Private Acoustic Guitar tutoring lessons Bear Lake, PA.

Acoustic guitar - any style!

My first step is to talk to the student, to see what they expect from the lessons. After I realize the level the student is in, we can start moving forward and I develop a specific plan for every single person.

Hello! I'm Cole Runge and I want to help you along your journey with the guitar and music!

I'm a working musician located just outside of Chicago. I studied jazz at Elmhurst University under the mentorship of some of the best musicians Chicago has to offer. While I have that formal training, my first love was rock, shred, and all music that features the guitar in cool fashions. My band, Elysian Green, has played some of the great Chicago rock and jazz clubs, sharing bills with the most prominent fusion bands that garner national attention--all while playing nothing but original music. I also have tons of experience gigging around Chicago in a variety of musical scenarios, from playing with jazz singers at the Ritz-Carlton to wedding and church bands.

I have tons of experience and would love to help you with:

-Technique (electric/acoustic guitar)
-Songwriting
-Music theory
-Improvising
-Reading music
-Learning songs by ear
-Learning different genres (jazz, rock, fusion, metal, pop,

I have been playing guitar for 21 years. I make lesson plans based on each individual, so I don't teach every one the same boring songs or use the same regiment with everyone. I want to teach you what YOU want to learn.

Chords, rhythm, left and right hand coordination and technique, theory and more. The sky's the limit (the side of a campfire :))

Acoustic Guitar class walks students through building a great relationship with the acoustic guitar. We will learn about chords, rhythms and composition as well as learning techniques in finger picking, plucking, hybrid picking, strumming and songwriting.