Learn Guitar with Michael
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Some musicians teach because it's all they can do. I teach because it's what I love to do. After high school, I got my bachelor's in education and have been teaching since 2018. I've recorded and released music, played in bands, and have studied guitar & music theory at a collegiate level. Over the years, I've worked with people of all skill levels and ages to help them reach their musical goals with lessons on which I'm always innovating. Ever wondered how biology plays a huge role in your guitar progress? Well, you are an animal, aren't you?
Levels taught: Beginners, Intermediates, Experts
Teaches: Kids, Teenagers, Adults, Seniors
🏅Recording Artist
📝Music Degree
🎓13 years playing
🔥2 Lessons
⭐️Education Degree
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Reviews
Total reviews2
Average rating
5.0
Anonymous
Level: Intermediate•Lessons taken: 27
I never thought I’d be able to learn so much music theory, but Michael has helped so much.
Anonymous
Level: Intermediate•Lessons taken: 35
He knows his stuff, always listens, and makes me feel more confident.
Locations
These are the locations I've set as being able to provide lessons:1 location available
Tumbleweed Park
2250 S McQueen Rd, Chandler, AZ 85286, USA
845.4 miles awayOutdoors
Availability
These are the times I've set as being available for lessons.sundays
8 AM - 8 PM
mondays
8 AM - 8 PM
tuesdays
8 AM - 8 PM
wednesdays
8 AM - 8 PM
thursdays
8 AM - 8 PM
fridays
8 AM - 8 PM
saturdays
8 AM - 8 PM
Beginner training plan
Your first lessonHand positioning is crucial. It is important that beginners get used to holding the instrument and how the strings feel under their fingers. Yes, the strings hurt. After a week of regular practice, that won’t be a big deal.
We will also learn how to tune the instrument (guitars can be expected to go out of tune pretty much every time you set it down). We will also learn the names of notes on a few of the strings and get used to associating frets with numbers.
Lesson 11+I’m always interested to know what students want to learn. Their goals and tastes are important, and I aim to integrate them as much as possible. If there’s a song you want to learn, we’ll work on it.
Assuming you’ve followed my advice and avoided bad habits, tuned your instrument every time you played it, and payed attention to the tabs I’ve given you, this is the fun part where you can learn a lot of really cool things really quickly.
Lesson 4-10Now we will make scale practice a regular habit. We will also start looking at chord diagrams, and playing some chords. Some of the exercises in the past lessons will have been designed to build certain hand habits for playing chords.
Music theory will be sprinkled in along the way, but more can always be integrated if a student is particularly interested in songwriting, for example.
Lesson 2-3If we hadn’t gotten to it in the first lesson, we will now start learning how to read guitar tablature (guitars tabs). This is a standard transcription method for guitar music. No, it’s not traditional sheet music, and there are reasons why for many styles of music, tablature is the standard. By now, you will be expected to know how to tune your instrument with little or no guidance from me. Here, we’ll also spend some time working on learning some music to play.
If it hasn’t already been introduced in Lesson 2, Lesson 3 will feature the first scales and exercises.
Advanced training plan
Your first lessonFor advanced students, the lesson plan is this:
You tell me what you want to learn, and I’ll teach it to you.
First, I’ve gotta diagnose you. I have to see where you are and what skills and habits (good and bad) you might be coming to me with.
If you want to learn theory, great! How’s your chord knowledge? How many pentatonic shapes can you play? What’s the dominant in D minor? Why shouldn’t I play a Dm chord in the key of G?
Stuff like this helps me to understand what you understand, so we can figure out where to start. If one of those questions stood out to you as technical jargon, then why not ask me about it?
Lesson 2-3If you struggle with technique roadbloacks, we’re gonna need a few lessons. I’ve got exercises galore. Some from old masters, some inspired by my students asking me questions and me having to come up with stuff on the fly (I’m quite good at that).
You might get frustrated with me demanding that you play something a particular way (yes, I will highly suggest you learn alternate picking, for example), but sometimes you have to force the muscles to listen. Habits are nasty like that
What you need to bringYou will need your own instrument (guitar or bass guitar). Please also come prepared with picks and a tuner.
What I can bringIf you have an electric guitar or bass, you can bring a small amplifier and cable.
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If you need to cancel your lesson, no worries! You can get a full refund if you cancel within 24 hours of making your booking. We want to make the process as hassle-free as possible for you.
And if you simply want to reschedule your lesson, change the date and time, or adjust the number of students joining, we've got you covered there too. You can easily make these changes within 24 hours of booking, and up to 72 hours before your lesson starts.
Our goal is to make your experience smooth, enjoyable, and worry-free. So go ahead and book with confidence, knowing that we're here to accommodate your needs every step of the way!
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