Bass Lessons South

Instruments: Guitar, Bass Guitar

I been teaching this instrument before even attending my college.  My students always learn very fast while having lots of fun.  They will gain a lot of information regarding music theory and learn many songs and how to create their own songs.  My teaching method is fun becasue I like to play the guitar with the student and have us switch roles of lead guitar, and rhthym guitar. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Banjo, Lute, Euphonium, Shakuhachi, Latin Percussion, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Djembe, Acoustic Guitar

Books I use for teaching Piano is the Piano Adventures series of books by Nancy and Randall Faber, which is a great lesson book and a good basic piano method for beginners through intermediate level students. For guitar I use the Hal Leonard Incredible Chord Finder and the Warren Nunes Jazz guitar Rhythm and Background Chords and the Solo Patterns book. Also For both Piano and Guitar I have accumulated many charts and Berklee School of Music pages to use as students start to progress. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I began singing solos in church when I was 6 years old. I picked up the guitar when I was 10. At Montevallo, my primary instrument was voice and piano was my secondary instrument. I've been teaching professionally since 1981 -- 37 years as of this writing. My students have gone on to be professionals themseleves, but many of them just enriched their lives with music. As a performer, I've sung and played guitar in churches, clubs, local television and at weddings, funerals and I've perfomed in musicals alongside Broadway star Rebecca Luker in college. Read More

Instruments: Bass Guitar

I approach teaching from a relax and laidback standpoint. I want to talk to the student as a friend and helper. My desire is to not make the student rebellious or nervous from my teaching methods. I start off on all my lessons asking my students what do they want to learn from my lessons. I ask them what genre do they want to know the most? How will learning bass guitar help them in their personal life? Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Ukulele, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

I like to teach and talk about the songs and styles that were taught to me by my father when I was just getting in to music and guitar. The first thing I remember learning were "Hey Joe" by Hendrix, which is actually simpler than most people would expect. The basic standards of guitar were taught to me when I was first learning, and that's what excites me to teach to the next generation of guitarists. Read More