Whatever style of music you enjoy and want to play, we’ll follow a path that builds and emphasizes the techniques you’ll need. Our lessons will be designed to keep you interested and enthusiastic, and inspired by your own progress.

I'm a patient and supportive teacher to all ages. My primary goal is to get you up and playing quickly so you'll gain confidence and have the desire to practice more.
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Areas of Instruction

Beginner

- Selecting a guitar

- Basics of the instrument / names of the parts

- Tuning the guitar

- Left and right hand positions

- First position chords / major and minor

- Moving between chords

- First position chord progressions

- Basic strumming patterns / using a pick

- Easy songs that sound cool

- How to practice

Advanced beginner

- More major chords

- More minor chords

- Fretting hand finger exercises

- Introduction to scales

- More strumming patterns

- Introduction to the 12-Bar Blues

- Practicing with a metronome

- Sharps and Flats

- Picking techniques

- How to practice

Intermediate 1

- The Musical Alphabet

- Notes on the E and A Strings

- Fifth Chords (Power Chords)

- Introduction to the Blues Scale

- Blues Chord Progressions

- New Strumming Patterns

- Introduction to the Barre Chord / Movable Chord

- String Bending

- Introduction to Fingerpicking

- How to practice

Intermediate 2

- Notes on the D, G and B strings

- Introduction to Seven Chords

- Reading Guitar Tablature

- Manipulating the Blues Scale

- Other Blues Chord Progressions

- Leading Bass / Alternate Bass Strumming

- Introduction to the Movable Scale (chromatic)

- More Advanced Fingerpicking

- More Advanced String Bending

- How to practice

Intermediate 3

- Slash Chords

- Sus-4 Chords

- 2-Octave Scales

- Modes

- Strumming Pattern with Bass Line

- Palm Muting

- Major Chord Inversions (Voicings)

- Seventh Barre Chords

- Advanced 2-Bar Strumming Pattern

- How to practice

Advanced

- Alternate Tunings

- Composition

- Soloing with Modes

- Studio Recording