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Instruments: Piano Guitar Bass Guitar Synthesizer Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I Love teaching music, and love helping others progress on their musical journeys! I've played music for as long as I can remember, and spent my childhood learning just about every instrument I could get my hands on. As a young adult, I rigorously practiced piano and studied music theory, eventually writing an 80 page thesis analyzing jazz piano improvisation in college. Now, I like to spread my love of music by showing others how much joy it has brought to my life, and helping them to experience that same joy. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Saxophone Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Organ Synthesizer Ukulele Mandolin Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I am a classically trained clarinet player who learned every Rock instrument along the way and some other instruments. I'm currently in multiple bands including a Classic Rock cover band and a Latin band (Rock, Funk, Reggae, Ska, Cumbia). I write music in a variety of styles as well, such as singer/songwriter, Rock, EDM/trance, and even wrote a piece for the Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra. I'm also a big music theory geek which adds to my teaching ability. Read More
Instruments: Piano Cello Keyboard
For beginner students I like to start them with basic principles such as how to properly hold the bow and how to properly sit with the cello. I like to use methods such as Suzuki to work on musicality, and Essential elements to work on basics. For intermediate I like to work with the Popper etudes and the Bach Cello Suites, I also add some of the more advanced Suzuki books. Read More
Instruments: Piano
I have started piano students off with Piano Adventures Primer Lessons and Theory, and have taught adults using the Alfred Basic Adult Piano Course. I do have students learning from John Thompson's Teaching Little Fingers How to Play method (moves more quickly than Piano Adventures), and have a Blues Piano student learning from various sources including How to Play Boogie Woogie (Hal Leonard/Wise). I teach beginning guitar using the Hal Leonard Guitar Method, also Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method, and Mel Bay's Fun With Strums. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Music Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Acoustic Guitar
I'm a patient teacher that wants to share every bit of knowledge I can with every student. I want to create complete musicians who understand the language of music and the guitar. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Violin Cello Viola Mandolin Recorder Orchestral Percussion Music
I use various methods, books that will fit the student's needs. For instrumental, I use theory book with written activity that helps the student understand the fundamentals of music. In addition, I use various exercise and performance books that will develop the student's skill and master the instrument. For voice, I teach various vocal exercises and vocal techniques that will develop the student's voice. I have been passionate guiding students across various musical genres, including classical and contemporary, and languages such as English, German, Italian, French, and more. Read More
Instruments: Saxophone Clarinet Oboe
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
A normal practice session consist of a light warm up maybe 5 to 10 minutes. Working on some scales. Reviewing last weeks lessons. Then we start breaking down the problem areas and working them out measure by measure. I like to watch my students while the play very closely to pick up any technique issues. I like to ask them did they have any problem with the lesson, there may be something they didn't quite understand. I like to finish all lessons with playing a duet and then reviewing what's going to be on next weeks lesson.
If you have a Music Degree, what is it in (Performance, Education, Musicology, Theory, Composition, etc) and why did you choose that degree?
I don't have a music a degree in any music field. There are many great professional players who have no degree whatsoever. I'd like to think my degree comes from 20 years as military musician and another 18 years of playing 5 and 6 nights a week in restaurants, private parties, corporate events, and weddings. I have studied with many wonderful instructors whose knowledge is part of everything I do when it comes to performing. If I had to choose a degree I thing it would be composition, I love arranging music for small ensembles.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
Choosing method books is a very subjective thing kind of like choosing headphones or loud speakers. Everyone swears theirs is the best. There some standards though. For brass, Arbans book. Woodwinds there are too many to mention. I guess for beginners Essential Elements is a good start because all of the different instrument books work together like a musical suite. Very smart idea. For saxophone I like Klose daily exercises and the universal sax method book. For clarinet Klose method. Its like the clarinet bible. The exercise in there go through every alternate fingering you could thing of for clarinet. Very practical For oboe Vade Mecum for Oboe and Barrett for Oboe. I like the Barrett because it has tons of duets in the back of the book for a treble clef instrument and a bass clef instrument so you can do oboe bassoon duets.
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
The hardest thing to master on any instrument is technique. That means different things to different instruments. If you play the Horn in F you might have a problem mastering the overtone series. On trumpet it may be the range. On trombone the different positions. On tuba just having enough air to make the instrument sound full. Most woodwinds it comes down to runs. Having fluid scales is a must especially for upper winds like flute and clarinet. Oboe's main thing to master is the tone because most oboe solos are slow and all about the tone of the instrument. With saxophone it's style, if you're an alto player everyone wants that Sanborn sound, if you're playing tenor gotta sound like Brecker.
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