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Featured Guitar Teachers Near Oklahoma City, OK

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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Guitar lessons in Oklahoma City . 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!

Ethan F

Instruments: Guitar

My name is Ethan F. and I graduated From ACM @ UCO with an associates in Guitar performance. During my time at UCO I studied music theory, live performance, music business, and music history. Multiple time's a semester I would be put into random bands with other students and we would be required to pick a set list of songs and them perform them for a live audience within a few weeks. Read More

William R

Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Recorder Euphonium French Horn

For beginning students whose primary goal is membership in a school performance ensemble, I will usually choose a beginning band method that give them a good foundation in fundamental playing techniques. As they gain basic skills at this level, I expand the content of lessons to include easy solo repertoire. For older and adult beginningstudents, I usually use instrumental methods more suited for older learners. In addition, I incorporate easy solo literature for public performance. Read More

Kash S

Instruments: Guitar Bass Guitar

I love seeing my students suceed. Its important to me for each student to progress at their own pace. I want the students lesson to be fun and easy going. I try to assure my students that music is supposed to be a realease and not cause more stress and frustration. Read More

Timothy W

Instruments: Guitar Banjo Ukulele Mandolin Music Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

Over the last 20 years of teaching and playing I am often asked how do I reach the next level in my playing? Here are a few things I talk about as I help students grow as musicians. 1) Play songs you enjoy and have listened to often. While you can learn unfamiliar songs, it's best to work on tunes that are in your mind, not just on the page. 2) Spend time just nuddling on your instrument. Read More

Jacob M

Instruments: Guitar Ukulele Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar

During my time as a graduate teaching assistant for the University of Louisville, I learned the importance of effective and appropriate communication between students and instructors teaching class guitar, guitar ensembles, private instruction, and class ukulele. My guitar pedagogy background allows me to approach each student with a variety of styles and techniques that help streamline student progress and keep the passion of making music thriving. My students are encouraged to compete with and offer recitals of the music we study, whether it be standard repertoire or an original work. Read More

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Jackie B

Instruments: Piano Guitar Violin Banjo Mandolin Fiddle Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar

What is your favorite style/genre of music to play and why?
Lately I’ve been really working on my jazz chops. Just can’t get enough of those V7#5’s!

Does music run in your family? Tell us a little about your musical family members.
My mom is a pianist/flutist. At one point she taught music but never pressured me to embrace it, myself. There were always plenty of noise-makers around the house though while I was growing up.

If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
I learned guitar and violin in such different contexts that, at the time, it almost didn’t occur to me that I was learning two instruments- one, at home from chord charts and tabs and the other, at school in orchestra class. It wasn’t until I was already in college for music that I discovered the missing links that made both instruments feel more like branches from the same tree. From there, adding mandolin, banjo, even multi-cultural instruments like the Bolivian charango and Thai saw-u has just been a game of finding the various differences between them.

If you weren't a musician what do you think you'd be doing instead?
I’d like to be woodworker- specifically a violin maker. I have about 1/2 a fiddle I’ve been building for years out in the garage and it’s already been a spiritual quest just getting it that far.

If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I have a degree in Violin Performance. I chose that path because, at the time, I felt I needed to develop a rigorous technical approach as a means to an end for expressing my musical ideas. It also ended up being a strategic midway point for being able to communicate with/learn from music industry and education majors.

What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
To successfully pair your instrumental and vocal technique. That doesn’t mean you need to be a great singer (I’m definitely not). What it does mean is- a masterful musician needs to be able to literally speak the music and to be able to shape phrases and ideas based off of natural linguistic cadence. For this to happen, they need to have not only reached a means to end with technique but, also, all of these aspects need to be integrated in such a way that they are literally the same thing (to the performer) as the musical feeing that needs to be produced.

Why did you choose your primary instrument?
Initially for portability (would you believe it?). I remember seeing other kids with cellos getting on the bus and thinking it wasn’t for me. I’ve definitely since come to appreciate all the high notes on my violin though.

Did you have a teacher that inspired you to go into music? How did they inspire you?
I have had many teachers throughout my musical life and each one left a different and important impression on me. One teacher, in high school, made me believe that my music was important and needed to be heard. Another, in college, taught me that discipline is a sign of love for your art and that practice has to be part of your daily routine. I’ve had bandmates as teachers who have taught me when and when not to play and how to make my fiddle sound right in the mix.

When will I start to see results?
Results at first can be tedious, but I believe it’s important to start playing full pieces of music as soon as possible- sometimes that’s a melody or a tune, maybe even just a musical phrase.

How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
There is a definite size/physical developmental component to this and students should be able to be sized for the appropriate instrument in most music shops. Beyond that, how do they gravitate toward music and maybe even sound in general? Do they have an affinity for rhythms? I feel that these things play rather heavily into the question of “at what age a child is ready to start music lessons”. If it holds their attention or sparks their imagination at a young age they may be ready.

What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Don’t let practice become a static thing. Make it like life- different in some way every single day. Even if you’re working on the same old things, explore the nuances in them.

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