Ron Black Guitar Lessons

My teaching approach:

Variety of music styles... Approach is unique... mix of building traditional foundation ... understanding music, chords and music flow (progressions) along with the best tips from how" self taught " musicians learn to play music". Play along with great music tracks,... the results is to be able to "really play" more quickly, be motivated, have fun at this ... make it a great experience!!

My influences are:

Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mark Knopler, Buddy Guy, Larry Carlton, Mick Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Slash, Chet Atkins, Jesse Cook, Norm Brown

My guitar lessons take place in:

The student's home

Guitar Lessons with me take place in the following areas:

Students' home..Phoenix, Scottsdale, Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, or anywhere via online live lessons

Guitar Techniques:

Song Writing, Recording and Production, Scales and Exercises, Music Theory, Reading Music, Improvisation, Jamming Skills, Open tuning, Rhythm guitar, Lead guitar

Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following:

Ask questions, have them demonstrate what they can do. Give them a simple guitar riff, so I can evalaluate finger dexterity. Give them something they can play!

A guitar lesson with me might entail the following:

Each lesson will tie to a real example in "your kind of music" ! We may use tab, sheet music and/or a video track. Depending upon your abilities... we would most likely jam and/or record!

The qualities I look for in an ideal guitar student might include the following:

Enthusiasm to want to learn, plays because they want to, interacts with me. It's up to me to entertain and motivate