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I am overjoyed and grateful to say I have been teaching music since 2008. I am a very friendly and fun teacher with a great deal of professionalism and patience. More importantly, I love teaching and playing music with a passion.

I play a great variety of instruments and have had the opportunity to play in a wide range of bands and ensembles. I have experience playing with groups professionally and academically which can help me prepare you for your next big gig or for your next test/audition at school. Throughout my musical career I’ve played in orchestras, chamber groups, swing bands, jazz ensembles, and a variety of bands playing genres like: rock, funk, reggae, country, pop, latin and more.

My formal music education includes 2 years at Pasadena City College and a semester as a jazz guitar performance major at California State University Long Beach. Additionally I’ve taken many years of private lessons and have played in many school based performance ensembles.

My teaching career has provided me the chance to work with children in pre-school, all the way to adults in their late 80’s. I am a very easy-going teacher who loves breaking down how music works, how to practice efficiently and how to create your own music. No matter the instrument you're interested in learning, the basics of music theory and practicing remain the same. With my help I’ll make sure you can learn music for the rest of your life as easily and efficiently as possible!

*** Lesson Details ***
Throughout my lessons, I always encourage basic skills including scales, sight-reading and technical exercises. But what I hope to give all my students is a basic understanding of music and their instrument, providing them with a practical ability to navigate the vast world of music for a lifetime.

Beyond these skills, I always have songs, styles and theory for you to work on but I am often more interested in what you as an individual want to learn on your instrument. Learning concepts that you have chosen yourself will help encourage practice and will make the finished product all the more the rewarding.

I can custom tailor a teaching curriculum and/or teaching style for any of my students: we can focus on learning songs, learning to read, how to write music, how music works, and even how to play specific styles of music (including funk, rock, jazz, Latin, flamenco, classical, country, blues, etc…). I also self-tailor my own worksheets (emailed to you as a .PDF) and set weekly goals with my students to help encourage practice, understanding and progress. 

All this in a friendly and easy-going teaching environment!

*** Specialties ***
Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Metal, Funk, Irish/Celtic, Progressive Rock, Classical, Folk, Bluegrass, Country, Various forms of Latin Music, Blues, and a few others.

*** Instruments I Teach *** 
Accordion (Chromatic Piano-style), Piano, Guitar, Mandolin, Cello, Banjo (5 String), Tenor Banjo (4 String CGDA), Electric Bass, Ukulele.

*** Additional Music Subjects ***
Music Theory, Ear Training, Sight Reading, and Song Writing.

In this class, we will learn how to play chords and melodies at the same time.  To start off the class, we will learn the basic guidelines that help make a chord and melody work.   

With the basics in mind, we will learn the chords and melody of a folk song and learn how to put them together. 

How to Build a Chord Melody

Bass Guitar

Ukulele

Acoustic Guitar

Piano

Banjo

Composition

Songwriting

Accordion

Arrangement and Composition

Blues Guitar

Ear Training

Classical Guitar

Bluegrass Guitar

Music Theory

Cello

Country Guitar

Electric Guitar

Mandolin

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Taught private music lessons on a variety of instruments.

Music Teacher

Teach private music lessons on a variety of instruments.

Music Teacher and Band Coach

Taught a self-created and self-promoted after school program. Taught music, improvisation and how to play as a group/band.

Volunteer Music Instructor

Non-profit organization that teaches elementary school children how to play as a rock band and prepares them for a performance at their school.

English

Guitar is my primary instrument and I can teach it in a variety of styles and with a variety of techniques. I'm comfortable playing with a pick or my fingers and playing in genres from rock to jazz.

I'm an intermediate-advanced guitar player and have been taking lessons with Jared for around 8 months now. I have had a great experience with him; he's super knowledgeable and open to whatever styles/music you're interested in learning.  It's been a great change of duds after a couple of bad experiences through guitar center lessons. Highly recommend!

Jared combines a superb knowledge of music theory with an obvious love of the accordion,and i am grateful to have  found him.He has great patience,clear advice and is a great encourager.i have had many questions about the accordion answered and playing skills demonstrated by Jared.

Jared is awesome ...  I especially appreciate his ability to nurture an adult learner like me. Learning the accordion involves the cerebral tasks like reading music and understanding notes of course. But then add the ambidextrous skills of pushing buttons and playing keys at different times, and then moving bellows in and out. Let's toss in some performance anxiety too. So any teacher that keeps me afloat through all this is doing well.

I absolutely recommend Jared's online class.  He always can make student understand to avoid the mistakes or how to practice it effectively.  I have gained a lot from his teaching.  Another aspect I like about his teaching is that he is very flexible and make the pieces I like.  Thank you.

I m very lucky to have Jared as my instructor.  Excellent teaching.  I will book another ten lesson with him.  Thank you.

Great session.  Jared is easy to learn from and I had a great time!! =)

I have had several lessons with Jared. I highly recommended him. He is patient, encouraging and a skilled teacher. He helps you with the pieces of music that you want to learn.

After waiting for 73 years to try to learn how to play the accordion, I am glad that I found this instructor Jared, online. I have never touched an accordion in my life. Yesterday I had my very first lesson with him. He was in California and I in Rhode Island. Yet, it was so practical and even better than both of us personally together. Jared was pleasant and easy-going explaining and demonstrating each step so nicely and clearly. I was not too sure that a virtual lesson would be ideal but now I am convinced that this is the best way to go. If anyone wants to learn an instrument, Jared is the man to contact. It doesn't matter if you are in the same area as him or you are in Portugal or China. The whole process is so easy and simple.  Don't wait as I did, just go for it.

Jared displays an excellent ability to tune into exactly the kind of both teaching and nurturing I need as an adult learner.

My junior high aged son just had his first lesson with Jared and it was just what he needed.  Jared is engaging, enthusiastic and inspiring.

5 star teacher - coach and mentor - Great patience for a beginner like myself - never played before but now I’m comfortable easing into lessons - he shows you why your playing and then guides you through the lessons at your own pace - he also has the latest technologies to help - like overhead screens and sheet music that you can understand- I just signed up for another discount series of 7 lessons - I never give reviews but in this case if I can help someone who us not sure were to start - he is the perfect instructor-

Jared is an excellent piano teacher. Highly recommend!!

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