Guitar | Joy Louise | Beginning/Intermediate | Period 3 | Week 5 (August 3-7. 2026)
This class is for everyone just getting started in bluegrass music that has access to an acoustic guitar!
What makes bluegrass guitar uniquely special? We’ll find out! Joy will guide the class on the basics of how to apply the right technique and feel for bluegrass guitar, setting you on a direct path for being a strong, solid, timing focused player. We’ll work on bringing it all together as a group every class and play a few tunes together. Rhythm will be our main focus, as it’s the driving “engine” and foundation to bluegrass music. Topics touched on will include beginner technique, good practice routines, basic metronome work, ear development and of course what makes bluegrass guitar cool!
In this class it’s recommended that you have a guitar, flat pick and tuner. If you’re completely new to guitar and music you’re welcome to be a part of this class. Some basic knowledge of a few chords will be helpful to you, but isn’t required. You may contact joylouisemusic@gmail for additional questions regarding prerequisites of this course.
About the Instructor
Award winning multi-instrumentalist, Joy Louise whose guitar playing was praised by critics as “…technically immaculate”, enjoys an active career as a collaborative band member and soloist. She made her solo debut at the age of three years old often singing in front of large concert crowds in the American Southwest. Joy is a prodigious songwriter and teacher as well as a busy studio musician. Even as a teen, Joy won many flatpicking guitar contests often competing against seasoned players two or three times her age. In high demand as a session musician in Los Angeles she has also performed with several ensembles including The Gatlin Brothers, Marty Raybon and Randy Travis. Recent performances have taken her to Nashville, Tennessee, Salem, Oregon and Long Island, New York.