Guitar teacher for adult?
Hi all,
I would love to re-start learning to play guitar, and trying to figure out how to fit in lessons to make it more likely to happen!
Does anyone know a great guitar teacher? I'm interested to learn to play mostly for fun; I often listen to folk/americana but also like lots of other genres; would be interested to learn a little of music theory, but not super intense in that direction.
Would be great if I could find someone who could come to my house during a kid naptime, or do the lesson later in the evening after bedtime, or could do virtual lessons maybe?
If you've got anyone in mind who could work with a slightly alternative schedule, let me know!
Thanks!
Oct 6, 2022
Parent Replies
Marianne Barlow is a very nice teacher. She can teach both adults and kids. https://www.facebook.com/mariannelbarlow/ Marianne's my kid's piano teacher but my kid's friend takes guitar lessons from Marianne. I took ukelele lessons from her a while back but I decided to stop because I'm too busy at this time. Marianne does virtual lessons.
Also, if scheduling is an issue, check out Rocksmith. It's a video game that teaches people how to play the guitar. I know several people who learned to play using this game. There's a pretty cute video of this little girl that learned to play the guitar on this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpeDWRu1ZvQ
Bess Hepner is an amazing musician and teacher! She teaches guitar and ukulele. I used to take lessons from her and had to stop when baby came but I learned a lot in a short amount of time. Would recommended her to anyone!
https://www.besshepner.com/music-lessons
If you are are fluent in Spanish, I can highly recommend someone for online lessons. When we were living in Costa Rica, my daughter took music lessons for years there, and then when COVID hit, we were able to re-engage with her as we are now back in California. Debora is the founder and director of the music school, and guitar is her instrument. She is originally from Argentina, expert in Spanish guitar, and plays all genres (I well know, as my teenager chooses her own songs to learn)
Colin Cotter has been working with my son for the past two years, started out on zoom, in person now. He is phenomenal! Highly recommend. https://colincotter.com/
Ian and his team of many talented teachers is great. https://www.irguitarlessons.com/our-story. All styles, affordable and a great style for teaching.
Fwiw my daughter taught herself how to play the guitar online.
Matthew Heulitt is amazing (https://mchguitar.com/)! He is such a gifted teacher and musician (he's been teaching for 30+ years). He is based in Richmond but I was taking virtual lessons from him during COVID. He knows all kinds of genres, teaches theory in an accessible and inspiring way and is just a joy to be around. Feel free to message me directly if you have any other questions!
I second the vote for Ian at IR guitar. He really loves teaching, makes it fun and interesting, and will adapt to your interests. He has a studio in Oakland but also teaches over zoom.