Guitar Basics 2 with Fred Donkor!! - A FREE Guitar Clinic
About this Event
As part of our back to school season, we’re happy to bring back Fred Donkor for GUITAR BASICS 2!!
In this clinic, Fred will be providing valuable beginner/intermediate tips to aspiring guitarists.
Building and continuing off of his first clinic this past march - you didn’t have to be a part of it to attend part 2, but be sure to bring your guitar!!
Topics include:
- Advanced finger drills across the neck
- How to play scales & relax
- Barre chords
- How to switch between barre chords
- Advanced strumming patterns
- Having fun with a boogie blues
- The blues scale
- More soloing basics
- How to sing and play part 2
Tuesday September 22nd starting at 7PM at Long & McQuade Cornwall (10 Tollgate Rd. E)
We hope to see you all there!
Fred Donkor is a Berklee College of Music graduate and music teacher with the OCDSB. He is also an active freelance session musician & private instructor in the Ottawa area. He started playing guitar at age 15. His practicing soon paid off as three years later, he won second place in the Ottawa Guitar Wars Competition (sponsored by Fender) in 1989 at age 18 and again at age 21 in 1993.
On the recommendation of Vernon Reid (guitarist of living colour fame), he received a private invitation to audition for the Spin Doctors (on Epic Records) in NYC. In attendance was world renown guitarist Oz Noy.
Fred has jammed with Gus G (former Ozzy Guitarist), recorded with Keith Harris (Grammy award winning drummer for the Black Eyed Peas), Andre Bowman (Grammy nominated programmer/ playback engineer for Lady Gaga and former bassist for Usher), and many more…
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