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Learn To Handle The Guitar

Learn To Handle The Guitar

Posted July 23, 2009 B By John Saccenti


Get guitar tips from professional musician Matt Richards at the East Brunswick Public Library
Thursday, Aug. 6, from 7 to 8 p.m

Are dreams of white hot guitar solos and awesome guitar riffs filling your head? Then come to the East Brunswick Public Library on Thursday, Aug. 6, from 7 to 8 p.m. where you’ll learn the same techniques used by some of the greatest musicians on the planet. Join guitarist Matt Richards as he shows you the skills and concepts he uses in his own playing. Matt will demonstrate and discuss finger style and flat-pick techniques, chord progressions and scales, improvisation, playing as a soloist and more. The program will end with a special presentation on the 11-string glissentar. Matt is a faculty member at Cheltenham Art & Music Center and the Academy of Community Music. He frequently conducts workshops and master classes in conjunction with his performances.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

For more information please call 732-390-6767.