See the descriptions below for the classes offered this fall.
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Register for any class either below or on the REGISTRATION page by clicking the “ADD TO CART” button and fill out the form. 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.
Class Descriptions
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Treble Makers
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Revele
Time: Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 pm beginning April 7th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot (not the loading dock) 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: Four weeks of voice training which will include vocal workouts, attention to harmonies, building confidence on stage, and a continuous understanding of how your voice works as an instrument.
Prerequisites: None
What to Bring: Your own music stand
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Hot Licks for the Blue Mandolin
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Ray De Mers
Time: Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning April 8th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot (not the loading dock) 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 focused on learning a variety of reusable mandolin licks that can be used in both bluegrass and blues to make your solos “light up” the audience. These licks can be applied not only to solos but to intros, outros, and fills. Many of these revolve around the major, minor, and pentatonic scales which will be covered in some detail, giving you a solid foundation for creating your own licks.
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 2.0
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Ray De Mers
Time: Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm beginning April 8th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot (not the loading dock) 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 class is a continuation of last semester’s Beginning Blues Guitar Soloing class, but any intermediate player is welcome. We will learn even more skills needed to create your own phrases over a basic blues chord progression by applying the major and minor pentatonic scales, while rhythmically and musically incorporating techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and bends. We’ll also begin to get away from the first position boxes and start playing more up the neck. If you’ve been wanting to get away from tab and really want learn how to improvise, then this is the course for you.
Prerequisites: Beginning Blues Guitar Soloing or equivalent
What to Bring: Your own instrument, music stand, and tuner
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Fingerstyle Guitar Fundamentals
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Malcolm McKinley
Time: Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning April 9th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot (not the loading dock) 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 will be learning the fundamental aspects of playing guitar with your fingers. This covers a number of factors including hand/finger position, the mechanics of strokes, basic picking patterns, and some more esoteric things like the mind/muscle connection. We will then apply these fundamentals to a few simple songs.
Prerequisites: Ability to read tab and play first positions chords
What to Bring: Your own instrument, music stand, and tuner
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Name That CHord
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Bill Leake
Time: Thursdays 7:15-8:15 pm beginning April 9th
Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot (not the loading dock) 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: Are you one of those people who show up at jams with your face buried in a 3-ring binder filled with printed music, only to find you are playing the same 3 chords over and over? Are you envious of that person who has no written music, has never heard the song, yet is playing along after hearing a verse just once? Then this course is for you.
This is largely a course in music theory, but applied to the process of training your ears to hear and identify common chord sequences so that you can “name that chord!” A lot of time will be spent on the chords of the major scale, then minor scales, and finally commonly used chords outside the framework of the scales. Other topics covered are music history, terminology, chord construction, circle-of-fifths, and intervals. I will be teaching using piano and guitar, but the material applies universally to all instruments and most songs in the western genres of folk, country, gospel, bluegrass, pop, blues, and rock. No need to bring an instrument.
Prerequisites: Some experience playing any musical instrument at any level, beginner to advanced
What to Bring: Pen and paper, but there will be a handout you may use to write your notes on
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Audio for the Stage
Cost: $99 member, $109 non-member
Instructor: Bob Lord
Time and Locations:
Wed. April 1st, 5:30-7:30 pm 21C Library room B6 (2nd floor)
Mon. April 13th, 5:30-7:30 pm 21C Library room B6 (2nd floor)
Sun. April 19th, 2:00-4:00 pm Black Forest Community Center
Description: If you’re curious about how the world of concert sound works, or you’re a performer interested in better understanding how to build and manage your own sound system, this class is for you. In two, 2-hour classroom sessions at Library 21C, we’ll cover the gamut of audio and sound concepts using visual aids and demos. In our final 2-hour session, we’ll meet at the Black Forest Community Center to set up a sound system from scratch and use it to apply what we’ve learned. We can vary the content widely within the world of audio, depending on available time and student interests.
Prerequisites: None
What to Bring: Pen and paper