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European Tap-Guitar Seminar 2009

Filed under: E-Tap, Europe, Events, Lessons, Seminars, chapman stick, music — admin at 11:41 pm on Tuesday, June 23, 2009

If you miss this event you’re going to KICK yourself!

When: Monday 20 to Sunday 26, July 2009
Where : the town of Libramont in Belgium
Organisers: Académie d’été de Wallonie and Clic Music

Here Daniel Schell demonstrates his Clear and Logical ‘MySpace’ method, just a part of what you get at the ETap Seminar …


2009 Tap-Guitar Teachers

  • Adam Fulara
  • Mathias Sorof
  • Wolfgang Daiss
  • Daniel Schell

Check out this Report on the 2006 Seminar!

ETap 2006

Get the Full Details and Grab Your Place Quick!

The European Tap-Guitar Seminar Site

Are you an Absolute Beginner?

You’re an absolute beginner. You can’t read and you can’t play…

No problem. The beginners class can accept people from various backgrounds. You might find absolute beginners in music but also trained readers on another instrument who begin the tap-guitar, or t-g virtuoso who cannot read and wish to do it, and so on. After say, 2 days in the beginners class you may ask to go to the intermediate class. There are also special afternoon classes and private tuition available to satisfy your individual needs.

You play the Brand X tap-guitar, you’re tuned in the Y way, and you play only Z music.

Welcome! The Seminar is open. It aims to to teach general techniques of playing, reading, and understanding music for the tap-guitar. Your options will be respected and the methods you will learn are general and adaptable to all situations.

You don’t have a tap-guitar …

No problem. You can bring a simple electric guitar if you wish. The E-Tap, Brussels school, can by special arrangement also lend you a tap-guitar for the week.

The classes are all equipped with a mix desk and a small PA. There are also some guitar amps. Therefore those who come by plane or train do not need to bring an amp. Those who come by car might as well bring an amp if they wish to have their own sound, or just help the seminar.

However it would be best to bring your own personal practice amp to use in between the courses or in the evening. This might be a small mini- or a batery driven micro-amp. There are also some devices with headphones, which you can carry on your belt and which are very handy.

For more info and to reserve your place today, go to
the European Tap-Guitar Seminar Site.

Don’t Miss It!

Enrollment is filling up fast. Sign up and grab your spot. If you act quickly you’ll avoid disappointment.

[A note from Traktor ... This is about the most fun seminar I've ever attended in my life. You'll have fun meeting tappers from many different countries, and it's really cool to have all different kinds of tapping instruments in a spirit of learning and growing together. Plus, let's be frank here. Belgium has some of the best beer in the universe. Nuff said.]

Festival “Ars TapGuitar 2007″

Filed under: Europe, Events, News, Seminars — admin at 9:36 pm on Sunday, September 30, 2007

After a successful event last year, the German Tap-Event continues —

The “Ars TapGuitar 2007″ is an international Tap-Guitar-Festival in Germany, organized by the Neue Akademie Braunschweig, and taking place on October 20th, 2007 in Braunschweig, Germany.

On the preceeding Thursday, October 18th, there will be on Introductory Event, a lecture with the topic: “The Musical Possibilities of the Tapguitar”

Executive tapartists of the Concert Event on 20. October will be Adam Fulara solo, André Pelat Trio, Jim Lampi-Duo and Mathias Sorof Projects. One goal of this event is to bring the music ,created with tapping, to a broad audience.

The event is supported by the following organizations:Kulturinstitut der Stadt Braunschweig,
the Stiftung (Donation) Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz, and the Niedersächsische Lottostiftung (Lottodonation).

A DVD of last year’s event, “Ars TapGuitar 2006,” is available now.

For details please visit the festival homepage, at http://www.ars-tapguitar.de

Belgian “E-Tap” Tap-Guitar Seminar

Filed under: E-Tap, Europe, Fun, Lessons — admin at 8:58 pm on Monday, May 14, 2007

We have have just heard that E-Tap 07, the European tap-Guitar Seminar 2007, is happening July 16-22, in Libramont Belgium

Witth Teachers: Wolfgang Daiss (jazz), Daniel Schell (sight-reading, new music), Kuno Wagner (linear playing on the 8-strings), and Master Classes to be announced.

This Seminar is *so* fun! It provides instructions from outstanding professional touch-style artists, and at the same time you spend a holiday in Belgium, where you will meet old friends and new.

It happens in the great resort of the Académie d’été de Wallonie, Libramont. Beginner or professional, you are welcome and we shall insure that you find the teaching you wish, adapted to your individual needs.

For more info please consult the E-tap page.

NEW THIS YEAR
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  • The Seminar happens in Libramont. This is a place for jazz and new music improvisation. And so a new environment for our Seminar.
  • It will offer more possibilities for studying, working with ensembles and drums, doing small concerts and jams in the evening.
  • Plus: it will be cheaper than previous years.