Bass Lessons Polk County, FL

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harp, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I started teaching In New York over 20 years ago while in college and playing in bands. I have enjoyed teaching all types of people with a variety of interests and at all levels. I had the pleasure of teaching young children and creating fun and highly interactive lessons. I have held group lessons and also would teach autistic adults and senior citizens. I'm happy to provide individual custom-tailored lessons to make you the best player you can be. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Banjo, Lute, Euphonium, Shakuhachi, Latin Percussion, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Djembe, Acoustic Guitar

Books I use for teaching Piano is the Piano Adventures series of books by Nancy and Randall Faber, which is a great lesson book and a good basic piano method for beginners through intermediate level students. For guitar I use the Hal Leonard Incredible Chord Finder and the Warren Nunes Jazz guitar Rhythm and Background Chords and the Solo Patterns book. Also For both Piano and Guitar I have accumulated many charts and Berklee School of Music pages to use as students start to progress. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My teaching experience starts in High School, as I began teaching kids around campus lessons, and have been consistently teaching students in my home state of Florida for the last 10 years. Encouraging regular practice on a consistent schedule is one of the key points I like to emphasize for younger and older students, as I say its all about what you put into it! If a student isn't having fun in their lessons, then I'm not doing my job! Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar

That's the most important thing that I try to stick to in my teaching style, letting the student do the work and figure things out for themselves. For example, bringing a song to a lesson and wanting to learn it, but instead of just figuring it out and writing it on paper for them, I let the student work on it, and maybe give them little nudges in the right direction here and there. Read More

Instruments: Bass Guitar

My teaching experience began around around 7 years ago. I had graduated from Taller de Jazz Caracas which is a college level jazz institution and began getting bass students. Once I started Miami Dade College I continued to get students while I was getting my associates in arts and continued gaining experience as a teacher, teaching a wide range of age groups from young beginning students to students that were actually older than me be on an intermediate level musically. Read More