Why Suffer Any Longer? You, Too, Can Be An Insufferable Jerk Wheat In Just Six Weeks!

The Community Center for the Arts (C4A) is happy to offer "Guitar From Scratch," a group class for people who are just learning to play the guitar or have no guitar playing experience. The class will meet Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30pm starting November 13 and ending December 18 (six sessions).

This class will teach you basic guitar-playing skills including tuning, right-hand and left-hand techniques, holding the pick, strumming styles, a lot of chords including D, D7, E, Em, F, G, G7, A, Am, A7, B7, C and more. In addition, you will learn exercises that will help to strengthen your hands and fingers. We'll start slowly and learn chords and techniques within the context of several tunes including I'll Fly Away, Jambalaya, This Land is Your Land, Amazing Grace and others.

You should come away from this class with a better understanding of playing the guitar, knowledge of how to play many chords, a good understanding of strumming techniques, and the desire to keep playing your guitar

Please note that we will be using picks for the class and we will not be doing any finger-picking. Also, if you don't have a guitar, we have a limited number of guitars that are available for use during the six-week class period. Please contact our guitar instructor Rob Krumm if you need a guitar.

All classes will be held at the Community Center for the Arts, a relatively new music school and arts center based at Lincoln Square Village in downtown Urbana.

The fee for the Guitar From Scratch class is $90.

If you are interested in taking this class or have questions about the class , please contact our instructor Rob Krumm via email ( robplays@yahoo.com ), or phone at 217-840-4901.