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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Guitar lessons in Bellevue . 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: Piano Guitar Keyboard Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I'm an enthusiastic, patient, and bilingual music teacher that strives to bring out the best in each one of his students. As an active artist that started out as a self taught play it by ear type of guitarist in his early teens and worked his way up to college level, Its my hope that students will find me relatable and inspiring. I think the most important thing for students to keep in mind when they begin learning an instrument is patience and discipline. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice
I love seeing and sharing my students passion for music. I can be rather silly and love to laugh, but I also believe that excellence is a habit. Therefore, I try to keep each lesson engaging and fun while also setting reasonable goals for my students. I also want to help my students develop consistent practice habits so that they can see how practicing leads to improvement. Lastly I want to help my students make music that inspires them. Read More
Instruments: Guitar
I want to make guitar lessons fun, helpful and informative. If the student isn't learning what they want to learn and not having fun while doing it, I'm not doing my job. Getting the student to feel confident, no matter the amount they have played is important to me. I'm a laid-back, happy person and that reflects in the way I teach. I will tailor my instruction to fit what the student wants to learn, and have done that in all the lessons I have taught. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar Ukulele Recorder Double Bass Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I am in my late 40's, married, and the father of a crazy 9-year-old daughter. I started studying music on piano at the age of five with my mother (also a musician). I move from piano to alto sax, and continued to play it through to college, later switching to tenor. At age twelve, I started playing electric bass and have continued up to the present day. I started on acoustic bass at fifteen, and guitar when I was 30 years old. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Double Bass Keyboard Acoustic Guitar
I enjoy teaching and watching musicians grow in their abilities. I like to give a solid base for a beginning musician to build upon while keeping lessons fun and interesting. Patience is the key, because I remember when I started playing and the more I practiced the better I became. I like to take our time and practice every exercise slowing until we become confident and then we will add some speed. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Flute Ukulele Piccolo Electric Guitar
For more intermediate and advanced students I like to focus strongly on music fundamentals, assigning regular etudes and finding pieces fit for the students skill and interest! For beginning guitar students, I focus on learning the pedagogy of the guitar : string names, basic care and maintenance and finger placement, later moving on to open chords and melodic playing. My intermediate players will focus on developing their chord vocabulary, melodic playing and introduction into new styles of music ; rock, jazz, classical. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
There are several methods I use as a professor and they're all dependent on the student, their age and their goals. If they are younger, I like to employ elements of the Suzuki method because subjects like musical notation and theory might be too dense for the student. If the student has the aptitude/and or the discipline I can begin to apply a more systemic approach in terms of practice regiments like scales, practicing sight reading, their rhythmic feel, and even ear intonation and sight singing if the student is prepared for it. Read More
Instruments: Drums
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Preferably a student would do at least 10-15 minutes of practice every day, if not more. Even if you set up a practice pad in front of your television set, just spend a little time during the week. As a teacher, I usually know if a student has practiced because I can see the difference when a student progresses from week to week.
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
If your child is banging on things around the house they are probably ready. Or they may have seen someone play live or on tv and they want to try it. It is not a problem when a child decides it's not for them. A trial lesson is always welcome to see if they want to continue.
When will I start to see results?
Everyone is different and some excel more quickly than others. In my experience, most people can see results after the first or second lesson.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I saw some drummers on television and wanted to try it out.
What musical accomplishments are you most proud of?
I played at Madison Square Garden with my parents in the audience. That was one of the highlights of my life. Being signed to a major record label and touring the country was certainly an accomplishment to be proud of but playing at the Garden was special.
Have any of your students won awards or been selected for special honors? How have they succeeded?
I have had a student go through Berklee College of Music on full scholarship. I cannot take full credit for that but I had a lot to do with his development. I believe that his joining the high school marching band was also a major contributor to his education.
Many of my students play at their school talent shows and it's always a thrill for me to be invited to those shows.
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
4 way independence can be a challenge. All of your limbs can be playing parts of the drums set at the same time playing different notes or rhythms.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
Basic Syncopation for Drums is a book that works well for beginning students. We also study from several other books including, Elementary Drum Method, Syncopation for The Modern Drummer, Modern Reading Text in 4/4 and Funk Drumming by Jim Payne (one of my teachers). These books have enough variety for the student to get used to various ways to write drum music.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
I'm inspired by other drummers as are most drummers. There is so much available today online that when I see something I want to try, that becomes my practice session. It also reminds me of things that I already know how to do but may have not used in a while. This includes beats I may not have played and were stored away in my brain. It's fun to go back to those things.
If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
I already found a way to be in the music business even if it wasn't playing drums. I took a course on recording engineering and became an engineer/producer. After many years being the "organizer/manager" of bands, I also excelled at bringing order to chaos. So I managed a very successful record production company and worked with many well known recording artists. Some of these artists engaged me to help them with their projects including Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, David Lee Roth and more.
What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
I love pop and rock music but I also like funk drumming like James Brown and others.
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I played in a number of rock bands so I often asked the guitar players to show me things on guitar. The rest I picked up myself as I have a good ear for music. Again, the internet is a good resource for learning. Drummers and bass players are often aligned in a musical situation. Because of that, I am able to play some bass guitar as well.
Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
Music runs in my family. My dad had his own orchestra and was a wonderful piano player. We played together sometimes when I was a teenager. My mom was a tap dancer in her younger days and also played the piano. I have to add that both of my children are musical as well. My daughter has a wonderful singing voice and my son plays the drums and is an awesome DJ.
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I was at a point in my life when I needed to figure out where I was headed. I knew music was my love and I had to figure out how to make it work for me. I took a course to become a recording engineer. Then I went to music school and continued to play drums. I was in a band that got signed to a recording contract, so that was my defining moment...I was now a professional drummer.
After that played out and the band had run its course, I used my talents to work in the music industry in a managerial position, all the while continuing to play the drums.
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LaShon
Introduce me to the guitar/and or saxophone & help teach myself how to play the different styles. I am very interested in Funk, Classical, and R&B styles!
Vincent
Hey Just want my son to start learning something he love, he loves guitar an pains but want to start with guitar, please let me now ASAP when he can start
Yvette
Hello, I have two boys 14 and 12 interested in guitar lessons. 14yo is Left Handed (not sure if that matters). Both took 4 years of piano lessons when they were younger.