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Carrie is an amazing and caring teacher who loves helping her students grow as much as she loves the instrument. Classes are fun, productive and each week brings something new to learn and a feeling of accomplishment. Our class just ended and I've already signed up for the next one! - Josh M.
Why Group Classes?
In my years of teaching experience, I’ve found that students in group classes progress more quickly and have more fun! In a group, you face challenges together. There is camaraderie, as well as the motivation to not get left behind. Group classes provide accountability and consistency even if you have weeks where you are unable to practice at home, having a weekly group class means you can play for an hour during class time, and reminds you that you love music. Ultimately music is meant to be shared (even remotely!). It’s fun to play with others and it’s a wonderful way to meet new people who share a common interest. My classes allow for personalized attention, and I leave lots of time for questions.
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BUILD STRONG FUNDAMENTALS: Students who learn to play from online videos (without a teacher) often develop bad habits, because they have no one to actually look at their fingers and give them feedback. Every person and every guitar is different I will help you build good habits that make it easy for you to enjoy playing.
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USEFUL FRAMEWORKS: Learning to play songs by memorizing shapes is like learning to speak a language by memorizing sounds -- you can’t have a conversation! This is where my method is different. I incorporate bite sized pieces of music theory so that you can understand WHY you’re doing what you’re doing. This helps you learn much faster and gives you the freedom to own your guitar playing. If you’ve been playing for a while and feel “stuck”, discovering these frameworks can move you forward.
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A CLEAR PATH FORWARD: I will offer you clear and focused goals that build on each other. With so much information online, it’s easy to get distracted and spend a lot of time on truly ineffective practice. My job is to aggregate and contextualize the information for you and offer a clear path. You will complete each level with a set of concrete skills. This sense of accomplishment makes guitar playing even more fun!
Satisfaction Guaranteed! 🎸
Try the first class, and if you feel the course isn't a fit, I'm happy to help you find a different level or offer a full refund. After you begin the second week of class, registration is non-refundable. New students are offered a "try the first class" rate. If you decide to continue, this price is deducted from the course. COVID discounts are available. Click on the course cards for all pricing info & full descriptions of the classes!
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Guitar Level 1 October 2022
Guitar Level 1**FOR VERY BEGINNERS ONLY* Assuming you haven't played at all yet or very little, or a long time ago and you'd like to start over. We start from scratch!
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Guitar Level 2 October 2022
The Level 2 class is all about people who know a few chords (C, Em, G, D, A, Am and E), can change between these chords (even slowly) and are just starting to strum . We also begin finger picking, learning to read tablature and more...
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Guitar Level 3 October 2022
In the Level 3 class we continue to work on strumming (adding more complex strumming techniques), and we start to learn about the language of music and how it applies to our playing.
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Guitar Level 5 October 2022
The Level 5 class is all about learning, practicing and understanding barre chords! (as well as continuing to utilize all we've learned in previous levels) This is a big step in unlocking and being able to visualize the rest of the fretboard.
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Guitar for Lifers! October 2022
If you've made it this far, you'll most probably be playing your whole life so why not REALLY start to understand what you're doing? In this class we focus on learning the whole fretboard- how to visualize, understand and get around...
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Guitar Level 1 August 2022
Guitar Level 1**FOR VERY BEGINNERS ONLY* Assuming you haven't played at all yet or very little, or a long time ago and you'd like to start over. We start from scratch!