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Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 5+
Speaks English, Arabic
Teaching since 1992
Masters in Music & Audio Production
Fall in love with music theory thanks to this prolific teacher with a vast knowledge of music.
I'm Ahmad a very enthusiastic musician. I started out teaching myself guitar at the age of 12. I moved to the U.S. in 2001 and studied music for 15 years receiving my B.M. and M.M in music and audio production at San Francisco State University. I then moved to Los Angeles then studied and trained with John Mayer, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, George Lynch and many others. I have performed hundreds of concerts in the U.S. as well in Europe and the Middle East with Artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Michael Angelo Batio, Ratt, Sammy Hagar, Dokken and many others. I ranked #1 in the Slash Guitar Center competition. I was in the "list of top 5 guitar players ever" according to The Examiner, also picked as one of the best guitarists of 2013 and 2014 consecutively in the Rockwell UnScene magazine, and ranked 3rd in the Steve Vai Sam Ash Best in Shred competition.
I find a student's strengths and weaknesses using various ways to encourage each student. I am very patient, kind, flexible, and enthusiastic and I love working with children as much as adults. I strongly support basic skills: sight-reading, pitch and tone.
I have 25 years experience teaching kids and adults guitar. Also performing live and in the studio.
*** Lesson Details ***
My objectives: to help students powerfully communicate through the essence of music and aid the development of children and adults by finding their strengths and weaknesses and to develop their skills and show their musical talents. I emphasize basic skills, good sight-reading, guitar technique, and theory.
Lessons are held at either your home, or mine using composers from various time periods that speaks to the individual student.
Also,I do prefer to work weekly with my students.
A beginner lesson may be 10-15 min. for warm-ups and scales, 10-15 min. theory and rest playtime. In three to six months the student will be able to read sheet music and should be able to perform simple songs.
An intermediate lesson has more focus on music and technique from a specific genre. A specialty is preparation for guitar auditions or doing live or studio gigs.
I enjoy teaching children from age 5 up to adults.
*** Specialties ***
I teach the basic skills very strongly, and also encourage students and challenge them, as well.
I also have new techniques for teaching Electric, Acoustic and Classical Guitar.
I do prefer to teach a weekly lesson.
Instructor details
Location:
Teacher's Studio
SENTER RD
Student's Home
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Tuesday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Wednesday
12 AM-10:15 AM
10:30 AM-11:30 PM
Thursday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Friday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Saturday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Sunday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
15 minutes
$38
30 minutes
$75
45 minutes
$113
60 minutes
$150
90 minutes
$225
120 minutes
$300
About Ahmad G.
4.9
(198)
I'm Ahmad a very enthusiastic musician. I started out teaching myself guitar at the age of 12. I moved to the U.S. in 2001 and studied music for 15 years receiving my B.M. & M.M in music and audio production at San Francisco State University. I then moved to Los Angeles then studied and trained with John Mayer, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, George Lynch and many others. I have performed hundreds of concerts in the U.S. as well in Europe & the Middle East and toured with Artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Michael Angelo Batio, Ratt, Sammy Hagar, Dokken and many others. I ranked #1 in the Slash Guitar Center competition. I was in the "list of top 5 guitar players ever" according to The Examiner, also picked as one of the best guitarists of 2013 and 2014 consecutively in the Rockwell UnScene magazine, and ranked 3rd in the Steve Vai Sam Ash Best in Shred competition.
I find a student's strengths and weaknesses using various ways to encourage each student. I am very patient, kind, flexible, and enthusiastic and I love working with children as much as adults. I strongly support basic skills: sight-reading, pitch and tone.
I have 25 years experience teaching kids and adults guitar. Also performing live and in the studio.
*** Lesson Details ***
My objectives: to help students powerfully communicate through the essence of music and aid the development of children and adults by finding their strengths and weaknesses and to develop their skills and show their musical talents. I emphasize basic skills, good sight-reading, guitar technique, and theory.
Lessons are held at either your home, or mine using composers from various time periods that speaks to the individual student.
A beginner lesson may be 10-15 min. for warm-ups and scales, 10-15 min. theory and rest playtime. In three to six months the student will be able to read sheet music and should be able to perform simple songs.
An intermediate lesson has more focus on music and technique from a specific genre. A specialty is preparation for guitar auditions or doing live or studio gigs.
I enjoy teaching children from age 5 up to adults.
*** Specialties ***
I teach the basic skills very strongly, and also encourage students and challenge them, as well.
I also have new techniques for teaching Electric, Acoustic & Classical Guitar.
*** Rates***
I understand that my rate is higher than some people are hoping to spend. But my lessons are worth more than twice as much.
Consider that my wider and deeper playing and teaching experience enables better and faster results, leaping over plateaus and avoiding limitations. Instead of just focusing on the cost per hour, what about the amount of time you will be spending on practice? How much is that time worth? How much can be saved by more effective practice and better results? In the end, working with me actually is cheaper. That is, a single lesson followed by directed, self study materials with me, comes out cheaper than lower rates. I'm all about efficiency and effectiveness.
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198 Reviews
Gary
Online
Impressive credentials, but never able to schedule training sessions. Had to change to another instructor.
Posted Jun 7, 2022
cliff
Online
patient and thorough
Posted Jan 13, 2022
Mike
Online
I have been playing off and on for a couple of years. I took a couple of lessons and didn't gain much. I was provided with some tablature and some audio files with just a minor amount of instruction. The music provided was very simple and I didn't feel like he tried to get to know where i was at and what abilities were.
Posted Jan 5, 2021
Education
Masters in Music & Audio Production
Sep, 2001 - May, 2005San Francisco State University
Awards
Rank #1 in the Slash Guitar Center competition.
Jul, 2012Slash/ Guitar Center
Top Guitarists of 2014
May, 2014Rockwell UnScene Magazine
3rd in Steve Vai Best in Shred competition.
Aug, 2013Steve Vai/ Sam Ash
List of top 5 guitar players ever
Jul, 2013The Examiner
Best guitarists of 2013
May, 2013Rockwell UnScene Magazine
Languages
Arabic
Native Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
Ahmad's Gallery
Instructor details
Location:
Teacher's Studio
SENTER RD
Student's Home
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Tuesday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Wednesday
12 AM-10:15 AM
10:30 AM-11:30 PM
Thursday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Friday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Saturday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Sunday
12 AM-11:30 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
15 minutes
$38
30 minutes
$75
45 minutes
$113
60 minutes
$150
90 minutes
$225
120 minutes
$300
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