Lessons

Private lessons are offered online through all major video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, FaceTime, and Google Meet. If you are interested in private lessons, here is the latest lesson information brochure for pricing, services offered, and other information.

  • Modern Guitar Styles: Rock, Blues, Country
  • Traditional Guitar Styles: Classical, Jazz, and Ragtime
  • Piano Styles: Classical, Jazz, and Pop
  • Electronic and Video Game Music
  • Recording, Production, and MIDI Instruments
  • Music Theory and Ear Training  (Any Instrument)
  • Music Composition and Arranging  (Any Instrument)

Below you will find a wide range of materials for guitar and piano spanning many styles and musical traditions. These articles are offered as examples of the curriculum used for private lessons.

Guitar

Basic Guitar Tablature (Part One)

Basic Guitar Tablature (Part Two)

Basic Guitar Tablature (Part Three)

Happy Birthday

Greensleeves – Melody

Star Spangled Banner – Melody

Miserlou (Dick Dale)

Wipeout (The Surfaris)

Using Power Chords

House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)

Cocaine (Eric Clapton / JJ Cale)

Day Tripper (The Beatles)

Greensleeves – Harmonized



Advanced Barré Chords for Guitar

Major and Minor Barré Chord Shapes

Fretboard Note Guide


Basic Chord Inversions for Guitar

Major Chord Inversions (String Group 123)

Major Chord Inversions (String Group 234)

Major Chord Inversions (String Group 1234)

Minor Chord Inversions (All String Groups)


Advanced Chord Inversions for Guitar

Dominant Seventh Chord Inversions

Minor Seventh Chord Inversions

Major Seventh Chord Inversions

Major Sixth Chord Inversions

Minor 7 b5 Chord Inversions

Diminished Seventh Chord Inversions

Using Seventh Chord Inversions Exercise Sheet

Satin Doll Chord Melody Study


Piano

Major Chord Triads and Inversions

Minor Chord Triads and Inversions

Ode to Joy – Beginner Arrangement

Boogie Woogie – Left Hand Ostinato Study

Autumn Leaves – Guide Tones Exercise #1

All The Things You Are – Guide Tones Exercise #1

All The Things You Are – Guide Tones Exercise #2


Bass Guitar

Basic Tablature for Bass Guitar

More Basic Tablature for Bass Guitar

Money Tab

Stand By Me Tab

Funk Bass Lines Tab

Basic Scales for Bass Guitar

Autumn Leaves – Bass Line Study