Workshop for the Christian Guitarist

Unplugged: The Acoustic Guitar at its Best

• alternate chord voicing and fingerings
• finger picking: from accompaniment to complete solos
• finger agility, power, endurance and accuracy with relaxed confidence
• fundamentals of soloing and improvisation
• awesome strumming with less effort
• putting music theory into practical use

Randall Zwally - Director of Guitar Studies at Messiah College

Grab that Electric Guitar - We're Goin' In!

• Improving your improvisation and soloing
• Sounds you will need (essential pedals)
• Muting technique(s) for contemporary strumming
• Power chords - to be or not to be
• Time awareness
• What you will be doing, most of the time!
• understanding chord progressions & interval shape recognition

Jay Umble – Jazz/Electric Guitar Instructor at Messiah College

Staying Focused & Confident When Playing in Public

• Talking Your Way Through Stage Fright
• Projecting Positive Energy
• Breaking the Nervousness Cycle
• Creative Visualization
• Philosophical Considerations

Guitar Care and Maintenance

• Humidity's effect on your guitar and how to deal with it
• Selecting the right string gauge for you + string care
• Adjusting your guitar's truss rod/string height
• Fret height & care: How it affects your playing
• Maintaining your fingerboard & bridge
• Your guitar's components & why they function the way they do

Rob Zwally - Stringed Instrument Repair Specialist