Bass Lessons Monroe County, IL

Instruments: Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My teaching methods involve a mix of real music, etudes, dexterity exercises, and rudimentary technical drilling. In each of these lessons I choose in one of the aforementioned areas the one I feel is the most pressing and in need of improvement. I am very strict about students using their metronomes to practice what I teach them. My view is that playing a song or drill slowly and in time with a metronome is better than playing it at the proper tempo incorrectly. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

With nearly 25 years of music-related experience and more than 15 years as an instructor, I have taught a multitude of students, young and old, and within a broad age range and abilities. Moreover, I have worked with the United Way of Santa Barbara in the summer of 2014 as a guitar instructor and was instrumental in developing a guitar program with the City of Pismo Beach in 2013. While working in Pismo Beach, my dedication to the students, most of whom were young children, compelled me to reached out to music instrument vendors and successfully solicited for donations of instruments and equipment to the city’s music program. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass Guitar, Recorder, Euphonium, French Horn, Keyboard, Acoustic Guitar

I am a passionate and motivated instructor who loves working with students and loves showing that making music can be both rewarding and fun! I have a degree in Music Education from Illinois Wesleyan University, and I am on my last semester to get my Master's in Orchestral Conducting from Illinois State University. I have sung in numerous choir, played jazz and classical trumpet all through college, and have a burning interest in Music Theory and how it relates to playing. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Violin, Cello, Viola, Bass Guitar

I'm a well motivated instructor who enjoys working with students of any age. During and after college I found it rewarding to work with students in a classroom and private setting.Over the past 40 years my students recieved the same in depth musical education that I recieved with an added bonus due to my success and expirience as freelance musician. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Accordion, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I am a professional songwriter, pianist and arranger. I go beyond the "lesson book" in my teaching; in the world of YouTube and self-instruction, I teach students to discover how to play music by ear so they can teach themselves, with or without sheet music! It is of utmost importance for me to learn what the student wants to accomplish in their music studies and I believe it is my job as a teacher to encourage students to achieve their personal music goals through structured learning while fostering their love for music. Read More