Private Blues Guitar tutoring lessons Hyde Park, MA.

Blues Scales, Timing Composing a phrase, What to play and what not to play. Study of Blues Masters. History of the Blues and Future Blues.

I have had the great opportunity to teach all levels for over 15 years in the United Kingdom, South Africa and the USA. I have held positions as guitar teacher at many Colleges, Universities and Companies around the UK and USA. I have worked in the distant learning department at the Manhattan School of Music, teaching students around the country from their studio base. With many of my students going onto music schools such as The New School, NYC, Queens College, and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire I believe that I have a wide range of experience with all age ranges from beginners to beyond advanced. I focus on making the lessons as fun and engaging as possible whilst keeping on track to certain goals set by myself and the student throughout the year.

Need help with the blues? Just looking to expand on what you already know? I can help you learn how to play advanced techniques with the blues or how to incorporate more advanced scales, rhythms, and chords with the blues, or I can help you with just the basics and learning how to improvise.

From Robert Johnson to Eric Clapton, my knowledge of the blues will set you on the path.

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One of the most versatile styles of guitar and one of the most fun styles to teach as there are near endless ways to play.

Things that I focus on start out with simple chord knowledge including voicing and progressions, and simple scale work. If the student is interested, I usually move into the more complex variety of mixing different scales and chords for a more colorful sound.

Heavy emphasis on improvisation at all levels.