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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Guitar lessons in Oakland . 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: Guitar Bass Guitar Double Bass
I have worked for many years teaching, counseling and assisting students with their love and joy of music. During my teaching career I have also helped students with conflict resolution, coping skills, issues with and surrounding pride and culture, college selection, application processes, financing and preparation for college. I have taught a very diverse group of students, which has allowed me to learn various approaches to communicating and working with students from all walks of life. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Viola Saxophone Flute Clarinet
I tailor my lessons to the needs of the individual student. I use a combination of lesson books, solos and exercises to bring out the best performances my students can achieve at the time. I feel it is important for us to have fun while learning. I also use practice sheets as a motivational tool for children, so they can earn stickers and small prizes for putting the practice time in required to learn the skills needed to continue moving to the next level. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
Typically, I like to use the student's goals to decide where to jump off from. If a student would like to learn to read music, I would like to start with the book that I started with, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method. I find that it is a very effective book that teaches the basics and lays it out with enough practice material to make students aware of how the guitar works. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
For beginning students I prefer to use Mathew Hinsley's method "Guitar for Young People". All of the peers that I grew to admire growing up with guitar used this method and became very good very quickly. Once the student has outgrown this method of introducing guitar I like to dive into what interests them, any style of music, and anything that will push their passion for learning guitar. The first and foremost thing for students is allowing them to grow with the guitar, and anything that might help with that is something I'll do. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
Hi, My name is Alan and I look forward to meeting you and playing music together. I have been teaching guitar for 30 years at my home. I play classical and popular music and am very familiar with blues, rock and jazz. Most of my students have been beginners whether children or adults. I am particularly patient with beginners and love to instill the beauty of playing guitar. My teaching style incorporates patience, theory and most of all, fun. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Violin Viola Ukulele Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I typically perform an assessment with every individual during the first lesson. Depending on goals, I will recommend curriculum to achieve the desired results. If a classical approach is desired, I use the Alfred's Basic Piano series and the Hal Leonard method for guitar, along with scale and chord theory literature depending on the level of the student. I also teach jazz/pop accompaniment style improv playing so I print music out from various sources. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Bass Guitar Ukulele Music Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I believe in encouragement, fun and positive focus on the students progress at whatever speed that they progress. This makes each student look forward to each lesson with eagerness and actually accelerates their progress. I never push a student and instead encourage and edify the student and try to use their own favorite pieces of music to keep them excited about their next lesson. Acknowledging small progress is the key and I never let a student leave without celebrating their accomplishments no matter how small! Read More
Instruments: Guitar Voice Ukulele Acoustic Guitar
Did you have a teacher that inspired you to go into music? How did they inspire you?
All through my childhood I was blessed with teachers and parent who encouraged me to try new things. I first got turned on to music when my second grade teacher said that the choir was going to travel to see a show on Broadway, so if, you wanted to go, you had to join the choir! Indeed, join I did--and here i am today, a music professional....
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Humans being what we are, HABIT can be a definite plus in advancing one's skill level--So I strongly recommend that students set up a disciplined--but realistic-- schedule of daily practice. Everyone's Circadian rhythm is different, so, to advocate for "Early Morning Practice "or "After Dinner Practice," would be assuming that I KNOW the rhythm of the student and their real-world life...But, that said, REGULARITY is imperative!
When will I start to see results?
Whether it is sports, or chess, or drama, whatever, so many activities that eventually end up giving us great joy depend upon a GRADUAL-- and not immediate-- acquiring of skills. It's hard for young people to get this concept--especially when they are so constantly bombarded with examples of "famous" youth who display what could appear to be an easy excellence--be it in sports or performance, or even appearance... That said my experience is that there is still a rationality in the minds of teens that realizes that NOTHING happens immediately! Helping a child understand the concept of GRADUAL advancement--and the curious reality that so often improvement can spike after a certain critical mass of skill has been acquired---is the key to a child'd willingness to hang in during the "pain" of the "no pain--no gain" reality...
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
This is an important question, indeed! My answer is not meant to be evasive, but my 25 years of experience caution me to counsel parents to be NEITHER overly aggressive NOR overly permissive about their children taking lessons.
I can see a parent saying "Well, that vague answer is of no help!" I do understand!
What I mean is that any encouragement of a parent must be coming from a place of seeking the CHILD'S best interest, not the parent's...
Indeed, it is age-appropriate for children to be unsure of who they are, and what is in their actual beat interest--Maturity is the often painful process of defining such. ..
But EXPOSING children to the world of possibilities around them is indeed the purview of parents, and so I frequently recommend that parents frame the introduction of lessons as a "TRIAL" experience, where the child is invited to experience the possibility of such an exploration with an open mind for a brief series , and THEN an assessment of interest and actual potential can be made...
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Bruno
I just won a guitar so i want to learn how to play it, from christian songs to clasical rock. I dont know if i got what it takes but i will give it 100%
Joseph
I am interested in guitar and drum lessons for my son (4 yrs old). He has both a Drum set and an Electric Guitar w/ Amp. Prefer in-home lessons. Reside in the Northeast.
JONATHAN
I HAVE A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR. HE HAS ONE AT HOME AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT THEN SEE IT JUST SITTING IN MY LIVING ROOM.