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Electric Guitar with Chris R.

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Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 13+
Speaks English
Teaching since 2001
Bachelors of Professional Music

    Learn guitar with Berklee alumnus and teacher from Ultimate Guitar, Skillshare, and Tiktok

    I've been teaching guitar for more than 18 years. I've taught more than 30,000 guitar lessons. I like to work out of the Hal Leonard books with beginners. With intermediate to advanced players I create a learning path with the student that will allow the student to accomplish their goals. With my guitar lessons I can cover every aspect of guitar. I like to focus on chord knowledge, scales, music theory, arpeggios, rhythm playing, sight reading, songwriting, soloing, etc. I teach all genres but my main wheelhouse of playing would be rock, metal, pop, blues, jazz.

    Instructor details

    Location:
    Teaches Online
    Teaches Online

    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    12:30 PM-2 PM
    3 PM-5 PM
    Tuesday
    12:30 PM-2 PM
    3 PM-5 PM
    Wednesday
    1:30 PM-2:30 PM
    3:30 PM-4:30 PM
    Thursday
    12:30 PM-2 PM
    3 PM-3:30 PM
    Friday
    7 AM-9 AM
    10 AM-11:30 AM
    Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Pricing
    30 minutes
    $30
    45 minutes
    $40
    60 minutes
    $50

    About Chris R.

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    Chris Rupp is a Berklee alumnus, Ultimate Guitar Instructor, and founder of GuitArmy. He currently teaches live Zoom guitar lessons to students all over the world.  He has taught more than 30,000 individual guitar lessons over the last 20 years. Chris earned his Bachelor's of Music degree from Berklee College of Music. Chris is also an online guitar course instructor to more than 25,000 students in more than 85 countries on GuitArmy, Skillshare, Udemy, Patreon, YouTube, Tiktok, and now Ultimate Guitar.  *** Lesson Details *** Your lesson plan will be tailor made for what you are interested in learning. I can teach you from books or you can create your own path by choosing things you need to improve upon. Below is a list of some things I teach my students. scales: major, minor, modes, advanced scales, pentatonic scales, chord tones, arpeggios music theory: understanding scales and how to use them to figure out your diatonic chords, improvise, write a melody, harmonize, etc. sight reading: learning how to read music on the staff really helps you understand the vocabulary of music along with giving you the ability to read a piece of music reading tablature: learn how to read guitar tablature and understand all of the symbols rhythm studies: understanding how to strum properly and read rhythms improvisation: learn how to solo like your favorite guitar players and create your own solos chords: learning your open chords, barre chords, triads, seventh chords, other advanced chords. songs: learn the songs you want to play your choice: you can choose what you want to learn. you don't have to just learn the above topics. you can create your own areas of study so you get the most out of your lessons for your particular needs. *** Studio Equipment *** Eric Johnson signature strat, Fender American strat, Gibson Les Paul, Epiphone Les Paul, Guild acoustic, Line 6 Variax bass, Lanakai ukulele, 2 custom guitars built by one of my students, I'm recording with Pro Tools and Neural DSP plugins, Bias Amp2 Pro and Bias FX Pro, EZ Drummer, Native Instruments software. *** Specialties *** I would say I specialize in rock, pop, blues, metal, and country but feel comfortable teaching any style of music.
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    3 Reviews
    Ben L.
    Christopher Christopher is a fantastic teacher. He is passionate and really knows how to make learning to play guitar or base interesting. I have been getting lessons from him for more than five years and i still look forward to coming every week. If you are looking for the best way to learn guitar, he is by far your best option. He teaches in a way that makes you want to learn more and practice.
    Posted May 15, 2014
    A Tverberg
    We are very pleased! My 8-year-old daughter started taking guitar lessons with Chris about a year ago. Chris has made learning music a fun, yet effective, process. Our daughter is learning how to read music, play the notes across all of the strings / fret board, and build chords (and not just how to read guitar tabs). We have not had to encourage our daughter to practice - she loves to play. She even played for her music class at school! Chris is prompt and professional with his communication. We hope your experience will be as good as ours has been!
    Posted Dec 2, 2013
    Vamsee Kanchi
    Knowledgeable, Friendly, & Reliable I'm a working professional, and have been taking guitar classes with Chris for over a year now. My understanding of the guitar, and ability to play have improved dramatically ever since I've taken classes with Chris. Chris is extremely knowledgeable about the instrument, and his accessible style of teaching make learning a true pleasure. Chris also works very hard to fit lessons into my schedule - which has been absolutely wonderful. I look forward to continuing my lessons with Chris for many years to come.
    Posted Nov 25, 2013

    Experience

    Owner

    Sep, 2018 - Present

    GuitArmy

    GuitArmy is my online business where I sell online guitar courses.

    Online Course Instructor

    Jun, 2018 - Present

    Skillshare

    I have created many online guitar courses that are currently available on the Skillshare teaching platform. They put me in their "teachers to watch" program and I have hundreds of students on the platform.

    Online Course Instructor

    May, 2018 - Present

    Udemy

    I have created 3 online guitar courses that are currently for sale on Udemy. I have over 1000 students on Udemy and have sold my guitar courses in over 85 countries.

    Owner

    Jan, 2014 - Present

    Guitar Training Camp

    Guitar Training Camp is my online business site for teaching Skype guitar lessons.

    Guitar/Bass Instructor

    Jul, 2001 - Present

    Menchey Music

    I've been teaching guitar and bass at Menchey Music for 19 years. I've averaged between 40-50 students per week for the last 19 years.

    Education

    Bachelors of Professional Music

    Sep, 1990 - May, 1994

    Berklee College of Music

    Certifications

    Bachelor of Music Degree

    Jun, 1994

    Berklee College of Music

    I have a degree in music from for Berklee which is arguable the best school in the world for music.

    Languages

    English

    Professional Proficiency

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