Peter Price : Guitar workshops

Peter Price returns to the Western Isles for a concert in An Lanntair on Fri 23rd August.

On Thursday 22nd August and Friday 23rd August, he is available to teach classes of Secondary school music pupils with some knowledge of guitar.  The workshop will include an introduction to blues and jazz styles on the guitar, scales and jazz chords.  Students will have the opportunity to study a famous blues song in the style of Robert Johnson and work through a break down and analysis of the techniques used.  Advanced techniques such as the use of HARMONICS will also be covered as well as open tunings and SLIDE GUITAR.

Peter Price is a guitarist/singer with brilliant international reputation following a musical career which has so far taken him to festivals and concert venues throughout the UK, Europe , North America and more recently, Australia and New Zealand.  A gifted performer, his concerts and performances take the listener on strange and exotic journeys from the country blues style of Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, and Leadbelly, to Latin American dances , Celtic Pipe and Harp tunes, Hymns and Indian Ragas.