VOCAL LESSONS:
UNAVAILABLE TIL JULY/AUGUST
how to sing Gospel & Blues:
Middle Eastern & Eastern European
vocal techniques & yodeling
how to keep from straining your voice
exploring and using your vocal range
awakening your vocal power
(it is in all of us!)
breathing exercises & ear training
vocal acrobatics & control
how to care for your voice
a list of amazing vocalists to explore online
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SLIDE GUITAR LESSONS
UNAVAILABLE TIL JULY/AUGUST
(some knowledge of guitar is helpful)
finger picking style of Mississippi John Hurt
Slide Blues style of Earl Hooker &
Elmore James: using all 6 strings
how to set up your slide guitar
the importance of intonation
playing bass lines and finding chords
various tunings: D modal, open D
D 7th, D minor & variations
C major, and my Middle Eastern tuning
Arabic & Eastern scales
have a slide and pen & paper ready
some students record the lessons
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LOCATION
Driving school bus leaves me no time for extras: SKYPE is not possible at this time
During the summer
Lessons will take place at
Student's home base,
Variable schedules are fine.
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PRICE
One person: $50.00 an hour
(cash preferred)
Lessons can be close together
or spaced far apart without
losing continuity.
Two people: $80.00
Three people: $120.00
larger groups: negotiate $$
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Ellen McIlwaine Music
Tel: (403)228 - 2812
888, 7620 Elbow Drive SW
Calgary AB T2V 1K2
Canada
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