Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
~ Andres Segovia

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"Over 30 years of experience & success teaching
people who play guitar
to become musicians whose instrument is the guitar"







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The Guitar Chair.

Lots of pros choose it for both practice and performance.

Maybe it would be right for you.

 



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BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED, COLLEGE AUDITION PREP
IN YOUR HOME

November is here! That means shorter days and longer nights. What a great time to shorten those long nights by practicing or learning to play guitar!

If you are interested in learning to play the guitar correctly the first time, please call today. I'll explain my time tested, original method that is an all-encompassing approach to the guitar.

If you are an intermediate or advanced guitarist, this could be the autumn you get turn long dark nights into productive time and kick your playing up a notch.

I have decades of experience instructing beginners through advanced players as well as audition preparation. Don't get shut out of learning to play guitar from a highly experienced, effective instructor. My schedule has just an opening or 2.

If you are interested in guitar lessons for a child, please read the kids & guitars link.

CALL TODAY!
201•818•8713

 

If you have been directed to this web site for private guitar lessons from a telephone answering device, referral from a guitar store or a personal referral, thank you for your interest!! (If you seek a teacher for a child, please read the link Kids & Guitars.)

When I have private guitar lesson openings, they are available to beginners, intermediates, advanceds, professionals and those needing to prepare for auditions. If you are in Bergen County New Jersey and you would like to explore the possibility of private lessons, please call to discuss it with me (201.370.4178), or e-mail your lesson query to me and I will get back to you shortly.

The method I teach is an all-encompassing approach that results in complete musicianship for the guitarist. If all you wish to do with your guitar is play a few particular songs or accompany a voice with a few chords, I am not the instructor for you. If what you you seek is to improve you tab skills, please read the link Tab vs Notation. BUT... if what you're seeking is to thoroughly learn and understand the guitar and become a well versed and well rounded guitarist, I may be the instructor for you.

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To further help you make a decision about who to hire as a guitar teacher, please read the link How to Find a Teacher and contact several instructors before you make your final decision. Hiring a guitar teacher is not like buying a pack of gum, which is cheap and you're done with it pretty quickly. Hiring a guitar teacher is more like buying a car. It's a proposition that will require a regular, weekly expense, maintenance and a relationship with another person you trust to deliver what you are paying them to do. Consider your options carefully.


All beginner students should learn to play, initially on acoustic or acoustic electric guitars. If you have or are a beginner who insists on being taught on a solid body electric guitar, I am not the instructor for you.

Thanks for your interest in private instruction. If I sound like a teacher you would like to consider, please contact me at 201.370.4178 ore any other means on the contact page.

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And...Practice!

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All your guitar questions are welcome! Ask about guitar technique, any playing pitfalls you are encountering and "all things guitar." Your question may be the subject of the next Q's & A;s page post or may suggest a new fyi page article.  E-mail the guitarists you know and encourage them to use this site for the answers to their questions. check the Q's & A's page often.


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Don't forget that this site is a gateway to blessings for those in need in America and throughout the world. Every student in my schedule allows me ti contribute to charitible works that server the poorest of the poor and the neediest of the needy.

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