Guitar Lessons in Normandy, FL

Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I have been a private lessons instructor with Guitar Center for about three years. Within my time there I gained experience in teaching students utilizing an organized lessons curriculum, building trust and community through clear and timely communication with students and families, establishing an exemplary classroom culture that balances high expectations with love and support, helping to create a positive, achievement-oriented and structured learning environment that excites and invests students, and maintaining a classroom environment conducive to learning through thoughtful and continuous planning. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My first experiences with teaching music were at the same time that I began to learn to play my main instrument, the guitar. This goes back to my childhood, because at that moment my teacher realized the facilities that I had not only to learn quickly but also to help my classmates who for different circumstances were not so much facilitated. From there I was always interested in learning and, whenever I could, teach also the satisfaction of being able to transmit knowledge of art as beautiful as music is absolutely comforting. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Voice Drums Bass Guitar Double Bass Euphonium

The way I approach teaching music is very simple. I just think of each student as myself when I was their age and think how would I want to learn it if I were to learn it again. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Voice Trumpet Flute Accordion Acoustic Guitar

For beginner students we start by grasping the concept that make up music in a practical way. The specific bibliography changes from student to student and form instrument to instrument. In the path of becoming better there's is a lot of resources out there that range from composition to specific theory books. Its just a matter of a personalized attention to the specific needs of the student. I am big into Open Source and No-Copyright material that can be used. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Voice Ukulele Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I have over 15 years of experience teaching guitar and voice to students from 4 – 73 years old. During the last two years I began teaching ukulele to children as young as 4years old. I am currently teaching mostly school age children, adolescents and adults. As a music therapist I have used guitar lessons as a therapeutic intervention to improve cognitive functioning in older adults. I believe that an individualized approach is most effective when teaching students of all ages. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Voice Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I am motivated to help beginners get started in learning guitar as music is a longtime hobby of mine since the age of 14, and now I'm 23. My mother is a singer with a great voice, and her mother was a vocalist as well who sang opera in Germany. So I inherited that gift, which I had to foster over the years. Anyone could sing as a hobby but I made it a point to sound as close to my favorite artists as possible, through trial and error. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet Ukulele Music Acoustic Guitar

For beginning students who are children, I typically start with Faber collection (Piano basic adventures) or Hal Leonard's Essential Elements. Once the student has progressed to have a grasp of the fundamentals, I will begin to introduce solo repertoire appropriate for their first recital performance. For adults, I try to find out what the student is interested in, and guide my instruction accordingly to keep the lessons engaging and fun, no matter their ability level. Read More