Welcome to my music website within this site you will find details on my performance style and teaching as well. I have been studying guitar since 1972 and violin since 1994.

I teach guitar only not violin.    

Guitar Instruction Details:

I teach out of homes, yours or mine or online.
I work in Royal Oak, Clawson, Birmingham, Troy and neighboring cities.

First hour session is free to determine if we are a good fit.
If we continue all remaining sessions are 40$ / hour or 20$ / half hour.

Aspects include:

-Understandig your musical identity

-Holding the guitar
-Proper hand position
-Tuning the guitar

-Pre scale work (scale mechanics)

-Music Theory
-Keys (circle of fifths)
-Scales
-Chords related to each scale (very useful for song writing)
-Music History as it pertains to the theory.

-Practial chord development techniques to get you playing as soon as possible.
-1st position chords
-Standard Bar Chords
-Standard Rythm and Orchestral chord forms

-Orientation to reading music
-Understanding music notation
-Fretboard Layout
-Theoretical fretboard studies

-Beginning sight reading

-Developing your song performance list
-Maintaining your list

-Song writing basics
-Chord progressions
-Lyrics