a workshop for
guitarists & songwriters
exploring the landscapes of the fretboard through open tunings, and the landscapes of our inner and outer worlds as pathways to intuitive and radicalized songcraft.
LANDSCAPES of
SONG
UPCOMING
WORKSHOP
COURSE
BEGINS
MARCH 1
Landscapes of Song is a workshop for guitarists and songwriters, exploring the landscapes of the fretboard through open tunings, and the landscapes of our inner and outer world as pathways to intuitive and radicalized songcraft.
Course begins March 1, with lectures on Sundays, Q&A’s on Wednesdays, and Song Share sessions on Saturdays.
Over the course of four weeks we will explore a series of interactive lectures, meditations, exercises, and songwriting prompts to connect you deeper into the roots of your inner world and with the life around you. I’ll walk you through some of my songs and the process behind them, and open pathways for you to tap into your own songwriting voice.
It is my hope that you come away with a radicalized relationship with your guitar and songwriting practice, and a clearer connection to your personal truth as an artist in this world.
Four Landscapes
Landscapes of the Fretboard
through Open Tunings
In the first week of this course we’ll go deep into the bedrock of a song. Exploring open tunings as emotional landscapes, and approaching the guitar with a beginner's mind—developing a practice that is rooted in curiosity, instinct, playfulness and permission. Getting out of our own way. We’ll unravel philosophies around open tunings as accessibility, and my politics of guitar anarchy.
Other aspects such as timing, tempo, song structure, and fingerpicking technique will accompany as we explore myriad ways of communicating through the fretboard.
In the second week, we’ll focus our curiosity on the complex emotional landscapes of our inner world. Songwriting rooted in personal truth comes from a place of listening to the world within—deciphering the conversation between parts of us, and the narratives that are present. Asking deeper questions. Song as inquiry, song as cutting to the core.
Landscapes of the
Inner World
In the third week, we’ll open our focus to the world around us—tuning into the sentient language of the landscape, into the nuances of the natural world, into the evolving seasons mirroring our inner seasons of creativity. Song as wonder and enchantment in the living world and enriching our stories through the practice of observation and presence.
We’ll explore the four elements—the water of creative intuition, the air of encapsulating ideas with intellect, the fire of creative decisiveness, and the earth of grounding the story into a shape.
Landscapes of the
Outer World
In our last week, we’ll weave together threads and develop a clearer vision of our relationship to our work, our purpose as artists, our personal mythologies, and stories we are here to share.
We’ll also explore multi-sensory worldbuilding, and the collective and connective necessity of song.
Unearthing the Landscape
of Your Story
FAQ
Landscapes of Song is a workshop for guitarists and songwriters, exploring the landscapes of the fretboard through open tunings, and the landscapes of our inner and outer world as pathways to intuitive and radicalized songcraft.
Course begins March 1, with lectures on Sundays, Q&A’s on Wednesdays, and Song Share sessions on Saturdays.
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LECTURE: Sunday March 1, 2026
2pm — 3:15 pm EST
Q+A: Wednesday March 4, 2026
9pm EST / 6pm PT
LECTURE: Sunday March 8, 2026
2pm — 3:15 pm EST
Q+A: Wednesday March 11, 2026
9pm EST / 6pm PT
SONG SHARE: Saturday March 14, 2026
2pm — 3 pm EST OR 4pm – 5pm EST (sign up for one)
LECTURE Sunday March 15, 2026
2pm — 3:15 pm EST
Q+A: Wednesday March 18, 2026
9pm EST / 6pm PT
SONG SHARE: Saturday March 21, 2026
2pm — 3 pm EST OR 4pm – 5pm EST (sign up for one)
LECTURE: Sunday March 22, 2026
2pm — 3:15 pm EST
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All musical levels are welcome and will be able to gain something from the course.
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All the songwriting prompts and exercises are optional, and you can move at your own pace! You’ll come away from this experience with something, whether or not that is a complete song.
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There is an online portal to upload voice memos throughout each week and I will comment feedback there. In our live Song Share Sessions, there will be smaller breakout room groups for sharing communally, and I will move around and give feedback to as many as time allows. There is also a Community Discord page, and our Q+A sessions are opportunities to ask questions and chat for an hour each week for added connection!
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Yes! Recordings will be sent out after class, and they will all be available after the session for purchase on-demand for anyone who can’t partake in the live workshop.
Hannah Frances
Hannah Frances (b. 1997) is an acclaimed musician, composer, poet, facilitator, and creative counselor.
She lives in the woods of Vermont and loves 70’s progressive rock.
Her calling to be of service is the bedrock of her work—from her ongoing studies in the healing arts and psychology, to her work as a professional artist and facilitator. Receiving accolades from NPR, Pitchfork, The Guardian, Paste Magazine, Stereogum, and more for her albums Nested in Tangles (2025) and Keeper of the Shepherd (2024), Frances has a decade of experience as a recording artist, touring musician, collaborator, and interdisciplinary creative force.
In 2023 Frances founded Collective Cadence, a community center fostering creative and spiritual connection. In tandem, she led her first guitar workshop Open Tunings as Emotional Landscapes, and launched her private Creative Counseling practice, where she has spent years working privately with artists to develop clarity of vision, intention, and creative purpose.
Her upcoming workshop Landscapes of Song will run from March 1 — 22 online. Register here!