Fort Worth Songwriter Festival - Richard Gilewitz Guitar Workshop: Chops, Licks, Knuckles and Stuff!

This workshop explores practical techniques to strengthen your fingerpicking, rhythm, memorization, creativity, and overall musicianship in a fun and approachable way. Participants will learn effective practice methods, strategies for playing with others, expressive strumming techniques, practical music theory concepts, and ways to build and maintain a strong repertoire. The session also covers creative inspiration, efficient learning tools, metronome use, and healthy playing habits to help reduce strain and improve long-term performance skills.
Some experience with basic chords and strumming is recommended. Please bring a guitar; a tuner, capo, pencil, and paper are optional but helpful. Handout materials will be provided.

See website for more workshop topics: details:https://richardgilewitz.com/gillacamp-workshops
Location: Record Town
120 St. Louis Avenue, Suite 105, Fort Worth, TX
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM-Noon
Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
Music Festival Workshops: https://fwsongwriterfoundation.org/fwsf-education-program
Music Festival Program:
https://fwsongwriterfoundation.org/fwsf-2026-music-program
FWSF Website: https://fwsongwriterfoundation.org/
FWSF Email: [email protected]
FWSF Phone (817) 926-2800