Bass Lessons in Lincroft, NJ

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Ukulele Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My name is Peter and I am passionate musician and teacher living in the the Lower Westchester, NY area. I graduated Berklee College of Music with a degree in Music Performance for guitar. I've studied and performed a wide variety of styles including rock, pop, jazz, blues, classical, country, and folk. I have been performing for over 30 years and have shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Shannon (Let The Music Play), Mark Rivera (Billy Joel's saxaphone player), Rusted Root, Dominic Chianese (The Sopranos and The Godfather II), The Loving's Spoonful, and Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage). Read More

Instruments: Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Conga Music Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My teaching style is all about the growth of the student and doing what I can to spur their progress. Being new to private instruction, I am eager to discover what teaching methods work most effectively for each student I interact with, and even strengthen my own guitar skills in the process. In teaching, I aim to help make music feel like fun as opposed to a chore or obligation and pass on what I have found most effective and helpful in my journey thus far. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Trumpet Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Ukulele Recorder Double Bass Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My love for teaching began as a peer tutor in college. I tutored students in piano, guitar, bass ear training, and music theory. I began to love teaching when I noticed the change and progress it creates within people. While in college, I taught at a musical theatre camp as a music teacher. I taught music theory, ear training, and vocal music. Right after I graduated college I was accepted into the music education program at Teachers College Columbia University where I received my masters degree in music education along with certification in New York state to teach Pre-K through 12. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Ukulele Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Djembe Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Most important to my teaching is that each student to listens to a lot of music, and learns to play the music that they love as soon as possible. I work with a variety of method books/videos depending on skill level and stylistic interest, and teach time-tested regimens for building raw ability on the instrument. I also have many exercises of my own invention that are fun to listen to and play, while still remaining challenging and building facility. Read More

Instruments: Bass Guitar

We will also choose together, an epic "Performance" piece for you to slowly practice each week until you've mastered it. I like stuff like Bach Cello Suite #1 or a Jaco Pastorius solo, but you can pick whatever you want, as long as it challenges you to new heights! I've taken lessons with instructors before who intimidated me to the point that I didn't feel I could say, "I don't get it?" I'd leave the lesson scratching my head because the concept the instructor was trying to impart on me never crystallized in my head. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar

Learn a very straight forward approach by applying theory and technique to pieces of music. Learn how to improvise amazing solo's and compose your own music.By understanding the language of music, you can play any style of music and sound great.course's of study. Will work on music theory, technique, improvisation, reading, ear training, chords, chord inversions, chord melody, chords with bass lines, scales, arpeggios,song repertoire, composition song writing. Read More