingredients” that can add new dynamics to the way you play—and think—about your fingerstyle arrangements.

This workshop is perfect for anyone who is new to fingerstyle guitar arranging, or for those who want to hone and improve existing skills. You will gain skills and confidence arranging traditional music for guitar using three classic fingerpicking tunes.

Eric will be presenting Pete Seeger’s “Living in The Country,” the traditional fiddle dance tune “The Eighth Of January (The Battle of New Orleans)” and Doc Watson’s quintessential arrangement of “Windy and Warm.” All pieces will have the full “student” and the more advanced “performance” sheet music included. The full transcriptions for all three of these pieces can be found on Eric’s blog page.

About Eric Lugosch

National Fingerpicking Guitar champion Eric Lugosch taught fingerstyle guitar at The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago for over twenty-five years. Eric has presented numerous guitar workshops around the world. He has been featured in and written articles for Acoustic Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar, and Fingerstyle Guitar Journal. Eric’s series of online lessons, Fingerstyle Academy, was based on Eric’s classroom lessons and has been used and widely praised by guitar students around the world. Fingerstyle Academy and more about Eric can be found at ericlugosch.com.

*In keeping with safety as our number one priority, we are requiring all students to show proof of vaccination prior to entering the school, and to always wear a mask and maintain social distancing. We appreciate your cooperation as it helps keep our broad population of students, from the very young to the elderly, safe from Covid and comfortable in our school. For any questions or concerns, please email music@dustystrings.com or call (206) 634-1662.