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Featured Guitar Teachers Near Santa Ana, CA

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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Guitar lessons in Santa Ana . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!

Dean K

Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet

How do I approach teaching music? When asked that, I tell my students I listen to YOUR desires and teach to YOUR level, not mine. You are the student; I am your guide, not your dictator. We will function as best friends do, with teamwork, perserverance, and tricks I use that I share only with those close to me whom I trust and my students who will benefit from the skills I give them the most. Read More

Timur D

Instruments: Piano Guitar Keyboard Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I began teaching while in college in former USSR being a substitute teacher and assistant of my own guitar instructor. Later I began teaching on my own and continue doing so through my school years. So my total teaching experience spans for over 20 years now. I have had an opportunity to interact with a vast group of students who varied in their background, age ,educational level, abilities etc Teaching music is not just playing notes together,you have to create a teacher-student relationship. Read More

Guillermo M

Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I taught there for more than ten years, at one of the most prestigious music schools in Argentina. Throughout my career as a music professor, I was frequently tasked with this academic duty of instructing varied and distinct student groups. Additionally, I have performed as a musician and artist on tour in Colombia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Due to my established career as a teacher, I am compelled to organize teaching activities during my concert tours. Read More

Antony E

Instruments: Piano Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Recorder Conga Music Keyboard Acoustic Guitar

Nothing is more rewarding than seeing one of my students develop a passion for music! Therefore, it's important that each student progresses at his or her own pace. I encourage this by setting realistic goals for my students at each lesson. Acknowledging accomplishments helps fuel a students desire to progress, and makes students eager to learn more. By trying to find out what inspires the student, I can successfully tailor my instruction to their wants and needs. Read More

Zoe N

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Ukulele Recorder Double Bass Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My journey into the intricate world of audio over the past five years has been deeply rooted in passion. Freelance roles in renowned recording studios such as CSR, FTM, and CU Denvers Core have allowed me to manifest this passion as a producer and technician. I've translated this fervor into being an Audio Engineer for an array of artists including The Pace Makers, Summer Bedhead, Keddjra, Sara Flows, Totem Pocket, Moon Maze, Katie Yeager, Nicki Walters, Diego Frenkel, Fede Flaviano, Mak Dooley, and Alison Tas. Read More

Feef M

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Banjo Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My approach is highly structured. We might start with warm-ups. This can mean, for example, Hanon exercises on the piano. Or playing scales on the guitar. I like to set tempos and practice rhythm as we run scales and chords. Sometimes I use a beat box. I believe in getting the client playing. I play only to demonstrate. I can also be a side player, and play a rhythm part, if the client is playing a solo. Read More

Becky S

Instruments: Guitar Voice Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I am here to be an encouraging pal. I want to celebrate a students progress and victories too, so we will set goals both immediate and big picture, and work our way toward them. I am friendly and encouraging, and here to remind students that when they practice and focus, small steps turn into huge results! I gently push my students to be better, all the while singing their praises. Read More

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George P

Instruments: Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Set, Achieve, Challenge! Set a goal to what you'd like to do! whether it's all 12 major scales in all 5 CAGED system patterns, or alternate picking! once you achieve the goal, you've worked this hard, challenge that goal! Take that riff and set the metronome to a faster tempo, make a solo using all 5 CAGED System Patterns, and jam to a backing track, better yet, jam with a friend, a parent, even your teacher! Nothing makes us happier than being able to finally jam and make music with a students who speaks the music language!!

What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I start with waking up early! sometimes 5 AM, or I will sleep in to about 10 AM. Get a good healthy breakfast, so you are energized and ready!! Drink a few glasses of water, make sure you're hydrated! Now I start stretching not just my hands and arms, but my whole body from legs, to neck! Finally! I pick up the guitar, and get out my metronome app on my phone and set it to a slow tempo and begin a quasi-chromatic exercise, increase your speed very slowly! Next is practicing every major scale an all 5 patterns of the CAGED system, plus their arpeggios, and their relative minor scales, plus other scales including, diminished, harmonic minor, ETC. After that I practice the modes of the major scale, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian by using backing tracks! Next either I'll write music, or I'll play along to backing tracks to my favorite musicians!

If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I have an Associates degree in guitar performance from Musicians Institute, College of Contemporary Music. I chose this because after succeeding with private instructors and being a School of Rock student, the next step was getting a degree and passing on what I've learned. Going to college for guitar performance was the most fun Ive ever had! just waking up in Los Angeles, walking with a backpack of manuscript paper, textbooks, and a guitar on Hollywood BLVD was such a highlight. I got to study with the greatest musicians in the music industry.

What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
I love all types of music! But if I had to choose, I would say Progressive Metal! Because of the usage of odd time signatures and songs/albums that tell a story! The best example is the band Dream Theater! Imagine a band like YES and Pink Floyd and you give them a metal push, there you get Dream Theater! Progressive Metal brings out so much emotion, especially if the music tells a story, its just like being in a play, with characters that read a script, you SEE what the story is about! It's a great way to check out new music!

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