Blair Dunlop’s Songsmith: Open Spaces
Interactive Video Masterclass on the Craft of Songwriting
The rich textures and expressive colors possible with open tunings will breathe new life into any song performance. Every new tuning you become familiar with presents a fresh harmonic landscape for your own original compositions while also providing you with creative options for crafting distinctive performances of cover tunes.
We’ll focus on a variety of my own favorite open tunings in this edition. As we explore these open tunings, we’ll also focus on a variety of right-hand techniques and rhythm approaches to help make your performances really stand out.
We’ll then put those open tunings, techniques and creative approaches to work across 8 song performance studies using my own compositions. After each performance, I’ll break it down, section by section, emphasizing the key techniques and approaches in play.
Whether you’re covering songs or composing your own, feel free to use any of the techniques, tunings, chord voicings, or creative approaches in your own playing and compositions.
Instant Download + Streaming You get a download of the course for offline access via our desktop & mobile apps plus streaming access to this course forever on any device. Disc + Download + Streaming In addition to the course download and streaming access, you get a physical software disc shipped to you, compatible with Windows & Mac computers.
Blair Dunlop’s Songsmith: Rhythm & Rhyme
Interactive Video Masterclass on the Craft of Songwriting
Rhythm and groove are vital elements of any song performance. It’s what paints the mood of the piece to support the story being told by the song’s melody and lyrics. As guitarists, having ready command of a wide palette of harmonic applications, creative approaches, and right-hand techniques broadens the palette of colors that we’re able to paint with.
In this Rhythm & Rhyme Edition of Songsmith, singer-songwriter Blair Dunlop focuses on all of the essential creative tools, harmonic options, and techniques you’ll need to take your compositions and performances to the next level.
Blair is an award-winning British singer-songwriter and guitarist who has toured widely across the globe. What sets Blair apart from his peers is the lyrical and musical maturity with which he writes coupled with his technical prowess on the guitar. We’re thrilled to welcome Blair to the family with his first TrueFire course, the Rhythm & Rhyme Edition of Songsmith. You will likewise be thrilled as you play your way through his wonderfully insightful and inspiring curriculum.
“I’ll demonstrate each technique and harmonic application for you and then we’ll explore their creative potential, in the context of a song. We’ll work through 8 song performance studies using my own compositions. Whether you’re covering songs or composing your own, you’ll be able to put these approaches, techniques, tunings, and chord voicings in your own playing.”
Instant Download + Streaming You get a download of the course for offline access via our desktop & mobile apps plus streaming access to this course forever on any device. Disc + Download + Streaming In addition to the course download and streaming access, you get a physical software disc shipped to you, compatible with Windows & Mac computers.