Learn to play guitar easily and quickly with a patient teacher and performing musician in a scenic setting of the San Francisco bay area.
Absolute beginners to intermediate guitarists. Acoustic and/or electric guitar.
Styles include folk, rock, blues, rock and roll, reggae, ragtime, finger-picking, and more.
Learn how to play by ear, improvise, play and sing at the same time.
Learn valuable insight on musicianship, playing in a band, songwriting and recording. Learn how to practice effectively and efficiently.
Printed handouts with proper chords shapes, lyrics, timing and tablature of essential riffs along with a digital audio file of the song we work on will be provided for each lesson.
My approach is to teach the roots of most popular music by showing the essential open chords, proper fingerings, strums, bar chords, guitar runs, picking technique, and progressions of folk, rock, blues, bluegrass, and popular music.
Learn how to play complete songs from the Beatles, the Lumineers, Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, The Who, Coldplay, the Rolling Stones, Green Day, the Grateful Dead, Death Cab for Cutie, Elizabeth Cotten, Black Keys, Simon and Garfunkel, Jake Bugg, John Lennon, Oasis, Neil Young, Weezer, Cat Stevens, Woody Guthrie, David Bowie, Jerry Garcia and much more.
Lessons are catered to teach you the genre style and songs that you are interested in learning.
Lessons:
In person lessons are taught private one on one in El Cerrito, California.
Online lessons via Skype, FaceTime, Messages and other video chat services are available.
Times Available:
Lessons normally offered weekdays and weekends in my private studio. I am currently accepting students.
Location:
El Cerrito, California. Easy, free parking available.
Payment Policy:
We accept cash or credit cards (Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover , Paypal or Square).
Email to set up a date and time.
Include your current experience level (absolute beginner, intermediate, etc) and the style of music you want to learn as well as some of your favorite musical artists.
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