Guitar Lessons in Maywood, CA

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

As part of his coursework, he continued his guitar studies with David Becker and Tim Kobza, while also sitting in on master classes with Joe Diorio, Sid Jacobs, Pat Martino, Steve Trovato, and Pat Metheny. For his Ethnomusicology studies, Gabriel learned to play the tabla, a set of hand drums from India. He learned even more about Indian culture and music while abroad in India for 6 months in the fall/winter of 2006/2007, researching for his dissertation. Gabriel's fascination with Indian music has influenced not only his compositional writing and improvisational style, but also his teaching approach. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

All of my students are free to progress at their own pace. The more consistent their practice routine, the more steadily their technique will improve.When it comes to learning anything the value of an effective practice routine is priceless. My Students learn how to develop their own custom, well balanced practice routine which will consist of various rudimentary exercises, which build stronger technique, and classical guitar repertoire, a final product to show case your talents. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

My style is heavily influenced by how I was taught. My guitar teacher did show off his guitar playing chops at the beginning, so that's a must. I can be a strict teacher. However one must bear in mind that sometimes students digress into other issues outside guitar playing. That's fine (they're paying for it, so I'm flexible). However, it would be my job to bring the conversation back to learning how to play guitar. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Ukulele Music Acoustic Guitar

I'm a passionate teacher who loves working with students of all levels and share my love for music. In 2008, I graduated from Russian Academy of Theatre Arts with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre. Since that time I performed all over the world as a leading soloist in the shows of Sambateria World Music Orquestra, Spanish Dance Theater Flamenco Live, Gypsy Soul Show. I recorded the album of old Spanish and Sephardic songs "Andalusia" and soon I release the album of my songs in a World Music style. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Drums

For beginning students who aren't quite sure what path they'd like to take in drumming, I like to start by teaching out of Joel Rothman's Basic Drumming, which will help build a solid foundation of the fundamentals that will be essential for being any style of drumming. But my ultimate goal is to let you guide your own journey, and we can focus on diving deeper into more advanced exercises, fine-tuning your technique, improving your pocket, time, and feel, learning to play your favorite songs and why the drums make them so good, composing your own parts, songs, or solos, and truly any aspects of your drumming you'd like to improve! Read More

Instruments: Guitar Music Classical Guitar

In my classical guitar teaching, I take a highly individualized and structured approach, tailored to the students age, experience, and goals. For beginners, I focus on establishing a solid foundation in technique, reading, and musical understanding. This includes proper hand positioning, finger independence, and basic posture, often using exercises from Aaron Shearers Classic Guitar Technique and early studies by Carcassi and Sor. I supplement these with simple repertoire to develop both reading skills and musicality. Read More

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Ukulele Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

I do enjoy teaching out of books, especially younger children. It gives a visual to emphasize what I am teaching. A lot of the books I use are from Hal Leonard, but then I also have custom exercises for all different genres of music. Younger students, I tend to teach reading music with single notes as it is easier on the hands. It then creates an avenue to introduce basic music theory concepts. Read More