Guitar Lessons With Steve

Customers should hire me because I understand that culminating a student's sense of excitement about the guitar is the best way to get results. That motivation is the main force that drives the desire to practice and hence get better. In addition to maintaining that sense of excitement I have always strived to organize and streamline the lesson material as much as possible without dumbing it down. I have roughly 15 years as a teacher in college, and I have seen how students can benefit from a clearly thought-out lesson plan. Sometimes they surprise themselves when they discover that they are actually good at these things!

I have always crafted my lessons with the student's goals in mind and include material related directly to those goals or to support the skills necessary. With beginners I try to get the student to the point of being able to play something early on so that they will be motivated to practice. I avoid assigning rote exercises that seem to have no relevance to the students' goals. I enjoy helping people understand and master a complicated topic such as playing guitar, when they understand that it is not out of their reach.

As your guitar instructor I will keep the lessons fun and relevant and will teach good practice habits. You can rest assured that you will get the music theory necessary to take your passion for guitar to the next level.