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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Music lessons in Virginia Beach . 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: Piano Guitar Drums Bass Guitar Synthesizer Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I'm a deeply passionate, wholly enveloped musician who lives for the love of music. I absolutely love teaching others, however my golden strength is my ability to read my students from a lifelongs-experienced side, while fully understanding their difficulties to the most finite degree, no matter how frustrating and daunting the art of music can be- and teaching in the direction THEY wish. Creating music fueled by passion and the desire to express the otherwise ineffable emotions is the most powerfully freeing experience I think anyone can have, and it's my joy to enable others to enjoy it Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Trumpet Trombone Recorder Euphonium
With all of my students I am kind, patient, gentle, humorous, encouraging, and positive with my feedback. Students regularly give feedback on the music they are making, as well as any new ways they think I might be helpful to them. I use Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory to help inform me of the students learning style. My goal is to nurture each students musical process. I support whatever pace students choose to employ, and tailor my instruction to their needs and wants. Read More
Instruments: Drums
I love to see my students succeed in life! Setting realistic goals is key as some students want to learn for a new hobby, some have a career, and some just love the art of drumming! For me, drumming is all of the above mentioned as well as a form of meditation therapy. My student's always leave smiling, having learned a new skill feel good about themselves and their life. Read More
Instruments: Piano Saxophone Flute Clarinet Oboe English Horn
I create a customized curriculum based on the experience and age of each student. There are specific method books that I use, but my choices completely depend on the individual student and instrument that I am selecting material for. I like to create a well balanced curriculum of fun, technique and challenge in each lesson. Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Flute Drums Recorder Music
I am very passionate about music. I love to teach and pass along what i know so that others can continue to create music for profit and personal enjoyment. I am a very low pressure teacher. If you are not enjoying your time then no one is benefiting from the lessons. I use a marker board, books, a metronome, paper and pencils etc to tech lessons. I do not send home "homework" but i will assign practice exercises for students to do between classes and will check on the progress and results when we meet for our next lesson. Read More
Instruments: Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Euphonium Tuba
My teaching experience dates back to my college days, as I began teaching marching band eight years ago. After graduating from Tarleton State University in 2014, I began teaching at the junior high and high school levels. In between teaching classes I would help students after school with working on their music for class as well as encouraging students to push themselves with more challenging literature. During the concert season I would meet with sections or individuals for lessons for their solo or ensemble auditions. Read More
Instruments: Bass Guitar Double Bass
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Practice is just that, going over and over a lick, and part in your music that you don’t understand.
Developing a regiment for this is suggested by the instructor. This does not mean it works for you. Try short bursts of time/energy, say 1-2 bars of a passage that you just can’t get in Tempo.
Slow it down, use your metronome at a slow marking that you don’t make mistakes, slowly build up the tempo until you reach the desired tempo. This helps you get over the hump, also try 10-15 minutes several time a day, this helps your concentration, and I bet you have plenty of other things to do.
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
They have asked you for an instrument, so that’s good, but do they really need lessons? This is a tough question. Beginners do need some type of instruction, how to hold the instrument, how to make sounds, properly, but some beginners learn from others or are a natural. Try to pick and instrument that requires little expense, buy a used guitar, not a new one. If money is no object, then buy the new one. Most beginners think they want to play an instrument, but when they start, and don’t really get into it, they lose interest. I suggest you decide on an instructor and take 4 lessons, step back and evaluate the lessons with your child.
When will I start to see results?
Some beginning students take 3-6 months to develop their musical awareness. Others longer, This depends on any physical limitations regarding the instrument of choice. The bass guitar requires callouses on the left hand to be comfortable. This takes awhile depending on the students practice time. If the student plays the Double bass, this requires bowing technique as well. This takes practice.
Keep conversation ongoing with your child, make sure this is working for them.
Did you have a teacher that inspired you to go into music? How did they inspire you?
I did have inspiration, I listened to the radio and played bass lines to songs. My ears honed in on the bass
So I was able to hear the bass line and then find it on the instrument and memorize it. My influences were, Paul McCartney, still one of the best rock bass players alive today.
My parents always help me, my mom is a piano player and my dad sang in Barbour shop quartets and taught himself piano. Mostly, I decided I wanted to learn music and make it my main source of income.
23 Years
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Happy Customers
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Cities with Students
3,123
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