Guitar Lessons in Plymouth, FL

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

I have a few books I've become fond of (such as Faber, Schirmer, Hal Leonard, etc), but I have gone months at a time using no books at all -- keeping students happy. Not everyone prefers the same approach, and while I can offer expert guidance for those who aren't sure what to do, one of my main goals is simply to experiment with students, an attitude I try to foster in them too: You can work and work on some particular piece or song, but if you did it for extrinsic purposes . . . Read More

Instruments: Guitar

David began studying the Spanish guitar at age 8 with Diego Corriente. During his teen years, he began playing electric guitar rock bands and intensified his studies in classical guitar with private instruction from virtuoso guitarist, Michael Newman (youngest classical guitarist to debut in Carnegie Hall). After being accepted to the prestigious Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts, David focused on performing with ensembles ranging from duos to quintets. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet Trombone Drums Synthesizer Euphonium Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Latin Percussion

Due to my experience working with multiple grade/age levels, I have learned to carefully fine tune my teaching strategy for each individual student that I work with. At the beginner level I typically work from method books to ensure a solid development of performance fundamentals. I also like to spend a good bit of time establishing successful warm-up and practice routines. With intermediate level students I continue with more challenging method books as well as standard musical excerpts and etudes. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Ukulele Music Acoustic Guitar

Minnie is a teacher, singer/songwriter born and raised in Puerto Rico.  She has a BS in Arts in Music with a minor in Voice and Piano.  Twenty of her 44 years of a career in the Music Business, has been as a Music, Voice, Piano and Guitar teacher with many accolades.   Minnie got the 1st Place in the Billboard Magazine  songwrting contest in 1989, 1990 and 1991 consequently.  Also, she was the recipient of  the Hispanic Achievement Award in 1992 as The Soloist of the Year; Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Hi, I am someone who always have the desire to live by making music, I love this career and since I first started grabbing my first Instrument, I knew that this is what I wanted, I've been teaching since I started to study in college, I've had all kind of students, kids from 7 to 12 years old, teenagers and even adults, the Idea of teaching and helping people to achieve their goals in the music world is something that makes me happy, I always focus teaching instruments based on the music style that best fits your interest, I would like to be your mentor, I can instruct you about music theory, reading music sheets, composition and ear training but on top of all those aspects I want you to achieve your personal goal which is learn to how to play your instrument or get into a more advance level of playing! Read More

Instruments: Guitar Voice

I use the McClosky Technique for vocal relxation when teaching voice. This is a hands on method stressing easy singing and designed not to damage voices. On guitar I stress music theory and basic technique to allow the student to develop his or her own style. At Full Sail University in Winter Park (Orlando) Florida, Repp has deigned and taught the course Musical Theory and Education Applications in the Educational Media Design and Technology Master of Science degree program, and also taught Music and Audio for Instructional Design in the Instructional Design and Technology program. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Music Electric Guitar

For younger students I start with showcasing what they can achieve with practice and perseverance. I do that by showing my playing. Then we start with the chromatic scale so the fingers can get use to the strings and moving around the fretboard. Same with drums but we start with easy hits and patterns. For adults I would talk about what are their interest and goal in music (genre, style, job, etc) and go from there. Read More