Private Blues Guitar tutoring lessons Chase, MD.

Blues is the heart and soul of American music. Every note sings with feeling and attitude. Make your guitar become your voice through diverse string bending and vibrato techniques, open tunings, four note chord voicings, voice leading, learn to play independent harmonies using fingerstyle or hybrid picking. Study all of the great blues forms, learn to improvise as well as compose. All of my students will learn the most important skill any musician can possess- the ability to listen to other musicians in a jam session and compliment their ideas.

Anything from Robert Johnson to Stevie Ray Vaughan...

As a lover of music, I have strived to learn the most that I can. As an experienced teacher, I strive to provide the best tutoring possible. The learning environment is friendly, encouraging, supportive and paced to the student's abilities.

Smile and have fun with it !

I love teaching guitar. And each student is unique.

My approach is to gear my teaching methods to the individual learning style of the student.

You need someone who responds to you and interacts with you as a unique learner. This makes learning fun and effective for you.

I'm an extremely passionate educator and performer with over 20 years playing experience and 17 years teaching experience. I have toured and recorded with national acts in which our music was showcased and featured on major motion picture and video game soundtracks. For the past 15 years, I have a built a reputation of instructing the best "up and coming" drummers in the Tri-sate area. Most recently, my guitar program has created a huge buzz throughout the local communities as well. Hence, my impact on the local music scene has been a tremendous one. I'm educated in all styles of music, and my teaching program has been admired and awarded by producing students who now teach and perform professionally. In addition, I managed every music studio I taught at until I opened up my own where I managed and taught for 7 years before relocating to Las Vegas.

Education background:
Doctor of Musical arts: Indiana University
15 years experience teaching guitar and music theory.
Teaching experience includes private studio, online, secondary and post secondary educational settings.
Students have successfully auditioned into guitar programs such as Indiana University, Middle Tennessee State, Austin Peay, and University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Other students have simply enriched their lives by learning more about guitar and music!
Styles taught range from classical to rock depending on interest.
Pending ability and level, students will learn how to read notes, charts, number systems, accompaniment and fretboard harmony/improvisational techniques.

Lessons are based around each individual student's music goals. Simple practical methods for understanding and developing the fundamental skills needed to play songs you love and want to perform are the focus of each lesson. Teaching and performing music are what I'm passionate about. I have over twenty years of teaching experience with beginners and advanced students and have developed a curriculum that really works for all levels and styles while keeping things fun!

Experienced teacher of 10 years, specializing in the beginner/intermediate guitar student! All ages welcome. I customize lessons to meet your needs and goals as a student of guitar. Not only will you be playing songs in no time, but you will be building a strong foundation of note reading, music theory, ear training, sight reading, technique, and more. I cover fingerpicking technique, strumming for rhytmic effect, how to solo over chord progressions and how to comp (support singers as a rhythm guitaris). I give you tips on recording music as an experienced composer/songwriter/arranger. Lost to cover. Let's get started!

My methods vary from student to student. I focus primarily on ear training, applications of chord construction to learning solo's, songs, and chords, and reading guitar tablature when a student is lost. I believe guitar is an especially creative instrument and do NOT focus on reading sheet music as a part of the student's learning experience. An emphasis is also placed on performance as well as proper technique to avoid injuries. Listening to music is an extra-curricular activity that should be done every day with a special emphasis on hearing what the 'greats' do with a magnificent piece of wood in their hands.

Years of playing experience with several instruments. Started taking piano lessons in kindergarden and took school instruments throughout gradeschool. Started guitar when 14 years old. Learned many styles starting with classical guitar moving through contemporary popular music to jazz serious musical training up through college while studying engineering as major. A great understanding of music theory. Three engineering degrees and experience in industry have resulted in years of training individuals for various tasks in the high tech market.

Uniquely qualified to teach solid foundation of classical guitar basics yet hold the attention of players of all ages with performing/entertaining skills
and fun playing music