I’m delighted to share that on Saturday, May 25th, I’ll be holding a one-day workshop for the wonderful Guitar Breaks experience. My good friend Ian Edwards, founder of Guitar Breaks has been hosting events for the guitar community for a number of years now, with guests including Mike Dawes, Tommy Emmanuel, Joey Landreth, Josh Smith, Chris Buck, That Pedal Show legends, Dan & Mick (IYKYK), and many more, so to be in even the same paragraph as those guys is a big personal deal:

“In this day-long workshop we’ll look at approaches to arranging songs for solo fingerstyle guitar, by distilling a song into its constituent parts, using techniques for incorporating melody with harmony, harnessing the power of altered tuning and more.
 
As takeaway projects, we’ll dive into a couple of popular song arrangements (to be announced), for which tab will be made available in advance so you can get a jump on the day ahead.
 
This workshop is aimed at players of an intermediate level and above; a general grasp of fingerpicking and barre chord knowledge is highly recommended for maximum benefit. That said, if you consider yourself more of a beginner, but you’re up for the challenge, you will of course, be fully included.”

More info here

My regular Summer holiday for guitarists, in the beautiful French countryside. Four days of acoustic guitar workshops, punctuated by regularly imbibing and dining in coastal restaurants and evening jam sessions around a massive kitchen table. Sounds nice, eh? Spaces are limited to eight participants (non-participating guests are welcome – get in touch for accommodation options).

The final day concludes with an informal concert in the main room, with me + guest spots from willing participants!

Cost: £395 incl. 4 days’ tuition, course materials, lunches & refreshments, a welcome buffet on arrival day, and a meal on the last evening.

N.B. Travel and accommodation are extra, but please be in touch for advice on where to stay, and car-sharing from the ferry-port in Dieppe is highly recommended – we’ll do whatever we can to help / advise.

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Next week, I return to the national centre for folk arts, Halsway Manor, in the splendid Mendips in Somerset. It’s always a lovely event, with workshops, jam sessions and performances. I’ll be leading some workshops and performing a set on the final evening, along with my co-hosts, Vera Van Heeringen and Dave Malkin.

More information here.

Who’s it for?

“This course is aimed at acoustic guitarists (steel-strung) of an intermediate level and above, it’s not really suitable for beginners.

As a guide, to get the most from the course you’ll need a grasp of the following topics:

• All common open major and minor chords
• Familiarity with one or two moveable barre chord shapes
• Some basic fingerpicking ability
• Steady, even strumming rhythm in 4/4 time

Beyond this, enthusiasm is much more important than skill level; we only ask that you join in to the best of your ability. This week is all about helping you develop your playing, whatever your current level of ability, and sending you away with the inspiration and tools to continue to improve.”

This Spring, I’ll be holding a weekend of acoustic guitar workshops at the stunning venue of Reymerston Hall, a gorgeously-renovated Georgian manor house deep in the Norfolk countryside. There are six beautiful bedrooms and 12 acres of lovely grounds to enjoy, as we’ll have the place to ourselves. Nice.

Head over to my workshops page for more details!

I’ve wanted to do something like this for ages…

Over the years, I’ve created arrangements, transcribed music, written for guitar mags and led workshops. Along the way, I’ve been asked for specific pieces, arrangements etc., so I decided it was time I created a place to funnel all of that: a place for guitar learning, enrichment and sharing.

So, I finally decided to go for it! Watch the video to hear more, and click the button above to have a closer look…

This show was meant to happen around the same time a year ago, but something happened (don’t mention the C-word), so it’s now happening on November 26. See below (or click here):

Guitar Talk: Connecting with Leading UK Fingerstylist and Educator Tristan Seume

From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Julie Bergman

“Tristan Seume has made his way into the top tier of acoustic guitar instrumentalists in the United Kingdom not only due to the extraordinary fingerstyle abilities demonstrated on his original and interpretative recordings, but also his penchant for sharing his skills. In addition to being in high demand to play on other musicians’ projects, he is one of the top educators in his field. Seume, who is in his early 40s, is a regular contributor to several UK music magazines and a workshop teacher at major guitar festivals. His concise video tutorials are now making their way into American guitarists’ feeds…”

Read the full article here.