Portland Music Company acoustic store hosts Mark Althans from Collings Guitars for an evening of demos and descriptions of their exquisite guitars. Mark Hanson is the demo artist. Free. Call the store for reservations: (503) 228-8437.
Mark Hanson & Greta Pedersen present an album release concert in Thousand Oaks, California.
Mark visits one of his favorite places - the Dusty Strings store in the Fremont District of Seattle - on Saturday, April 29, for fingerstyle guitar workshops from 10:30-12:30 and 1:30-3:30. Each workshop is $40.00. You'll have plenty of material to take home with you afterward! To register, please call the store at (206) 634-1662. Topics: #1) Beg/Int Fingerpicking - Mark’s new approach to Travis Picking - play it in one minute! Play it even better after two hours with Mark! #2) Int/Adv Fingerpicking - Improve your mechanics (smoothness, tone), and learn to play with heart (interpretation and understanding). Plus Mark will […]
WORKSHOP #1 (To register, call Gryphon at 650-493-2131) 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Introduction to Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar! Gryphon's old friend Mark Hanson - longtime Gryphon instructor, Grammy winner, Frets editor, and author of “Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar" - will introduce you to the beautiful world of Hawaiian slack key guitar. The essence of slack key is fingerpicking in alternate tunings. In this workshop Mark will concentrate on two tunings: “Taro Patch” (Open-G) and “C-Wahine” (C G D G B E, low to high). You’ll learn the necessary fingerpicking patterns (alternating bass), the common chord shapes, parallel-sixth […]
Mark plays this thrilling and beautiful fingerstyle guitar solos for three hours in the tasting room during Holloran Vineyards Memorial Day open house. Come join us!