Guitar lessons for Complete Beginners & Intermediate levels

From 76.65 C$ /h

Hi I'm Daniel, an enthusiastic and dedicated guitar teacher who loves meeting his students' own goals. By combining my 6 years of experience in teaching guitar with my students' own interests, I help my students make progress in the most engaging way possible.

I provide my students with a grounding in the basics of technique and theory to make sure they develop good habits, enabling them to make use of the near-infinite resources online when they want to play and learn more in their free time and later in life. I believe a good teacher is one who makes their students able to go on independently and with joy and passion for their instrument.

Learn your favourite songs, demystify music theory, learn how songs are written (and get help writing your own), learn to play songs by ear, explore a range of genres... I look forward to helping you with your own musical journey!

Extra information

In your first lesson the only thing I need from you is to think about what you want to achieve with the guitar, then we'll make a plan for how I can help you do this!

Location

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At student's location :

Around Amsterdam, Netherlands

At teacher's location :

1165 LL Halfweg, Netherlands

Online from Netherlands

About Me

From London, I started playing guitar age 7. After school I moved to Amsterdam age 18 to study, after which I became a guitar teacher. I've fallen in love with the job and see myself doing it for many, many years to come.

After starting with classical guitar as a child I moved to the electric guitar to play more rock and metal as a teenager, and through my 20s I widened my musical interests and abilities with acoustic, pop, blues, folk and jazz.

I speak Dutch to a very good level so I can offer to teach in Dutch. Many parents of my younger students prefer for their child to practise their English with a native speaker during their music lessons.

Education

Graduated from Amsterdam University College - BA Liberal Arts & Sciences
Graduated from Dame Alice Owen's School in Potters Bar
Privately educated on guitar for approx. 8 years.

Experience / Qualifications

6 years experience teaching guitar privately.
Approx. 8 years private musical education (classical & electric guitar).
>20years playing guitar
First hand experience of obstacles in self-teaching, and how to overcome them!

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Dutch

Skills

Guitar

Acoustic

Blues

Country & bluegrass

Electric

Folk

Heavy metal

Indie & alternative

Jazz

Pop

Punk

Rock

Song & varieties

Music theory lessons

Music composition

Availability of a typical week

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New York

At teacher's location and via webcam

At student's home

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12-16

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20-24

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