Luthier Event in Oregon – DATE CHANGE TO MAY 4!
Mark will miss this year’s event due to a scheduling conflict. The event occurs May 4-5.
Tag: guitar solos
House Concert in Wenatchee, Washington
House Concert with Mark Hanson & Greta Pedersen.
Guitar Workshop in Wenatchee, Washington
Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop
Mark Plays for the Portland Guitar Society
The Portland Guitar Society features a local performer at its monthly meetings, which occur on the first Monday of each month. I will play for them on November 5. (Get out and vote the next day!!) To become a PGS member–a worthy organization of classical and fingerstyle players– costs only $20 for an annual membership. Find them online here.
STOP READING THE MUSIC!
Great musicians are able to think ahead, hear the music in their heads as it approaches, and anticipate what their hands need to do in the moments to come. To do this best, I highly recommend you MEMORIZE your music. To memorize your music: STOP READING IT. My suggestion for memorizing: play each passage of a tune you are working on copious times while reading it, but then CLOSE THE BOOK, or turn the music over so you CAN’T read it. Now play it without looking. If you stumble, go back to the notation/tab to ensure you are playing it correctly. […]
Mark Presents Beginning and Intermediate Fingerstyle Workshops at Gryphon in Palo Alto
Mark presents two workshops on fingerstyle playing at famed Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, California. Mark has had great success at teaching fundamentals of fingerstyle guitar through his books, DVDs, and in-person instruction. He will get beginners going in the right direction with fun patterns that turn into tuneful guitar solos; and successfully expand the understanding, technique and repertoire of intermediates. Mark Hanson uses enjoyable arrangements and compositions of his own, which he will explain and teach to you. To register, please call Gryphon directly at (650) 493-2131. Directions. Workshop Descriptions 1) Beginning Fingerpicking (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM) Mark […]
Mark Presents Fingerstyle Classics Workshops in Palo Alto, California
Mark presents two workshops on fingerstyle repertoire (easy solos to more advanced).
Acoustic Guitar Summit – Second Night in Lake Oswego, Oregon
AGS plays for the second night in a row at the Lake Theater Music Mondays series. AGS has sold out its shows at the Lake Theater every time we’ve played here, so Dean has booked us on consecutive nights. Tickets. Directions.
Acoustic Guitar Summit in Shingle Springs, California
SSOH (Shingle Springs Opera House) once again hosts AGS for a scintillating holiday show of outstanding fingerstyle guitar. Limited seating! To reserve a space and for directions, please contact David at dcthomas5256 @ gmail.com. (Delete the spaces when emailing him!) With a sell-out of this matinee show, a second show will be added that evening. Tickets at the door.
Acoustic Guitar Summit Concert in Culver City, California
Acoustic Guitar Summit brings scintillating fingerstyle guitar chops and great trio arrangements to Boulevard Music for the first time!