Guitar | Joy Louise | Beginning/Intermediate | Period 2 | Week 5 (August 3-7. 2026)
In this class we’ll be working on our rhythm playing while discovering a new tune from a different bluegrass guitar great each day. Each class will focus on a guitar powerhouse such as Larry Sparks, Tony Rice, Dan Taminsky, Doc Watson, etc. Joy will guide the class on playing well as a group, while focusing on the traditional tune of the day. We’ll discuss just how important our musical influences are and give the class guidance on what should be focused on when engaging in active listening and watching our musical heroes. Let’s discover your new guitar inspiration, while having fun exploring beginner guitar and bluegrass tunes together!
If you’ve played some guitar outside of bluegrass music and want insight and more experience on the nuances of beginner “bluegrass” guitar and looking to build a repertoire, this is for you. Or maybe you’re just getting started all together and want to explore some good rhythm influences and get some inspiration, this is also a good class for you. 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.