Middlefield, MA Blues Guitar Lessons

Robin is a touring musician who was a 2013 Boston Blues Challenge Finalist. She has toured regionally in the US and in Europe, headlining Blues Festivals in Italy and the Czech Republic.

Learn alternate bass and melody lines, finger-picking techniques, slide basics, and repertoire of Delta and country blues. Learn how to build muscle-memory and integrate the music into your body, so you can play what you feel.

If you are a complete beginner, take one lesson with me and I will give you a whole 12-week introductory course for free!

My lessons are all about you and your progress!
I design practice plans tailored to your specific needs.

If Blues is what you want to learn, you have come to the right place. I will cover all essential elements necessary for you to become a great blues guitarist. Topics will include:
* Brief history of Blues
* Analysis of form, harmony, melody, and rhythm
* Turnarounds
* Study of scales used in Blues improvisation
* Phrasing (Sliding, Bending, Vibrato)
* Blues Rhythm Guitar
* Blues Solo Guitar
* Learn Blues songs from your favorite Blues musicians

I use a really fun and fast approach to getting any student to the next level by improving their technique and tone, increasing their fret board knowledge, and expanding their repertoire. 26 years experience teaching beginner to university and professional level students.

We will study the great blues guitarists in order to absorb the most from their playing. I will teach you various approaches and techniques as well as exercises that will help you improve. I will also provide backing tracks, pdf and printed material as well as some suggested listening.

Experienced guitar teacher of 10 years available for eager students of all experience levels and ages! I structure my lessons so students learn what they want to learn, while also building a strong foundation of musical skills that will help the student in a large range of situations.

How to play blues chord progressions, basic form, soloing skills, rhythm, etc.

Learn to play the music and songs you like! I am a professional musician and producer with years of experience and solid background. My studio is in Las Vegas and I'm a patient and disciplined teacher who values both, your time and mine. An old teach once said to me: "What you practice is what you're getting better at!"

Also teaches: Arrangement, Composition, Production, Music Recording, Music Theory, Protools, Protools Lessons, Songwriting, Synthesizer
Location

Online, Instructor's Location, and Student's Home
Experience Teaching

Children, Teens, Adults, and Seniors
Bio

I have played guitar since I was 12 and been teaching in the Las Vegas area for the past 8. Studied formally in Contemporary, Classical, Blues styles & Improvisation. Have taken multiple seminars under Berklee International Network. I currently Perform Live with a band and have Professionally Produced albums on iTunes. I am a patient teacher good with beginners and challenging with advanced. I am also available

A major priority of my guitar teaching is to have students making expressive music every time they touch the instrument.

I begin by working on tone production on the open strings of the guitar, so that students are able to produce a full, beautiful tone on the first day. From there, we study left- and right- hand techniques in the context of real pieces of music, giving students the chance to apply the mechanics of guitar playing to the expression of musical ideas. At the same time, I work with students through progressive studies and warm-up exercises that have built-in expressive goals, so that they can learn to rely on their own ears to further refine their playing.

As I believe that a good guitarist is, first and foremost, a strong musician, I fold a number of diverse activities into weekly lessons, developing skills in music theory, ear training, sight reading, composition, and improvisation, all of which reinforce the acquisition of strong technique.