Steve has been playing for 40 years and teaching for nearly 30. He has run guitar and music theory workshops at Chippenham, Warwick and Towersey folk festivals. He has also taught in schools and colleges as well as teaching privately. He has regularly attended guitar masterclass workshops with Martin Simpson and Stefan grossmanand performed at folk clubs and many open mic venues including Wallingford, Didcot, Cholsey and Oxford’s Catweasel Club, with a speciality in guitar instrumentals mainly in open and altered tunings.

Make sure you bring your guitar, and pen and paper.

Workshop 1 The Basics 1.00 - 2.30pm

Discussion about purchasing first guitar, strings, how to tune

Basic chords in each key

Strumming patterns

12 bar blues

Example tunes