Long & McQuade Learning Series - Orleans, ON

Thursday, March 12 | 7:00pm

Howlin' Like Jimi Hendrix Guitar Clinic
With Fred Donkor

In this clinic, Fred will be providing valuable guitar tips to play in the style of Jimi Hendrix! Bring your guitar and get ready to rock!

Topics include:

• The five positions of the pentatonic scale
• Double stops
• Hendrix style Rhythms examples
• Call and response with rhythms and fills
• Wah-Pedal basics
   

Godin Guitar Artist, Berklee College of Music Graduate Fred Donkor is currently a freelance musician and music teacher with the OCDSB. He started playing guitar at age 15. His practicing soon paid off as three years later, he won second place in the Ottawa Guitar Wars Competition (sponsored by Fender) in 1989 at age 18 and again at age 21 in 1993. On the recommendation of Vernon Reid (guitarist of living colour fame), he received a private invitation to audition for the Spin Doctors (on Epic Records) in NYC. In attendance was world renown guitarist Oz Noy. Fred has jammed with Gus G (former Ozzy Guitarist), recorded with Keith Harris (Grammy award winning drummer for the Black Eyed Peas), Andre Bowman (Grammy nominated programmer/ playback engineer for Lady Gaga and former bassist for Usher), and performed with Maureen Murphy (Zac Brown Band) and many more…

 

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