Lessons

PHILOSOPHY

Music is taught in a non-traditional method, teaching students to learn to “jam” and create music before teaching them to read.

As a Music Major in college, I noticed that many of the other classically trained musicians could read or memorize music, but if you took that music away they didn’t know what to do. Most people who are taught only to read music give up very quickly because they are learning to read something they don’t understand. It would be like teaching someone to read a book, but not teaching them vocabulary or how words go together.

So I teach my students how music functions and how to put notes together first. They learn to improvise within a structure and most can usually “jam”, or create their own music, before the end of the first lesson. We use the person's favorite style of music which makes learning a fun thing to do. The more fun you have, the quicker you learn. And through the lessons, my students learn to read music.

THE DETAILS

I teach guitar and ukulele in many styles of music, including rock and roll, Hawaiian Slack-Key, and classical guitar.

My studio is in Kailua, Hawaii (on the island of Oahu).

I teach individual 30 minute lessons, since everyone learns at their own pace.

My lesson days are Monday through Saturday, between 10:30 and 6:00 pm. To see if the time you are looking for is available, please call my studio at 262-3734. If it is not, I keep a “Wait List” and when someone cannot make their lesson, I will call my Wait List to see if they are available to fill in for that week.

It is not required for you have your own instrument, but to get better at playing, you will need to have something to practice on at home!

My fee is $30.00 per half hour lesson.

This page was last updated on 03/06/2008