Guitar Lessons in Lockhart, TX

Instruments: Guitar

I have been teaching guitar since 1991, worldwide. First in Tel Aviv, Israel, where my past students are now performing. Then in Learn Music school of Brisbane, Australia. Now teaching and performing in and around Austin, TX - a live music capital. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My teaching experience is primarily from instructing at a band camp for multiple summers. Working with beginner level middle school students, it was my job to help them choose songs to play, learn their individual parts, and help them rehearse as a band. Not only was it satisfying to see how quickly they improved through practice, but by the end of each session, the students seemed exponentially more motivated to pursue their musical ambitions. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

As a teacher, I have years of classroom and private one-on-one instruction experience. Nowadays, I mainly focus on private lessons of acoustic and classical guitars, electric guitars, and ukulele. In my teaching, I focus on different styles of popular music, according to the student's taste and interests; also, I encourage them to listen to and try out as many genres as possible, to enrich their musical knowledge, which in turn will help them learn better. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Banjo Ukulele Electric Guitar Djembe Acoustic Guitar

For beginner and intermediate students: I begin with the end; or rather, an end product. I ask questions like: What sort of music inspires you? What music do you love? What music could you not live without? What music do you aspire to make? Which musicians do you look up to? Depending on the answers, we can figure out a song / artist / style to choose as a goal together. Then I personally learn the chord structure and melody. (In the rare case that they are completely directionless, I'll choose a popular song that they can easily listen to on their own.) From there, I start teaching the fundamental techniques of the instrument, and continually refer back to our song, for why the technique is important. Read More

Instruments: Guitar

Every student is unique when it comes to interests, pre-existing skill and knowledge, learning styles, what they hope to gain from lessons, and physical attributes such as hand and finger size that factor into how that person will play. It is my hope to get to know each individual and for me to assess and adapt to unique needs and goals. I have a lengthy list of different songs I cover and can teach, or if a student is interested in learning how to play something different or write their own music, I can assist with that as well. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I'm a passionate artist who took the leap from a financial career to creative education! I graduated UT with a degree in mathematics and started working as a retirement consultant. The three years of my financial career was new and intimidating, but my love for art and music was always comfortable and freeing. I chose to leave a lucrative career once I found that building a relationship with students and sharing my knowledge was not only more rewarding, but fun and exciting as well. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar

I create custom lesson plans depending on each student's musical background, stylistic preference, as well as age. For children I usually like to teach out of Hal Leonard's Guitar Method 1 and occasionally include songs they like/know as a reward for good work. For adults, it varies depending on their experience level and interests. When I teach, I try to teach not only how to physically play certain parts, but also how to think about music-- how the guitar player arrived playing that, why it works, and how to adopt similar things into one's own playing. Read More