A native of Italy long established in the San Francisco Bay Area, Peppino D’Agostino has enjoyed a long career of composing, recording, teaching, and performing internationally. Among both audiences and fellow musicians he is known as a modern master of the acoustic guitar.
In four 90-minute weekly sessions, Peppino will guide you through proper body posture, right and left-hand positioning, and essential fingerstyle concepts. He will demonstrate and teach fingerpicking patterns, arpeggios, hammer-ons, pull-offs, string bending, slide, percussion, and open tunings. You will also learn a few etudes in different musical styles as well as basic theory you can apply immediately to the fingerboard.
Week One
Holding the guitar
Right and left-hand position and technique
Common chords
Reading tablature
Week Two
Alternating bass
Arpeggios
Traversing the neck
Basic fretboard theory
Week Three
Pull-offs
Hammer-ons
String bending
Week Four
Slides
Percussion
Open tunings
Workshop Fee and Materials
The price of the workshop is $270, including materials from Peppino D’Agostino’s publications which will be provided to you prior to the first meeting.
Meeting Dates and Times
Saturdays, 3:00 to 4:30 pm: February 8, 15, 22, March 1.
More about Your Teacher
Peppino has shared the stage with Tommy Emmanuel, Leo Kottke, Laurindo Almeida, Sergio Assad, Larry Carlton, and Eric Johnson, among many. Recognized as “the guitarist’s guitarist” by Acoustic Guitar magazine, D’Agostino was voted Best Acoustic Guitarist by readers of Guitar Player magazine. His composition “Stammi Vicino,” written with Stef Burns and Vasco Rossi, reached number one on the iTunes rock charts in Italy.
As the workshop is limited to just six participants, this is a rare opportunity to learn from one of the true innovators in modern guitar technique in an intimate setting.
Please use this form to reserve you place.
Note: Credit card details are required to register, but your card will not be charged until the Workshop begins.