Pat Smith Guitar Lessons

Pat Smith Guitar Lessons

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My teaching approach:

I try to help you become yourself as a player. If you just want to be a copy of someone else then I am not the teacher for you. But if you are interested in being a better musician and picker then come on in. I am teaching now at Marion Music, Cornell College, Grinnell College and Kirkwood College.

My influences are:

Lenny Breau, BB King, Howard Roberts, Jim Hall, Miles Davis, Dickey Betts, Roy Buchanan, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Pat Martino, Chet Atkins, Ted Nugent, Hound Dog Taylor, Mississippi John Hurt, Ted Greene, John Scofield, Steve Cropper, Merle Travis, Steve Goodman, Tony Rice, John McLaughlin, Egberto Gismonti, Eric Clapton, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Richie Blackmore, and so many others

My guitar lessons take place in:

The teacher's studio or the student's home

Guitar Lessons with me take place in the following areas:

Marion Music. I also teach in Coralville. Lessons also available in your home

Guitar Techniques:

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

Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following:

We will talk and if you already play we will play a bit. Then off we go

A guitar lesson with me might entail the following:

I structure around the students goals. I also try to open you to other styles because music is a huge area and it all blends in to your style

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

Someone that is open to different types of music and loves the guitar


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Serves Iowa City , IA

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Guitar