On Nov 27 and Dec 11 I'll be conducting guitar accompaniment workshops in Goderich (Ontario Canada). It's sort of my specialty because I found a lifetime ago that solo flatpicked lines couldn't compete with squeezebox, piano, fiddle, whistles and several voices, sometimes all at the same time. Without amplification, my sound got lost in the mix, but my rhythm began to form the foundation so I worked on refining that. Chord substitutions and inversions, rhythmic variations, transposition, modulation, open chord and altered tunings, baritone use, various articulation devices like slides and slurs, strumming vs fingerstyle, and so on are parts of the workshops I do.

Accompaniment is part subtlety, part brashness, part support, part drive. It is the singular strength of guitar. Usually the song or tune should dictate the style of accompaniment, but experimentation is the key to finding fresh ideas.

Fwiw, if anyone around southern Ontario is interested, pm me for details of my workshops.

Peace, Mooh.