Darius L  
Instruments: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Styles: Pop, Country, Gospel

I have been a guitar instructor for 8 years. As an instructor, I love seeing students improving and most importantly being happy and committed with their music instrument. I also emphasize to students that the purpose of learning guitar is to not add more stress in your life, it's suppose to be a stress reliever. I realize that by saying this, students will approach and learn guitar in a healthier way. I will always do my best to make lessons light and fruitful at the same time because this way it will help students treat lessons as a time off from other duties such as school/work and at the same time being productive.

For beginners, I usually introduce them the 12 main notes of music, the physical parts of the guitar, basic chords, and why these chords are named in such a specific way. As students progress, I will introduce more chords and plucking/strumming techniques. I also allow students to choose whatever songs they wish to learn. I will listen to it and decide whether students' guitar knowledge/skills are up to par for it. Depending on the song, some songs require much longer time to learn because of specific techniques used in it, meaning I need to teach it to students.