See the descriptions below for the classes offered this fall.
Register for any class either below or on the REGISTRATION page by selecting your membership status and clicking the “ADD TO CART” button. After registering for each class you want, click the “cart” icon in the upper right (lower left on mobile devices) to check out. If you have trouble registering, please visit our REGISTRATION page for detailed instructions on how to register.
Cost for all classes is $99 for members, $109 for non-members. To get the member discount, enter the discount code at checkout. All current members should have received an email with the discount code, and new members should have received it in their welcome letter. It is the same code used for online ticket sales. If you have forgotten it, or were never sent it, please email us here and we will email you back with the code.
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Rocket Singing
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Revele
Time: Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning Sept. 30th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store closes at 6:00 and you will not be able to enter the front part of the store from the back classroom when class lets out.
Description: In this continuation of last semester’s “Next Level Singing” class, we will be learning to let your voice take flight! The class will involve working out your voice, improving stage presence, overcoming stage fright, and setting goals. We will also spend time working on harmony.
Prerequisites: Previous class with Revele suggested but not required
What to Bring: Your own music stand
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Bluegrass VOice
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Revele
Time: Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 pm beginning Sept. 30th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and wait for the 6:00 class to let out at 7:00 and enter as others are leaving before the door closes and locks. If arriving after 7:00 and the door is shut, please ring the doorbell - if you ring it before 7:00 you will disturb the previous class.
Description: This is a course in identifying what makes bluegrass singing so special. We’ll be teaching tecehniques like high close harmonies, belting, and voice ornamentation. And yes, by popular demand, you will be learning how to YODEL!
Prerequisites: Previous class with Revele suggested but not required
What to Bring: Your own music stand
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Creating Double-stops on Mandolin
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Ray De Mers
Time: Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning Oct. 1st
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store closes at 6:00 and you will not be able to enter the front part of the store from the back classroom when class lets out.
Description: This class is targeted at the intermediate mandolin student. We will learn how to take single-note melodies and expand them into double-stop melodies in a variety of musical styles.
Prerequisites: Ability to play basic chords and pick single notes on the mandolin
What to Bring: Your own instrument, music stand, and tuner
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Beginning Blues Guitar Soloing
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Ray De Mers
Time: Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm beginning Oct. 1st
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and wait for the 6:00 class to let out at 7:00 and enter as others are leaving before the door closes and locks. If arriving after 7:00 and the door is shut, please ring the doorbell - if you ring it before 7:00 you will disturb the previous class.
Description: In this class we will teach you the basic skills necessary to create your own solos over a basic blues chord progression. We will be learning the major and minor pentatonic scales and how to use them rhythmically and musically incorporating techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and bends. If you’ve been wanting to get away from tab and really learn how improvise, then this is the course for you!
Prerequisites: Ability to play basic guitar chords
What to Bring: Your own instrument, music stand, and tuner
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Developing Bluegrass Guitar Leads
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Greg Schochet
Time: Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning Oct. 2nd.
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store closes at 6:00 and you will not be able to enter the front part of the store from the back classroom when class lets out.
Description: In this class we'll look at what goes into a good bluegrass guitar break. We'll start with good right and left hand technique, talk about how to find and execute melodies, and how to play over changes and workshop standard tunes.
Prerequisites: Intermediate guitar level. Ability to play basic chords.
What to Bring: Your own instrument, music stand, and tuner
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Beginning Swing Guitar
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Bill Leake
Time: Thursdays 7:15-8:15 pm beginning Oct. 2nd
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and wait for the 6:00 class to let out at 7:00 and enter as others are leaving before the door closes and locks. If arriving after 7:00 and the door is shut, please ring the doorbell - if you ring it before 7:00 you will disturb the previous class.
Description: If you’ve been wanting to attend the Swing Jam but are intimidated by all those fancy chords and upbeat rhythm, then this is the course for you. You will learn the proper right-hand “la pompe” technique, left-hand muting, and 7 closed-position moveable chord shapes that will allow you to play any swing song, no matter how complicated. All this while learning a new song each week that progressively adds more chord shapes. We’ll also get into some chord theory and show you how to recognize chord patterns when learning new songs, then substitute the really hard chords with ones that you know. This is a course in rhythm only. Leads will not be taught.
Prerequisites: Intermediate guitar level. Must be able to play barre chords.
What to Bring: Your own guitar (any model), music stand, and tuner
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Hawaiian Slack-key Guitar
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Mike Burns
Time: Saturdays 10:00-11:00 am beginning Oct. 4th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in front, use front door, and head to the classroom upstairs. Parking on Tejon St. is metered, but many side streets are not.
Description: Slack-key guitar (Ki ho alu) is a fingerpicking style that invokes a very harmonic, melodic, mellow musical mood. In this class you will learn techniques involving alternate guitar tunings and incorporating an alternating thumb on the bass strings while picking out melodies on the treble strings using hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and harmonics - very similar to that of country blues. A background in fingerstyle guitar is helpful, but we will start with familiar Americana tunes such as “Wildwood Flower,” giving you a chance to brush up on the basics before moving on to Hawaiian pieces.
Prerequisites: Intermediate guitar level and a basic fingerstyle background - if you’ve taken any of Adam’s fingerstyle classes, you are qualified!
What to Bring: Your own instrument, music stand, and tuner
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Beginning Guitar
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Michael Watry
Time: Saturdays 1:00-2:00 pm beginning Oct. 4th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in front, use front door, and head to the classroom upstairs. Parking on Tejon St. is metered, but many side streets are not.
Description: Have you tried to learn guitar and found it to be an uphill battle, never quite establishing a foothold? Or, is there some aspect of guitar playing that is a mystery that you cannot crack? In this class we will cover the basics of playing the guitar. In addition to guitar-specific techniques, we'll discuss how to learn any song, and how to break-down the playing of a song into learnable pieces. We will discuss how to practice, and when. Instead of worrying about making a mistake, we'll focus on keeping the beat, playing with others, and having fun. We will play good, fun, recognizable songs starting at the 1st lesson.
Prerequisites: None, though backgound in other stringed instruments is a plus
What to Bring: A guitar, music stand, and tuner