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| Lessons for beginners include: |
| For the more advanced student: |
- Notes on the guitar
- Introduction to musical notation
- Playing melodies on the guitar
- Picking and strumming
- Proper tuning of the guitar
- Basic right- and left-hand techniques
- Care and maintenance of your instrument
- Open chords
- Chord progressions
- Introduction to tablature
- Choosing songs to learn- based on the students musical
interest and skill level
- Using proper amplifier settings to achieve a professional
sound
- Introduction to musical notation
- Playing melodies on the guitar
- Picking and strumming
- Proper tuning of the guitar
- Basic right- and left-hand techniques
- Care and maintenance of your instrument
- Open chords
- Chord progressions
- Introduction to tablature
- Choosing songs to learn- based on the students musical
interest and skill level
- Using proper amplifier settings to achieve a professional
sound
- Basic scale patterns for aspiring lead guitarists.
These are the basis for most rock, country and blues
- Barre chords
- Introduction to music theory
- Chord construction formulas
- Fingerpicking, hybrid picking
- Slide guitar techniques
- Techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends,
slides, vibrato, two-handed tapping etc.
- "Nashville number system" - easily follow chord charts or
transpose a song to any key
- Ear-training or "playing by ear" - learn a tune while
playing along with CDs and the radio
- Techniques to create a dramatic guitar solo
- Using effects processors (distortion pedals, compressors,
digital delay, reverb, etc) to achieve a professional sound
These are the basis for most rock, country and blues
- Barre chords
- Introduction to music theory
- Chord construction formulas
- Fingerpicking, hybrid picking
- Slide guitar techniques
- Techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends,
slides, vibrato, two-handed tapping etc.
- "Nashville number system" - easily follow chord charts or
transpose a song to any key
- Ear-training or "playing by ear" - learn a tune while
playing along with CDs and the radio
- Techniques to create a dramatic guitar solo
- Using effects processors (distortion pedals, compressors,
digital delay, reverb, etc) to achieve a professional sound
| Bass Lessons: |
| Banjo Lessons: |
- Notes on the bass
- Introduction to musical notation- Bass Clef
- Proper tuning of the bass
- Basic right- and left-hand techniques
- Care and maintenance of your instrument
- Chord progressions
- Introduction to tablature
- Choosing songs to learn- based on the students
musical interest and skill level
- Using proper amplifier settings to achieve a
professional sound
-Introduction to Pop & Slap Style
-Scales & Arpeggios
- Introduction to musical notation- Bass Clef
- Proper tuning of the bass
- Basic right- and left-hand techniques
- Care and maintenance of your instrument
- Chord progressions
- Introduction to tablature
- Choosing songs to learn- based on the students
musical interest and skill level
- Using proper amplifier settings to achieve a
professional sound
-Introduction to Pop & Slap Style
-Scales & Arpeggios
- Proper tuning
- Use of finger picks
- Proper right and left hand positions
- Chords and melodies
- Reading tablature
- Left-hand techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs,
bends,slides, etc.
- "Scruggs-style" fingerpicking rolls
- Playing standards like Cripple Creek (mp3),
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (mp3), Dueling Banjos
- Improvisation
- Use of finger picks
- Proper right and left hand positions
- Chords and melodies
- Reading tablature
- Left-hand techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs,
bends,slides, etc.
- "Scruggs-style" fingerpicking rolls
- Playing standards like Cripple Creek (mp3),
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (mp3), Dueling Banjos
- Improvisation
$25 per 1/2 hour lesson.
Call/Text: 720-277-5336
Call/Text: 720-277-5336
Meet the instructor:
Since 2004, I have been teaching full-time in SE Aurora
(Tallyn's reach/Saddle Rock area). I have taught hundreds
of your friends and neighbors how to play guitar.
A lot of my current students have been taking lessons with
me for many years, some as long as TEN years and
counting! It's been a real blessing to see them become
such talented musicians.
Music has always been an important part of my life.
My father gave me my first electric guitar in 1973. An old
early 1960's Silvertone electric.
He taught me how to play Johnny Cash songs.
I played in many rock and country bands throughout high
school and college and beyond.
-Playing professionally since 1983 - I have performed at
nightclubs, fairs and casinos across the country- from
Nashville to Las Vegas, Milwaukee to Amarillo.
-Multi-instrumentalist - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal
steel, bass, banjo, mandolin, dobro
-Music producer/songwriter - I've recorded many song
demos for myself and other songwriters in my home
recording studio. My original guitar instrumental "highlight"
music was heard by a nationwide television audience
during the CBS broadcast of the 2003 NCAA basketball
tournament and during the 2004 NBA playoffs on TNT.
click links below to hear samples of my music:
-Guitar-builder - I build and sell custom electric guitars
with the help of my father, who is also a guitar picker and a
very skilled woodworker.
- Guitar repair - I can also perform minor repairs,
adjustments and set-up work on your guitar including:
setting intonation, string height, truss rod adjustment, fret
dressing, nut slot adjustments, lacquer finish touch-ups,
pickup replacement, electronics repairs.
Very reasonable rates. click here for repair info
Since 2004, I have been teaching full-time in SE Aurora
(Tallyn's reach/Saddle Rock area). I have taught hundreds
of your friends and neighbors how to play guitar.
A lot of my current students have been taking lessons with
me for many years, some as long as TEN years and
counting! It's been a real blessing to see them become
such talented musicians.
Music has always been an important part of my life.
My father gave me my first electric guitar in 1973. An old
early 1960's Silvertone electric.
He taught me how to play Johnny Cash songs.
I played in many rock and country bands throughout high
school and college and beyond.
-Playing professionally since 1983 - I have performed at
nightclubs, fairs and casinos across the country- from
Nashville to Las Vegas, Milwaukee to Amarillo.
-Multi-instrumentalist - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal
steel, bass, banjo, mandolin, dobro
-Music producer/songwriter - I've recorded many song
demos for myself and other songwriters in my home
recording studio. My original guitar instrumental "highlight"
music was heard by a nationwide television audience
during the CBS broadcast of the 2003 NCAA basketball
tournament and during the 2004 NBA playoffs on TNT.
click links below to hear samples of my music:
-Guitar-builder - I build and sell custom electric guitars
with the help of my father, who is also a guitar picker and a
very skilled woodworker.
- Guitar repair - I can also perform minor repairs,
adjustments and set-up work on your guitar including:
setting intonation, string height, truss rod adjustment, fret
dressing, nut slot adjustments, lacquer finish touch-ups,
pickup replacement, electronics repairs.
Very reasonable rates. click here for repair info
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