HOMESPUNSecrets of Open Tunings and Song Accompaniment
Taught By David Wilcox.
Level 4
80-minute DVD or VHS, includes music and tab book
One of the most popular and evocative performers on the scene today helps you unlock your creativity and develop rich, ringing guitar voicings in a variety of open tunings.
Working primarily in open C, G, D and DADGAD, and utilizing both pick and finger style, David Wilcox reveals the techniques that shape his distinctive guitar sound. His unusual practice of playing in “cross keys" and his use of string damping, rhythms, open chord harmonies, moving bass lines, partial capos other devices will open new doors and transform the way you approach your instrument.
Dave’s invaluable advice on how to practice, re-tune by "feel," transpose mid-song, hear new sounds, experiment with a variety of fingerings and tunings and develop ideas for using the guitar as a writing tool will inspire you to invent your own fingerings and tunings and discover untold musical possibilities.
Songs: Eye of The Hurricane, Rusty Old American Dream, Show the Way, New World,
Language of the Heart, Time Between the Lightning and the Thunder, Distant Water,
Spin, Prayer, Show Me The Key.
David Wilcox's use of open tunings to create soulful, inventive
accompaniments has helped make him "the best-known of the brilliant crop
of singer-songwriters to emerge in the late '80s" (Acoustic Guitar). Audiences
are drawn to his heartfelt, incisive lyrics, wry wit and exquisite instrumentals.
His recording career spans 11 releases, starting with his 1987 debut “The Nightshift
Watchman” through standouts such as “Home Again” (1991), “Turning Point” (1997)
and “Live Songs And Stories” (2001). David has consistently delivered music that
the New York Daily News credits as “giving sensitive singer-songwriters back
their good name." His most recent CD is “Into the Mystery.”