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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Music lessons in Englewood . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!
Instruments: Guitar Music Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I am a fun, exuberant and encouraging guitar teacher who loves teaching and sharing the joy of music. I will be graduating with my Master in Music degree from the University of Denver in the fall of 2013, where I also received my Bachelors of Music in 2009. As a teacher of beginning students and aspiring professionals, I believe that everyone can learn how to play the guitar well! Read More
Instruments: Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Djembe Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
Nothing is more rewarding than seeing one of my students develop a lifelong passion for music! Therefore, its important that each student progresses an his or her pace. I encourage this by setting realistic goals and creating a custom tailored game plan to achieve these markers. I encourage a no pressure environment where my students feel safe to make mistakes while learning, after all music should be fun!! The further we get through material the more comfortable they feel asking questions and branching out into new forms of music they learn along the way. Read More
Instruments: Flute
I have started teaching private lessons since high school through the Suzuki Method, and into my college and graduate school years. I have taken classes on pedagogy and teaching artistry in creative ways, such as teaching students to do improvisations and asking questions in order to get them engaged in the learning process. I have played classical, jazz, pop, and latin music, and can teach an array of different genres. Read More
Instruments: Drums
I am a talented drummer looking to kick-start my career in music instruction. Now that I'm retired I have the time to follow something I've always wanted to do - to give back to the music community my experience as a working musician. With my leadership abilities and knowledge can create engaging lessons, with fun and insightful activities. I have been playing rock, funk, jazz and Latin on and off since 1976 - yeah, I might be older, but I'm still young at heart and can rock the house on any given night. Read More
Instruments: Piano
I have taught mostly for friends in the past. I started playing in early age, but didn't start teaching until some high school friends wanted to learn a few things. I really enjoyed helping them break down a problem, I always had a very systems-approach. Recently, I had a female student that was learning pieces for her school's talent show. I helped her understand the underlying technique issues and revisited some basics concerning rhythm and fingering, and she gave me a very positive review for my style. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Violin Cello Viola Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Recorder Electric Violin Fiddle Double Bass Euphonium French Horn Tuba Piccolo Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Oboe Bassoon English Horn
I am a highly motivated, hard-working, and outgoing individual. I love people and believe thatteachingmusic lessons is one the best ways to connect with students of all ages and develop a relationship with them. I started learning piano in Kindergarten, began Saxophone in my 5th grade Band, and started tutoring other band students in 6th Grade. In 7th Grade I earned scholarship to attend Illinois Summer Youth Music Camp at the University of Illinois. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Saxophone
I completed a Masters Degree in Music (Saxophone Performance) with an emphasis in Jazz Studies in 2016 from the Lamont School of Music and have experience working with underprivileged students with varying income backgrounds. I approach teaching students with an individual needs based curriculum and am mindful of their ability and goals. The experience I have gained from performing saxophone on a professional level in multiple musical situations will aide in preparing students for a career in the music industry. Read More
Instruments: Accordion
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Start every practice session with both hand exercises: C major bass with the right hand exercise going up the keys from C to octave C. Then a concentrated exercise on the bass only. Finally, more complex right hand exercises without the bass. Repetition is really important, even if the student doesn't understand how the exercises help them at first, when they start playing songs it will click in. This is why I recommend the Palmer books for beginners and some intermediates. Palmer begins with an exercise that enhances the song that follows the exercise. Polkas are generally the most easily learned and appreciated by the student who is bored with exercises. Practice should be in two parts: one twenty minutes on exercises and one thirty five minutes on songs.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
My first instrument was trumpet, because my father played trumpet. Maybe it was my breath control but I didn't like to play trumpet. I thought the fingering was confusing also. Then my dad brought home a lady size full 120 bass accordion and got me teachers and himself. When I was in the fourth grade, the teacher had those of us who played music our instruments. There were four kids with accordion and a number of others with trumpets, saxophones, guitars etc. I could play all sorts of Polkas, Italian songs, and Bye Bye Love from the Everly Brothers. No one of the other kids were as advanced as I was. I got a great deal of adulation from everyone.
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
Most everyone would say that playing the bass on the left hand where you can't see the butttons and then playing right hand keyboard is the hardest. It isn't. The left hand is the easiest to learn and you get used to the chord changes on the left hand almost automatically. The most difficult thing to master is playing contrapuntally with chords on the right hand. Malaguena is a killer, both right and left hands have a high degree of difficulty. Playing both hands together on that and other classical songs is really hard. However, when playing pop tunes, using the advanced chord method is also difficult to master. I don't believe I would have been able to learn the advanced chords without playing classical first.
What is your dream piece to perform and why?
It was Malaguena but I've lost a little bit of my speed. I'm 72 years old. Although, I can play songs like But Beautiful, So In Love, Moonlight Serenade, very well. I have a couple of 'fake' books that I put together on my own that work well as dinner music, wedding music, club music. I believe I can play many of the songs as well as my deceased teacher, which is saying a lot.
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
It was known in the neighborhood that I could play well, so I was hired to play a couple of (very poor) weddings when I was about 14. Then by word of mouth and recommendation of my final teacher I played lots of weddings, barmitzvahs etc.
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