Guitar
Benefits
- Develops hand-eye coordination better than sports.
- Builds confidence and self-esteem.
- Improves memory, intelligence and children’s behavior
- Increases brain function and mathematical skills.
- Develops discipline, patience, determination and perseverance.
75% of Silicon Valley CEOs had instrumental music education as a child.
Recommended starting age: 8 (younger students welcome after a free evaluation)
Equipment needed:Acoustic or electric guitar. A classical guitar (has nylon strings) is the easiest to play. Electric guitar is the second easiest to play but requires the purchase of an amp. A good student-line guitar is about $150-200 (an amp would be about $150 extra).
Practice time: 15-20 minutes per day for beginners, increasing over time to at least an hour per day.
Recommended lesson length:
- Age 8-11, 30 minutes
- Above age 11, 60 minutes
Pricing:
- 30 minute private lesson once each week $120 per month
- 60 minute private lesson once each week $226 per month
We recommend age 8 as a great age to start learning guitar. Younger students can find the instrument quite uncomfortable to play—even if they can get their arms around one of the smaller instruments that are available—because it requires a fair amount of pressure to hold down the strings. At the right age, however, learning guitar can be very satisfying because learning an actual 'song' can happen a bit sooner than with other instruments.
Students can begin on either an electric or acoustic guitar. Both use the same tuning, have the same number of strings and are learned in a similar way, so the choice is the student's. With guitar, especially, daily practice is important because you need to build up calluses on the tips of the fingers. Guitar can be a bit uncomfortable to play, at first, so the more you practice, the sooner you can get past the discomfort and enjoy the journey.
You’ll need a good quality, student model guitar to have something practice at home and play at your lessons.
All students learn to read music. Teachers will devise a customized curriculum for each student which will incorporate the style of music that the student wants to learn in addition to teaching music theory, history and other appropriate musical skills.
Bass Guitar
Bass guitar is the backbone of the band. Though not as popular as its cousin, the electric guitar, it is needed in nearly every musical group because it provides all the low notes - the foundation of the music.
Bass can be very satisfying to learn because it combines all the best elements of rhythm and harmony - working with the drums and all of the other instruments to create that perfect blend. Because of the size and weight of the instrument, a good age to start is around 10. Of course our instructors can help a bassist of any level improve their skills for any kind of music, whether for an upcoming audition, to play at church, school, or with friends and family.
Bass & guitar lessons are available to students in all of our surrounding communities, including Tampa, New Tampa and Wesley Chapel.