Guitar Lessons
All guitar students will learn to read standard notation, tablature, or both. Teachers will devise a customized curriculum for each student which will incorporate the style of music that the student wants to learn in addition to teaching music theory, history and other appropriate musical skills.
Guitar Lessons
Acoustic or electric guitar, ukulele and banjo
An amplifier is provided in the lessons
- Recommended starting age: 8
- Recommended lesson length:
- Age 8-11, 30 minutes
- Above age 11, 60 minutes
Equipment needed: You’ll need a good quality, student model guitar to have something practice at home and play at your lessons—either an acoustic, electric or classical guitar. A classical guitar, which has nylon strings, is the easiest to play. Electric guitar is the second easiest to play but requires the purchase of an amp. A good student-line guitar is about $150-200 (an amp would be about $150 extra).
Ukuleles have only 4 strings, are tuned differently from guitars, are much less expensive, and can be a great option for younger students because of their very small size.
Practice time: 15-20 minutes per day for beginners, increasing over time to at least an hour per day.
Starting age: We recommend age 8 as a great age to start learning guitar. Younger students can find the instrument quite uncomfortable to play—even if they can get their arms around one of the smaller instruments that are available—because it requires a fair amount of pressure to hold down the strings which can be a bit uncomfortable, at first. At the right age, however, learning guitar can be very satisfying because learning an actual ‘song’ can happen a bit sooner than with other instruments.
Additional info: Students can begin on an electric, acoustic, or classical guitar. All three use the same tuning, have the same number of strings and are learned in a similar way, so the choice is the student’s. With guitar, especially, daily practice is important because it requires a fair amount of strength at first to hold down the strings and the student needs to build up calluses on the tips of the fingers. Guitar can be a bit uncomfortable to play, at first, so the more you practice, the sooner you can get past the discomfort and enjoy the journey.
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