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Garret S.

Garret S.

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    • Certified Music Teacher

      Certified Music Teacher

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    • Levels: Beginner to Advanced
    • In-Home Lessons: No
    • In-Studio Lessons: No
    • Ages: 5 & up
    Subjects Taught
    Bass Guitar, Guitar, Piano, Singing, Mandolin, Music Performance, Music Theory, Songwriting
    Education
    Laney College; Oakland, CA - Music and Fine Arts - 1981-1983 (Associate degree received)
    Cal State Un. Northridge - Engineering - 1983-1985 (Bachelor's degree received)
    Univ. of Southern Calif. - Electrical Engineering - 1987-1988 (Master's degree received)
    Specialties
    I prefer a harmonic (chord oriented) approach to teaching music, over the melodic (line oriented) approach. Chords are the base on which all melody rides, so a real understanding of music must begin with chords. I stress ear development, showing my students techniques to allow them to start figuring out favorite songs on their own as soon as possible. With voice students, I stress pitch, breathing, good tonal placement, and understanding how small changes in that placement can give your ...
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    In general, I teach my students to first internalize the music you want to play--hear the song so deeply in your head, it's almost like an internal CD player. Once you can hear everything that's going on in a song, it's just a short leap to learning how to translate what you hear in your head to chord changes you make with your fingers. That's the secret to developing a golden "ear".

    If say I'm teaching guitar, we start by learning the basic chords, then ... as soon as possible, we start ...
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