Blues Chord Substitutions
Course Details
The workshop will introduce you to blues chord substitutions for fingerstyle guitar through a mix of instruction, Q&A and master class-style on-screen participation. You'll learn how to:
- Apply secondary dominants, altered and diminished chords and tritone substitutions to the blues progression
- Find and connect chord voicings up the neck and in open position
- Incorporate chord substitutions into steady bass and alternating-thumb improvising
- Transpose chord substitutions into different keys
- Use chord substitutions to evoke various styles of blues and jazz
Blues Chord Substitutions is a live-online streaming workshop run on the Zoom platform. Each class session will be recorded and archived online for three months after the course concludes in October.
Six Sessions: Sept 5, 12, 19, 26 • Oct 3, 10
Time: 7:00-8:30pm CST
Class Size: 12
Cost: $300
"A really nice addition to your videos in terms of learning and more detailed communication. I loved the window on the other folks' learning too." – Simon L.
"The best way to learn." – Jon B.
About the Instructor
David Hamburger is a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar, author of two dozen instructional books and videos for Truefire, Homespun and Hal Leonard, and the creator of Fretboard Confidential.
