Andres R. TakeLessons Instructor BASS GUITAR, Guitar, music theory W 135TH ST, New York, NY

Andres R. is a virtuoso professional and active bass-player in the New York music scene. He has toured arund the globe and played in venues such as the Carnegie Hall, the Latin Grammys 2007, Ryles Jazz Club, Regatta Bar, and the Boston Smphony Hall just to mention a few.

Recently graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music in Boston.

• Outstanding Performer Award - Berklee College of Music, Spring 2007
  
• Charles Mingus Award - Berklee  College of Music, Spring 2007

Andres has more than 10 years of experience teaching private bass lessons, guitar lessons, music theory, improvisation, composition and arranging.

My teaching philosophy is to follow each student in its own particular development. I create a program for each student with different exercises since everyone has a unique way of acquiring the information and every individual has different goals and interests.

The main subjects are:

• Groove - (Developing a good sense of time and rhythm)
  
• Sound - (Technique) 
  
• How to create you own strong bass-lines - (Scales, arpeggios and theory)
  
• How to improvise (In any musical style)
  
• Repertoire (Learn how to play your favourite tunes)
  
• Reading music
  
• Musicality (How to interact in different musical situations)
  

I have studied music and played professionaly every since I was very young but I think music is something that you do because you love it - that's why I teach music theory and reading, but I only focus on that if the student is interested in it.

My main goal as a teacher is to encourage my students to develop a great sound, an amazing sense of rhythm and melody which I think are the main bases of musicality and particularly the main bases of the bass!

All styles: Latin, Jazz, Pop, Funk, Folk, Fusion, World, etc

Music Composition and Arranging

Music Theory (Berklee Method)

How to improvise (Hal Crook method)

BASS GUITAR, Guitar, music theory