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Students of all ages and levels of
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tell me what
styles of music you want to learn (if you know), your level of
experience on the guitar and any other instrument you play, and where
you live. I'll reply telling you which days I teach in your area. I
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| Beginners:
Learn basic chord fingerings, easy songs, music reading, fingerpicking
styles, and music theory. Kay is patient, supportive and thorough. Jazz Styles (including Swing Jazz, Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova): Learn jazz chords to accompany singing and other instruments. Learn the principles of reharmonization and chord substitution. Learn right hand technique for Bossa Nova, Swing and Chord Melody playing. Learn advanced chord theory. Fingerstyle: Explore the beauty of instrumental guitar music and learn fingerstyle pieces from Blues, Celtic, Folk and Brazilian traditions. Learn special right and left hand techniques used in fingerstyle playing and learn how to use alternate tunings. Celtic: Learn songs from the British Isles. Kay's Celtic repertoire includes gorgeous songs with guitar accompaniment, and instrumental guitar tunes in DADGAD and standard tunings. Classical and Ensemble Playing: Learn how to read and play pieces from Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Contemporary periods. Join the Guitar Ensemble! Email Kay |
| Kay
Eskenazi has
been playing
guitar since she was eight -- that was 42 years ago. She plays many
different fingerstyle guitar forms in regular and non-standard tunings.
Most recently, she has been playing Brazilian jazz -- especially the
music of Luiz Bonfá, Laurindo Almeida, João Gilberto,
Carlos
Barbosa-Lima and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Kay also likes to play the
music of John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman, Pierre Bensusan and Laurence
Juber. She has studied with many fine teachers, and continues her
studies at every opportunity. She is a founder and director of From
Women's Hearts and Hands Guitar Camp. Kay loves to teach guitar! When she's not teaching at Guitar Camp, she teaches guitar lessons and directs the Good Life Guitar Ensemble. Kay is also founder and director of Pass It Around!, a non-profit organization that uses group singing to support homeless and other disadvantaged people. She has been collecting and teaching rounds for twenty years, and has just published Pass It Around! Rounds from the Soul of a World -- a collection of rounds and a cappella harmony songs from many lands and centuries. Email Kay |