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    Antecedent and Consequent

    in Music Theory

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    Triple,

    Interesting.  I never real thought of it as "Tension and Release".

    In Blues it's very common for the first 4 bars to establish a phrase, the second 4 bars to re-state the phrase, then the 3rd phrase to either re-state it again or vary and resolve it in some way.

    But you can also just play a simple few note idea that is repeated throughout the chorus of the blues.

    Here's a great moment with the great Jack Pearson playing "Everyday I've got the Blues" that illustrates some of this.... 

     

    Spam Attacks!

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    Hey gang,

    First of all, I apologize.  We've been under a bit of a spam attack since April 1st.  It's required hourly attention for the past several days.  The only time it gets out of control again is when I'm asleep for the night. But we're slowly getting a handle on it.

    Along the way, we've changed quite a bit on the back end.  It shouldn't affect anything if you're already a member.  But if you suddenly notice you can't log in, or post, or something.  Please let me know.

    Just email me at Service at guitargathering dot com and I'll run it down.

    Thanks for your patience with all of this.  It's getting better each day.

    I appreciate you all.

    - Steve

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    Naming a instrumental song

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    Naming an instrumental song has always been pretty easy for me because it has no reference. You can name it anything!

    For example, I was working on the Fingerstyle course and had just written out this short song that I was using as an example. It needed a name so I yelled across the office hallway to one of the video editors in the next office... "Grant, what's your daughters name?"  He yelled back... "Carolina".

    The song has been "Carolina" ever since.

    Another example, was a song that I did in the key of G for our Fingerstyle retreat last year.  After working it out a bit with the working title of "Song in G". I went downstairs with great trepidation and played it for my wife.  She said it reminded her of the Sunday drives she would take as a child.  The song was then forever titled "Sunday Drive".

     

     

     

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    2024 Guitar Gathering Summer Conference? Not this year...

    in Guitar Gathering Conferences & Retreats

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    Hey all,

    I wanted to give an official announcement about our annual Summer Guitar Gathering conference. 

    We will not be having a Summer Guitar Gathering conference this year.

    We're not stopping the summer conferences - we're just taking a break for the year.

    The reasons...

    1) Our previous venue - Trevecca University - has dramatically increased their facilities use expenses. 

    Trevecca has made the decision to start charging "facilities" fees.  This has happened across the board, in every department, for every use, for every building.  The fees they are requiring are to the tune of over half of our current conference budget.  The conference has always been a bit of a labor of love and not a huge money maker by the time everyone got paid. The addition of these new "facilities fees" just took it out of reach and over the top.

    So, long story short, we're looking for a new host venue and didn't want to try to force it this year just for the sake of having the conference. 

    2) Paulette and I have put on the conference for 10 or so years by ourselves - from months of planning, to moving every chair to writing every check - and in short, we simply felt we needed a year to rest, and get new vision for the event.

    So, we're not stopping the summer conferences - just taking a break for the year to regroup, find a new venue and get some new ideas and vision for the future. 

    Just wanted everyone to know.  It's a joy serving you all in this way.  Looking forward to 2025 and getting it back going again.

    BUT, the 2024 Fall Fingerstyle Guitar Retreat is still on and un-affected.  (And it's going to be a great retreat). 

    Love you all, - Steve and Paulette

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    Question about the 'One' guitar

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    Ha!  I love the discussion.   Of all the guitars I've owned, I still think if I had to choose one  - based on just "loving to play" factor and not value.  I still think I'd choose my Yamaha Nylon string. 

    Again, this is strictly just for my personal opinion.

    Here are my reasons...

    1) It's acoustic.  I can play it in any situation (other than a very loud situation) - with or without power.  Just grab it, sit on the couch and play.

    2) It's easy to play.  The nylon strings make it very easy to physically play.  This means that long after my hand strength starts to fade on other instruments, I'll still be able to play this one.

    3) It's a smaller body size.  It just fits me better.  I'm sure I'd like any sort of parlor size guitar.  I just prefer the smaller to larger size guitars.  A side note - this also makes it lightweight and easy to carry.

    4) Finally, and most importantly, I just enjoy playing it.  I can play classical, fingerstyle, jazz and whatever else on it.  I can't do bends and distortion on it but that's ok.

    I can honestly say, if given a choice of "you can only play electric or acoustic guitars for the rest of your life" I wouldn't even hesitate and gladly walk through the acoustic door grinning.

    - Steve

     

     

     

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    Santana - the Movie!!!!

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    I saw Santana in San Antonio about 20+ years ago.  It was a great concert.

    It was fascinating to me that he didn't change his sound at all.  He had one sound and used it on every song.  It was just his sound.  In an age of everyone chasing everyone else's tones and pedalboards, it was wonderful to see an artist as just who they are.

    - Steve 

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    Guitar Gathering 2020 Cancelled

    in Guitar Gathering Conferences & Retreats

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    Dear Friends,

    It is with an extremely heavy heart we have been forced to postpone our Guitar Gathering conference until next year.

    Due to recent spike's in the coronavirus cases all over the country and in Tennessee, yesterday, Nashville's mayor rolled back the openings back to Phase 2 which prohibits gatherings of over 25 people for the foreseeable future.

    (Earlier in the week, Tennessee governor put out an executive order tightening up restrictions as well.)

    My first concern is everyone's safety and health.

    Please realize that I've tried for months to hold our little conference together against mounting virus storm clouds but yesterdays mayoral mandate is one I cannot overcome.

    I sincerely apologize for the number of problems this causes. Unfortunately this is a city-wide mandate and our hands are tied.

    Again, I sincerely apologize for this unavoidable change in plans.

    Thank you so much for being a great part of our guitar family and I look forward to an amazing conference next year when this is all behind us.

    Sincerely,

    Steve

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