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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Guitar lessons in Sunnyvale . 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 Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
As said above, number one in my mind is meet the student where they are. I want to find a way to be not only a teacher for a student, but a way to be a mentor. Students spend years with teachers and they can very quickly become such an important component and role model. If there's a single thing I want my students to learn, is to love music. Read More
Instruments: Guitar
My biggest satisfaction when I teach is seeing my students getting better and maintaining their interest, passion, and desire. Once in a while I like to push them or tell them to push themselves, find new challenges, and dare a little more. New challenges bring new goals, and new goals make them keep their eagerness to learn. Since my key point is "be open-minded", I always try to make their interest and needs parallel with my instructions. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar
Flowing between the presentation of new information and the actual active playing music is very important to the way I conduct lessons. Especially for the young, I place much more emphasis on facilitating musical experiences rather than the integration of musical nomenclature and conceptualization. When we learn to speak, our ears guide us first, and we imitate. Writing and reading comes later. I've found that this pertains to music as well, if not even moreso. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
Hi everyone! My name is Cole and I've always had a great passion for music. In elementary school, I played violin and trumpet, later switching to baritone and euphonium in middle school. It wasn't until high school that I finally landed on guitar after my best friend bought me a cheap Stratocaster for my birthday. I graduated from the University of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy and a minor in Psychology back in 2022. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Music Electric Guitar
My teaching experience began when I was working on my Associate of Arts in music production and sound technology. Having been trained in music theory and classical guitar from the University of Chile for three years, by the time I started college, I was able to help many students. I mostly gave guitar and singing lessons, but also did tutoring in music theory. I have been teaching music ever since. Read More
Instruments: Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I like to "cross-train" my students. By this, I mean that it is important to work all of our musical muscles in order to become well-rounded musicians. Lessons could include anything from ear training, solfege, sight reading, song learning, and much more. Through this exploration, I can find what excites the student and work that into the lesson, and the student can find what inspires them while exploring it more and working on it with me. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Saxophone Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Organ Synthesizer Ukulele Mandolin Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I always say that rhythm is more important than the notes. Play the right rhythm and the notes will come instead of playing every right note while sacrificing rhythm. I encourage students to make their mistakes loud, proud, and in rhythm so everyone has a better idea of what needs to be worked on most. I also emphasize isolating parts to practice and working backwards. Example: play the last two bars of the song until comfortable with it, now play the last 4 bars, last 6, last 8...etc., whole song. Read More
Instruments: Trumpet
If you play more than one instrument, how did you decide to start playing the second? (Or 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc)!
In addition to playing the trumpet, I also play ukulele. In my first year at Juilliard, I had a hard time improving at Ear Training. Taking up a chordal instrument like the ukulele allowed me to hear music in a completely different way and advance my ear training skills much more quickly. I think it's very important if you play a single line instrument to learn a chordal instrument; whether it's harp, piano, ukulele, guitar etc. After getting better at ukulele, I formed a band with a colleague from school. Now, I write songs for my band and have a lot of fun playing and performing a different genre of music!
When did you decide to become a professional musician? Was it a gradual decision or was there a defining moment for you?
I have enjoyed playing music since I was very young. When I got to high school, I started taking music seriously and ended up attending the summer music camp at Interlochen Arts Academy. At Interlochen, I gained some of my first experience playing in orchestra which quickly became one of my biggest passions. Near the end of camp, we performed Mahler’s second symphony. I was captivated by this piece, and from the first rehearsal, I decided that I wanted to play and perform music for the rest of my life.
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
A normal practice session for me starts off with about ten minutes of long tones and breathing exercises, resting as much as I play and going very slowly (38 beats per minute). After this, I work out of the Stamp book to play pedal tones and slur up above the staff. Then, I work on technical exercises, which include intervallic slurs, multiple tonguing, articulation and other things from Bai Lin, Shuebruk, Arbans, Flexus or Franquin. I write down everything that I do and how it went. I typically work on a single exercise for about a week and then move on to the next one. After I get my warm up and technical exercises out of the way and take a break, I work on the music that I have to play for any upcoming auditions or performances. It's important to me to start the day off as relaxed as possible, making sure that all of the technical aspects of my playing are in the proper place before I move on to my music. It makes playing difficult music much easier!
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Since the trumpet has a max practice time of around two or three hours, it is incredibly important that students use their time effectively. We can't spend two or three hours on a single passage of music like a violinist or pianist, so every note we play should have our complete attention. Trumpet players must also not overplay anything, as it's very easy to sustain a injury or to lose that mental focus. Resting as much as we play and breaking up practice sessions into thirty-minute blocks is a very effective strategy to working around these issues.
When will I start to see results?
Results can vary student to student. For example, a student working on articulation will see results much faster, a few days to a week, than a student working on an embouchure change, which could take anywhere from month to a year. However, since my lesson plans involve writing everything down (what the exercise or etude the student is working on, what is good and bad about it, time spent on material, what to improve, etc.) students should be able to easily document their progress day by day. When starting out with lessons, it’s typical to see a great deal of improvement in a short amount of time.
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