Guitar Lessons Alabama

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

Later I will teach more advanced theory for intermediate students and start showing them how to put the knowledge together. For advanced students we will start transposing between different keys and scales and mixing scales together and eventually be able to circle through the circle of fifths the best we can. I also teach songs that the students want to learn and I teach how to read and write music. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Bass Guitar

I try to use psychological judo to draw a student into why they need to learn what they think is unimportant. An example of this might be scales, which are boring to some. I'll show them how learning scales is critical to chord theory and construction, as well as improvisation. I can sense when some aspect of a lesson does not appeal to a student and try to approach it from a different angle, or even return to a song or exercise later if it is too hard initially. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Saxophone, Drums, Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

When teaching beginners (especially kids/teens), I think back to how I learned the alto sax. So in terms of teaching saxophone, I teach from Bruce Pearson's Standard Of Excellence Volume 1! When giving a lesson, I start out by asking basic questions about what drives the student to succeed. I make a plan of action for them to achieve the goals! First starting on rudiments, then progressing to full length songs! Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar

However, as stated before, the pace in which I teach each student will vary depending the abilities of each student. Once the student has graduated from the Piano Adventure series, we will begin building their solo repertoire. When choosing pieces for the student's repertoire, I will also work with the student in order to pick pieces that student will both enjoy learning and grow as a musician. I typically focus on classical pieces, but I will also incorporate other genres of music depending on the student's interests. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Music, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

For beginning students, I typically start with the basic essentials needed to get a feel for the instrument, and to read music. Then once they have that accomplished, we move straight on to learning their favorite songs as this is when the most progress can be gained. Once the student has grasped these fundamentals, We can move on to the more creative side of things by moving into Theory and Songwriting. Read More