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Option | Price Per HALF Hour | Total Cost | ||
Pay as You Go | $50 /30min | $50 | ||
4 Lessons | $45.00 /30min | $180 | ||
12 Lessons | $40.00 /30min | $480 | ||
24 Lessons | $37.50 /30min | $900 |
+$10.00 for in home service
Option | Price Per FULL Hour | Total Cost | ||
Pay as You Go | $75 /hour | $75 | ||
4 Lessons | $70.00 /hour | $280 | ||
12 Lessons | $60.00 /hour | $720 | ||
24 Lessons | $55.00 /hour | $1320 |
+$10.00 for in home service
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Gary A.
Guitar Lessons, Bass Guitar Lessons, Song Writing Lessons
Home or Webcam
10 Years
My name is Gary. I started learning the guitar at age 9. I took one lesson, and then from there, I taught myself how to play by listening to recordings and figuring out the chords. I possess a very good amount of music theory experience. I can read music, and understand the circle of fifths, rhythm structure and patterns, modulation and transposing from one chord structure to another, harmonics, and time signature and time structure. IE: "keeping the beat". I am also a published songwriter, and a member of Crucial Music, and ASCAP, Inc. My style of teaching is to teach my students what they want to learn, and not necessarily what I "think" they want to learn. I teach rock n roll, metal, blues, country, folk, hip hop, and just about any other form of music, except classical. My philosophy of teaching is simple. It takes work to learn, but once you learn, it becomes fun. That's why its called "playing music" and not "working music". Thank you for your time.
Gary A. has over 10 years of music experience in the Dublin area.
Gary A. is proficient in and teaches Guitar Lessons, Bass Guitar Lessons, Song Writing Lessons .Degree and Field of Study:
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What to expect in my Guitar Lessons
Students should expect a combination of pragmatic learning, and creative excitement. First, we tune-up, do our scales, to get warmed up, then the lesson will start back up where we left off the previous lesson. My method of teaching is literally by the numbers. If I ask what is before A, the answer is always G. If I ask whats after A, the answer is always B. If I ask whats before 3/2, the answer is always 3/open, or 3/0. If I ask whats after 3/2, the answer is always 2/open, or 2/0. This is a fragment of the numbers system professional musicians use when performing live or in-studio. Letters can be confusing. B,C,D,E,and G sound similar. But there is only one 2/3. That would be middle D This way of teaching is very efficient, once the student understands this method, the learning potential is greatly enhanced.
What to expect in my Song Writing Lessons
My method of songwriting is both by the book, and without the book. Your cookie-cutter, by the numbers song construction consists of several fail-safe, and very successful practices. Number One rule of thumb is...."Hey Boris!... Don't Bore Us!.......get to the CHORUS! Most successful recording's either have the song title or get the chorus within 30 to 60 seconds. This is because the human mind tends to get "bored" every 8 seconds or so. It needs to be re-stimulated in that time frame. When listening to music, your most popular songs either get to the chorus quickly or sometimes even "start" with the chorus, or song title. The Beatles where geniuses at doing this, and if memory serves me correctly, The Beatles had quite a few hits in their day. Your typical by the book song is as follow's: verse 1, chorus, verse 2, chorus, maybe a bridge thrown in there for the fun of it, then chorus out. Try to keep the song between 2:30 and 3:59. Now unconventional songwriting,IE: "NOT by the book", consists of certain elements of the song that attract you in an Asymmetrical way. IE: Journey had a HUGE hit with "Don't Stop Believin'". The chorus didn't kick in until around 2 and a half minutes into the song. It has 3 or 4 verses and a guitar solo BEFORE the chorus even shows up!. Very unconventional from a songwriting standpoint.....but a VERY financially successful recording, to say the least. In closing, if you are spending way too much time on a song, trying to perfect it.......your spending way too much time on your song......because nothing's perfect.
What to expect in my Bass Guitar Lessons
Students should expect a combination of pragmatic learning, and creative excitement. First, we tune-up, do our scales, to get warmed up, then the lesson will start back up where we left off the previous lesson. My method of teaching is literally by the numbers. On Bass guitar, there are typically 4 strings. From the bottom (1) to the top (4), they are: G, D, A, and E. If I ask what is before A, the answer is always G. If I ask whats after A, the answer is always B. If I ask whats before 3/open (A), the answer is always, 4/3(G). If I ask whats after 3/open, the answer is always 3/2(B) This is a fragment of the numbers system professional musicians use when performing live or in the studio. Letters can be confusing. B,C,D,E,and G sound similar .But there is only one 2/3 (F) This way of teaching is very efficient, once the student understands this method, the learning potential is greatly enhanced.
Formal Education:
AA in music theory Chabot College.Hayward,CA
Private Education:
n/a
Performing Experience:
I have been performing live gigs for over 20 years.
Experience Teaching:
I have over 10 years teaching acoustic/electric guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, mandolin, and harmonica.
- Young Adult Adult Child
- Rock
- Pop
- Blues
- Jazz
- Country
- Acoustic
- R&B
- Your Home
- Webcam
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