Guitar Lessons Bexar County, TX

Instruments: Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

This is a great way to keep students interested and inspire them to continue with his or her lessons For advanced students, who can really be of any age, I will work with them to move beyond learning basic parts and fundamentals. I will work with the student to introduce advanced techniques as well as in depth analysis of theory. This is essential so that the student can move beyond just learning parts of song, to becoming intuitive and finding his or her own voice with the instrument. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Harmonica, Lap Steel Guitar, Ukulele

I am a public school teacher here in Austin and I have done my best to incorporate music in the classroom. I have taught instruments to my students, recorded an album with student written songs, hosted school wide performances, and visited students at home for personalized music education. I have also introduced and taught adults to instruments they now play professionally. I am currently a music mentor with a local non-profit that brings music to foster care children. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Conga, Latin Percussion

For teaching children, I approach teaching as to the execution of everyday and fun pieces, so that the child learns by, and in turn I introduce aspects of academic learning necessary to create a solid base. In the same way,with young and adults, I make a work placement of the necessary techniques for a good and fast implementation, from technical learning exercise repetitive and daily ices, as well as the elaboration of a plan that involves their daily chores. Read More

Instruments: Guitar

I will first understand what direction the student wants to go musically, whether it be playing chords and singing or being entirely a solo guitarist. From there we can understand what style they want to be playing as I would encourage having a basic understanding of all musical styles. I will also encourage them to have a basic understanding of music theory, for I believe this to be very important in order to understand concepts of music and be able to communicate them. Read More

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

My earliest teaching engagements date back as far as middle school, where I was a member of the Dueitt Middle School guitar club: an after school extracurricular program based upon mutual learning. This eventually led to my joining the Spring High School music club, while offering independently designed lesson plans to students after school and during summer. I continued private lessons and music production well into my military career (including 'down time' in Afghanistan). Read More