Level 4 Guitar Classes 2023

This page is devoted to the Level 4 classes being offered at 10 and 1:30. To find links to other time periods or classes at other levels, please see the Schedule Overview page.

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Wednesday

10:00-11:30am
Rhythm Guitar

Romain VuilleminBaldwin Dining Room
La Pompe as a soloist
If the band already has an official rhythm player, the soloist can use rhythm techniques in between the “La Pompe” and do some more complex forms of comping.

1:30-3:00pm
Lead Guitar

Romain VuilleminBaldwin Dining Room
Djangology / Night and Day
We’ll provide several harmonic analyses to improvise over the changes of ‘Djangology’ and ‘Night and Day’.

1:30-3:00pm
Dedicated Rhythm Guitar class (All Levels)

Julien Cattiaux — Mendenhall Studio 2
Routine for Working “La Pompe”
In this class, we will look at different ways to make the rhythm happen.

Thursday

10:00-11:30am
Rhythm Guitar

Sébastien Giniaux — Baldwin Dining Room
Study with Sébastien Giniaux
My lessons are holistic. In each lesson we will work on ear training, technique, and musicality.

1:30-3:00pm
Lead Guitar

Sébastien GiniauxBaldwin Dining Room
Study with Sébastien Giniaux
My lessons are holistic. In each lesson we will work on ear training, technique, and musicality.

1:30-3:00pm
Dedicated Rhythm Guitar class (All Levels)

Julien Cattiaux — Mendenhall Studio 2
Working on typical Manouche Chords
In this class, I will show you chord shapes and patterns over the tunes ‘Minor Swing’ and ‘Coquette’ that you can reuse and apply to all sorts of other songs.

Friday

10:00-11:30am
Rhythm Guitar

Fanou TorracintaBaldwin Dining Room
Working on Chord Voicings
I will show you the voicings I prefer on different tunes and styles e.g. Dinah, Djangology, Gipsy Swing, Manouche, Hot Club, Jazz etc.

1:30-3:00pm
Lead Guitar

Fanou TorracintaBaldwin Dining Room
Lead over ‘Dinah’ or ‘Dinette’
We will take these simple tunes as a jumping off place for exploring some of the possibilities available to us as soloists.

1:30-3:00pm
Dedicated Rhythm Guitar class (All Levels)

Julien Cattiaux — Mendenhall Studio 2
Working on different Manouche Rhythms
In this class, we will work on different rhythmic styles like, Bossa, Rumba, Bolero and Funk.

Saturday

10:00-11:30am
Rhythm Guitar

Max O’RourkeBaldwin Dining Room
Rhythm Guitar and Comping For Lead Guitar
In this workshop, we’ll work on how to push a soloist and amp up a song by using different techniques such as comping, tremolo, stabs, counter lines, and more. 

1:30-3:00pm
Lead Guitar

Max O’Rourke — Baldwin Dining Room
How To Use Chords In A Solo
Learn how to interweave chords into your solos seamlessly.

1:30-3:00pm
Dedicated Rhythm Guitar class (All Levels)

Julien Cattiaux Mendenhall Studio 2
Review and Q&A
We will review some of what we have been covering throughout the work, and we will open the class up for questions, particularly from students who were not able to attend my previous classes.