2-A Guitar

Review the basic chords and strums and learn more difficult first position chords, easy scales, alternating-bass strumming, and finger-picking. Study left hand techniques like slides and hammer-ons and learn how to use a capo.

Prerequisites: Student should have completed Guitar 1-B or have equivalent playing experience.

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Spencer Erik Crawford

ACCORDION, BANJO, FIDDLE, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, UKULELE

Spencer Erik Crawford is from Northeast Kansas. He started teaching music in 2006 back in his hometown of Topeka, while attending Washburn University. In 2014, while he was teaching lessons at music stores and schools in Denver he was recruited by other teachers to join Swallow Hill. He teaches strings, keys/piano, and accordion, and tailors lesson plans to each student based on their skill level and musical interests. When Spencer is not teaching music, he enjoys performing solo or with his bands, That Damn Sasquatch, and the Spencer Erik Crawford Band. He also enjoys listening to music and hanging out with his family and friends.

First concert? B.B. King

What song could you listen to all day long? “A Love Supreme” – the whole album

Favorite Colorado hangout? Most bars and clubs, I’m not picky!

What’s your favorite Swallow Hill memory? When Buckwheat Zydeco played at Swallow Hill in 2014