Black banjo and acoustic cutaway

The GandA music shop in Chinns Court, Warminster has some new stock this week.
Continuing the tradition of stocking interesting and less usual instruments, there is a limited edition black banjo (only 12 available worldwide) and a lovely cutaway acoustic guitar (unusually not an electro model so you get all the acoustic sound you pay for) which would suit fingerpicking players and blues guitarists really well.
Greg runs the shop on Thursdays from 10am until 4pm (also offering restringing and servicing etc) and it operates by appointment for the other 6 days of the week.

New free guitar music downloads

Two really nice tunes from the Renaissance are now available as free downloads, in treble clef as well as TAB (tablature) notation for guitar. Watkin's Ale and Squirrel's Toye make great fingerpicking pieces. For tutors they are superb teaching material too.

next adult acoustic guitar evening class

Ray and Al are offering another 6 weeks of evening classes for adult acoustic guitar improvers, starting on Thursday 20th March.
2 hours a week, with two tutors; excellent tea, coffee (etc) and biscuits; £150 includes all music materials (clef notation, tablature; chord diagrams); great social atmosphere; friendly and informative tuition.
There is one place left. Contact Ray or Al if interested.

Next at Dillington

Al & Ray are currently talking to Dillington House about new courses - both residential weekends and day courses, including some new flexible deals.
Their next joint course is in July - the ever popular No Boundaries Band 3-day course.
Meantime, Al's Schoenberg day is on 12th April. It's booking up, so contact Dillington if you are interested.
http://www.dillington.com/events/music-appreciation/16/understanding-schoenberg-why-should-i-bother-/120/

Adult acoustic guitar evening classes for beginners & improvers

Start on Thursday 23rd January (improvers plus) and Friday 24th January (beginners plus); six weekly 2-hour sessions - £150 including music materials. We keep classes small, so places are limited.

Latest download

available now - Progressive Fingerpicking Pieces that allow the student to progress through various techniques including tricks that the professionals use for smooth and slick playing.

warnings

Two warnings:
1. There is a web service called Chordify. It promises to make a chord chart of any song you like.
Al tried it this week and could not believe how inaccurate it was. He thinks his toothbrush could do a better job!
2. Here is a nice warning. The download version of Progressive Fingerpicking pieces will appear on the Al n Ray website very soon.