Mark & Greta in Concert in Wenatchee, Washington, February 28, 2026
Mark Hanson & Greta Pedersen bring their swinging guitars/vocals/uke show once again to Wenatchee, Washington, for an always-fun house concert!
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SECOND SHOW ADDED! AGS at Portland’s Artichoke Music December 20 at 3:30 PM
Acoustic Guitar Summit — Mark Hanson, Terry Robb & Doug Smith — bring their scintillating ensemble and solo fingerstyle guitar creations to Artichoke Music for a concert largely of their unique takes on holiday music — like the funky “Good King Wenceslas is One Badass” and “Santa Claus Owes Me Money.” Includes beautiful arrangements of Vince Guaraldi’s “Peanuts”, Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” and Danny Elfmann’s “What’s This?!?” from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Great fun!
Mark & Greta Play at the Artichoke End-of-Year Celebration in Portland, Ore., this Sunday!
Mark Hanson & Greta Pedersen donate a mini-concert to the End-of-Year celebration/dinner/silent auction at Artichoke Music at 2007 SE Powell in Portland, Oregon. We play at 7 p.m.
Keep Playing!!
To quote my West Linn (Oregon) friend, classical guitarist/educator Peter Zisa: “History reminds us that many of the world’s greatest thinkers—Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Einstein, and others—were also musicians. Music cultivates creativity, discipline and imagination, qualities that enrich every field of study and strengthen community bonds.” So keep playing! Learn new tunes and arrangements. Share your accomplishments with others. Studies have shown that playing music involves 90% of your brain! Music participation enhances brain health and, no doubt, is good for our souls.
Mark’s ‘Guitar Safety’ Tip
A tip for the guitarist who hopes to keep a guitar pristine: Never bend over an open guitar case on the floor if you have something in your shirt pocket — like glasses, a pen, a capo or tuner. I’ve more than once had to quickly swat something away to keep it from landing on my guitar as it fell out of my shirt pocket! That’s my 2025 Collings C-100 in the photo. No dings yet, as of November, ’25!
Acoustic Guitar Summit in Manzanita, Oregon
This is always a fully attended, cozy gig at a private home up, the street from the Pacific Ocean!
August 2025 — off to Europe!
Hi, everyone. Greta and I are off to Scandinavia for August. Emails and orders will be answered and filled after Labor Day in early September. We’re planning a sale in September, so stay tuned — literally and figuratively! Check out drop-D tuning here: “Castaway.”
Mark & Greta Concertize in Portland at The Artichoke
Mark Hanson& Greta Pedersen — Blazing fingerpicking, soulful vocals, and FUN are highlights of this nationally awarded duo’s shows.
Mark & Greta Concertize Again in Central Washington State!
Mark & Greta concertize in Wenatchee, Wash., March 1, 2025.
Anticipating Fretting Hand Movements
During a recent lesson I noticed my student intermittently looking at his picking hand directly before his fretting hand moved several frets to another position. He continually missed the second position. Studying a bit what I do in a similar situation, I realized that I look directly at the new position moments before I move there. This gives my fretting hand a target. If you were to watch me play an entire two-hour concert you would never see me even once look at my right (picking) hand. My picking-hand position is so secure and the motions so minimal that I never […]