Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 1-99
Speaks English, French, Spanish
Teaching since 2000
Music Industry
About Aksel A.
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Experience
Master professional guitarist with 25 years of experience playing a large variety of genres such as classical, blues, jazz, country, heavy-metal, flamenco, and more.
Cosmopolitan modern musician, songwriter, and improviser with a worldwide background including European, Latin, African, Middle-Eastern and Asian genres.
Exceptionally trained musical ears allowing seamless integration and pairing with bands and music setups.
Experienced guitar instructor and mentor focusing on achieving personal goals of each of my students coming from various skills, ages, backgrounds, and locations
Great band leadership and team-building skills based on goal driven and a win-win approach.
As a music guitar lover, I have been sharing my passion for my art gradually with students from all over the world and mainly specialize in 2 types of students:
- Entry level students who are just getting started. Sometimes these students don't even own an instrument, sometimes they barely know what a guitar is made of.
- Players with a few years of playing guitar abilities who stalled for various reason: not enough practice, not enough motivation, bad habits initially acquired that hindered their progressions.
Let's teach you the fluency needed to easily juggle a large variety of genres, from blues to jazz, metal to flamenco, classical to folk, etc. I stress on acquiring good habits early on while adapting to the student specific skills, or sometimes, limitations.
Teaching Method
3 different and complementary guitar skills:
- Chords
- Arpeggios
- Solos
I then break all the unique intricacies and specificities based on the student interest and existing skill. Everything else depends on the student's favorite genre.
My standard procedure is to pick 3 songs from a genre that the student wants to play, ordered by level of difficulty, and break them down into fragments that subsequently constitute the homework for the next sessions.
My specialty is to make sure the student eventually becomes self-reliant and independent. I teach them the power of their ears. I teach them techniques to help them improve their ears to be able to play any song that they would like in the long term. There is a bit of theory involved, but it's mostly practice.
Passionate about teaching, I provide that spark that motivates my students into getting the best out of themselves. The guitar student is an aspiring virtuoso. As long as he/she focuses on the image of the perfect player he/she wishes to become, I am committed to the full extend to motivate, encourage, help, assist, suggest improvements, correct mistakes, answer questions and everything that will speed up the student's ramp-up into becoming that perfect player.
Instructor details
Location:
Student's Home
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Saturday
3 AM-4 PM
Sunday
3 AM-4 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$40
60 minutes
$65
90 minutes
$85
120 minutes
$100
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4 Reviews
Yanis
Teacher's studio
I had a hard time trynna learn the skills i used to watch in concerts or youtube and with the help of Mr Allouch i made a drastic improvement and all of my struggling vanished, i'm pretty much able to play any song i can think of thanks to him!
Posted Sep 19, 2019
Younes
Online
Best instructor ever
Posted Sep 18, 2019
Joey
Teacher's studio
Mr. Allouch is an excellent instructor. For me, placing my fingers on the guitar is hard, but he taught me to put my fingers in a perpendicular position and to make sure to press hard on the string so it will make a good sound. Thanks to that advice, it is easier to play the notes correctly. He has made it fun for me to learn guitar. He is an excellent guitar player and I am very happy that he has shared his passion with me. Merci beaucoup Mr. Allouch!
Posted Jun 3, 2019
Experience
Guitar Instructor & Coach
Sep, 2001 - PresentSelf
I mentor, teach, and coach guitar students from all over the world and work with them using my mastercraft personalized approach. See my profile for more details.
Education
Bachelor of Science
Sep, 2003 - Dec, 2005SUNY Stony Brook
Music Industry
Mar, 2019Music Industry Blueprint
Music Business
Jan, 2019Tom Hess Music Career Business Mentoring Program
Master of Science
Sep, 2006 - Dec, 2007University of Pennsylvania
Affiliations
BMI
Jun, 2019Broadcast Music Inc. was founded in 1939 by forward-thinkers who wanted to represent songwriters in emerging genres, like jazz, blues and country, and protect the public performances of their music. Operating on a non-profit-making basis, BMI is now the largest music rights organization in the U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new music.
Languages
Spanish
Native Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
French
Native Proficiency
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Instructor details
Location:
Student's Home
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Saturday
3 AM-4 PM
Sunday
3 AM-4 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
30 minutes
$40
60 minutes
$65
90 minutes
$85
120 minutes
$100
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