Chelsea, NY Guitar Lessons

All styles - pop, rock, jazz, funk, classical, etc. Reading, writing and ear training.

I've played guitar on countless sessions and stages all over the world, and will bring my experience to your student...going over technique, and teaching your favorite songs. Lessons are a fun, interactive process that get great results!

Dedicated, patient teacher. Email, video,audio recording support.
custom backing tracks and handouts.

Take lessons to learn guitar, music theory, reading music, and many other musical skills. I specialize in solo guitar, improvisation, finger-style guitar, arranging, music theory and knowledge of various styles of music.
Learn to play rock, jazz, blues, Latin, Brazilian, Classical, pop, reggae, folk, metal, really anything!
Music should be fun to play and learn, which is the focus of my teaching method.
I look forward to meeting and helping you to become a better musician!

As everyone is different with different goals, ages, and levels of proficiency so to is my method of instruction for each individual... Beginners will expect to quickly begin enjoying the instrument without intimidation by it ... they will learn... 1. Proper left and right hand, arm, and body positioning. 2. Proper (not common !) pick grip and angles. 3. Strongly "suggested" reading of music. 4. How to play notes and first position chords. 5. Rhythm focus to play along with all previously listed to some of their favorite songs... An intermediate to advanced Classical student may expect a doses of technique, sight reading, and theory within a particular lesson for say, ABRSM exam prep.. An Intermediate to Advanced Blues, Rock, or Shred student may expect more focus on scale and arpeggio applications for improvisation.

The first thing I do when I meet a student is to interview the student and find out why they want to learn how to play the guitar and what are some of their goals. Then I find out what style of music they would like to learn. I have the student come up with ten songs they would like to learn. I take this information and structure future guitar lessons around the essential elements of these songs. I design each lesson to teach the specific skills required to learn those songs. I create an organized binder guitar workbook and having a teaching degree I create all of the lessons to meet each students individual needs that include lessons on theory, technique, chords, rhythm, scales, arpeggios, songs, song form, and exercises etc. I use a color coded method to teach scales, chords and theory that I created that help students not only understand scales but also they are able to see visually where chords come from. I break down each song into easy digestible parts so students can learn a ...

I have been playing guitar for 10 years. Rather than a classical, note-reading approach based on standard music theory, I will teach songs, chords, and soloing techniques so you can start rocking right away!

Even if you've never held a guitar or played a musical instrument I will have you playing music on your guitar in the first lesson.

I provide new students with all the materials necessary to learn to play guitar. I use a wide range of materials from a large variety of sources when giving a lesson. These include tablature, sheet music, chord charts and photo-copied pages from various music instruction books. Each lesson is personalized to the individual student.

We'll cover what we need to in order to get you playing your instrument. Guitar is a combination of physically playing the instrument and having your hands been in shape, mentally know the possibilities of what you could play on you instrument, using and trusting your ear to create music, and doing it with a great sense of time and feeling the time/tempo and playing with great feel and different rhythms. We will cover various aspects and get you playing and understanding what you're doing on the instrument so that you will have a great foundation and most importantly be able to play with confidence.

If you're interested in both playing and songwriting/composing in a variety of genres, look no further! I'm especially equipped to teach fingerstyle classical guitar, since I studied for several years at an accredited university in pursuit of a music education degree. I have the rare diversity of being classically trained, while sill being highly involved and interested in metal (trash metal, death metal, etc.), indie, punk, and more. I am also an active songwriting/composer of various different genres. I look forward to working with you!