Mark & Greta in Concert in Berkeley, California!
Mark and Greta bring their sparkling vocals and ferocious and sensitive guitar playing to this cosy, warm venue in Berkeley. Opening is blues fingerpicker Pete Madsen.
Mark and Greta bring their sparkling vocals and ferocious and sensitive guitar playing to this cosy, warm venue in Berkeley. Opening is blues fingerpicker Pete Madsen.
Mark teaches Fingerstyle Blues – all levels!
AGS returns to Walters Cultural Art Center in Hillsboro, Oregon!
Acoustic Guitar Summit returns to the Lake Theater Monday Night Music Series in Lake Oswego, Oregon, for their annual holiday concert on December 11. This is a fantastic, but small venue. Seating is limited to 100. Food and beverage are available. Tickets.
Acoustic Guitar Summit in California!
Acoustic Guitar Summit plays a benefit concert in Cameron Park, California.
Acoustic Guitar Summit’s 23rd annual holiday concert.
Mark and his hotshot fingerstyle guitar buddies Doug Smith and Terry Robb begin their 23rd annual series of holiday concerts at Meridian UCC (“Frog Pond” church) in Wilsonville, just south of Portland. Tickets will be available in the autumn of 2017.
Mark, Teja, and Doug will play acoustic fingerstyle guitar solos, duos and trios over the course of the evening. Great music, and great fun!
Understanding “Tri-tone Substitution” Note: This article references my bluesy rave-up fingerstyle arrangement of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” A video of me playing it in Santa Barbara in August, 2017, has been posted here on YouTube: The actual music starts at about 0:35. Perhaps you have come across the term “Tri-tone substitution” in your studies, and had a hard time understanding it. Here’s an easy way to understand tri-tone substitutions: Think of them simply as dominant-seventh chords resolving down a half step – F7, instead of B7, going to E, for example. Most of you use B7 to resolve […]