Guitar Lessons Iowa

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Trombone, Clarinet, Drums, Synthesizer, Euphonium, Tuba, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion

I began taking piano lessons at age 4 and started concert percussion in 5th grade. I knew I wanted to teach music when I was a freshman in high school, when I first fell in love with marching band. Music has been the area in my life I have excelled and God has given me talents of connecting with children and people to share my passion for music with them. I have taught individual and small group piano and percussion lessons part-time for about 4 years and love every minute of it. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar

I started teaching in High School. I then went away to music school and then started teaching and repairing guitars in my home town at the local music store. Since then I've taught in Texas and Iowa and am now back in Texas. Read More

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

My method is a balanced approach between learning the technic to play the instrument and the harmony/theory involved with what the student is learning. For everything learned there are exercises with songs from any music style that the student would like to focus on. The objective on the classes is to give the student the elements to explore his sound, with a little understanding of harmony and how to apply it to the instrument the student can explore more his/her instrument and enjoy expressing art through music. Read More

Instruments: Guitar

For beginning students I use very little of a method book.  I find it that is important that one learns to make a good sound and has fun with the instrument in the early phases.  During this time I cover chords, basic finger and pick technique, proper posture, lead sheets, and blues improvisation.  I then transition into Charles Duncan's "A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar."  This book provided a solid foundation of the ability to read written sheet music.  After this book, I transition the student to written sheet music repertoire. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Trumpet, Trombone, Drums, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Patience is my favorite virtue, and is imperative when is comes to teaching a subject as beautifully complex as music. Every student learns in a different way, and at different speeds. I aim to find every student's ideal learning pace, and deliver information in a manner that is easiest for them to absorb and retain. We set short term and long term goals based in the musical direction the student wants to go in. Read More