Guitar Lessons Midwest

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar

Teaching scales equips students with the fundamental building blocks of melody and improvisation. This knowledge empowers them to create their own solos and melodies, enhancing their musical expression. Understanding chords is essential for rhythm playing and song accompaniment. By teaching a variety of chords and chord progressions, you're enabling students to play songs they love and laying the groundwork for more complex harmonic concepts. Introducing note reading helps bridge the gap between playing by ear and reading music notation. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My mission is to help bring about appreciation and application for music in new and exciting ways. For the beginner and intermediate student that involves basic handling and care of their instrument, a bit of history and music theory, and of course our main focus of hands-on application. For the intermediate to the more advanced student, our focus leans more toward a deeper understanding of theory as application and technique progresses. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My mission is to create a space where creativity, growth, and fun come together through music. I believe that learning an instrument should not only improve your technical ability but also help you grow as a well-rounded musician. In my lessons, I focus on building the skills you need to reach your goals while helping you explore those tricky musical questions you might not have answers to yet. I carefully track each student’s development and adjust my teaching style to support your personal growth, learning pace, and musical interests. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Drums, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I have been playing the drums for 16 years and the guitar for 18 years. I started by learning how to play rock beats and songs independetly and eventually started taking lessons from drummer, Martin Dosh of Andrew Bird's live band. Martin, a jazz and hip-hop drummer from Minneapolis taught me how isolation techniques and jazz/swing exercises derived from Hal Leonard's methods book. Since College, I have been playing in local and touring bands as well as teaching out of my studio space in Ukrainian Village, Chicago. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I love it when I see a student smiling because of their hard work and dedication to their instrument. Therefore, it is important that each student progresses at her or his own pace. I always encourage my students to start slow and to not get frustrated. From personal experience there are times when I have been learning a song and work on it day in and day out and it seems like there is no progression in sight. Read More