1:45pm - 2:15pm
Anika Teubner: Percussive fingerstyle for beginners
In Annika's workshop, you'll learn the basics of percussion fingerstyle and how to turn your guitar into a complete rhythm instrument. You'll explore which drum sounds can be imitated on which parts of the guitar and what role open tuning plays in this. You'll also learn how to grab chords, play melodies and integrate rhythmic percussion elements at the same time. Simple exercises for beginners make it easier to get started so that you can implement your first grooves right away. Discover new playing techniques and bring more rhythm to your guitar playing!
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Máté Bodor: Pimp your pentatonic
Máté impressively shows how pentatonic can be used in a variety of ways with a modern guitar approach. His workshop is aimed at guitarists of all levels — from beginners to advanced musicians. In doing so, he demonstrates how pentatonic can be made exciting and varied for all guitarists. With techniques such as alternate picking, economy picking and string skipping tapping, he opens up new sonic possibilities and inspires creative playing styles.
The goal: Each participant should take away valuable inspiration and expand their personal repertoire of licks. Let yourself be inspired by Máté's innovative approach and rediscover pentatonic!
3:15pm - 3:45pm
David John Levy: Modern Prog Bass
Shooting star David John Levy shows you how to compose and record bass lines in his Progressive Metal Bass workshop. He will show you how bass works as a solo instrument and what skills are important when producing. The workshop is rounded off by tips and tricks on what it means to be a musician in 2025 and how to navigate the scene and build a career. Of course, David is also available to answer questions from the audience.
16:00 - 16:30 o'clock
Justin Hombach: Picking Decrypted
In this workshop, Justin shows concepts for proper practice, science-based approaches for the right playing technique, and much more — he gives you all the tools you need to shred like your heroes. Whether you're a beginner, advanced or professional, Justin's method will help guitarists of all levels improve their playing.
4:45pm - 5:15pm
Jan Zehrfeld: Crass
“Krassung” describes the creative process in music in which simpler, comprehensible elements are converted into more complex and more difficult to understand forms. A common thread remains, which ensures recognition value, while humor and wonder help bridge the distance to alienation. Humor and wonder arise on the one hand from the tension that results from the recognition of the simpler elements in a complex context and on the other hand through the combination of strongly contrasting stylistic elements from metal, jazz and classical music. This principle applies both to cover versions and to own compositions, in which known or unknown melodies and rhythms are broken down into their individual parts and recombined in an artful way.
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Manuel Gardner Fernandes and Christoph Schultz
In this workshop the guitar powerhouses of the band Unprocessed, Manuel Gardner-Fernandes and Christoph Schultz, share the secrets behind their groundbreaking progressive songwriting. They will dissect the layers of guitar that go into every Unprocessed song and explain what playing techniques they use to achieve their unqiue sound.
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