John-Paul Lepeley Guitar Lessons

My teaching approach:

Experienced teacher and performer with more than 30 years in the educational field, working

with the San Ramon Unified District, St. Isidore School, Rancho Romero, Carden West School, and the Quarry Lane School, Art & Soul Music Studios, and Happy Feet. Also music director at St. Bonaventure (Concord), St. Francis (Walnut Creek), Queen of All Saints (Concord), St. Mary (Walnut Creek), and St. James (San Francisco). I understand that people have different learning styles (Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic) and how to adapt to these styles. I customize lessons to each student.

My influences are:

Classical, Rock, Pop, Christian Music, Latin Music.

My guitar lessons take place in:

The student's home

Guitar Lessons with me take place in the following areas:

Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon.

Guitar Techniques:

Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Open tuning, Fingerstyle, Slide Guitar, Vocal Accompaniment, Performance, Improvisation, Jamming Skills, Reading Music, Music Theory, Scales and Exercises, Song Writing, Recording and Production, Guidance In Equipment Selection

Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following:

Each student has a preferred learning style that I match to make the class fun and more productive.

A guitar lesson with me might entail the following:

Instruction includes Guitar instruction, basics on Singing, Music Theory, Songwriting, Ear-training, Tablature, and Sight reading (reading music).

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

A student open to new challenges and with the willigness to learn new techniques all the time.