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Electric Guitar Lessons

The electric guitar is central to many modern music styles including rock, blues, jazz, and pop. Lessons focus on building technique, rhythm playing, and lead guitar skills while exploring riffs, solos, and tone. Students also learn how the instrument interacts with amplifiers and effects to shape their sound.

Electric Guitar

Why learn Electric Guitar?

  • Easily transportable
  • Good way of relaxing and a great creative outlet
  • Develops fine motor skills
  • Allows for use of the imagination
  • Potential to be part of an orchestra, band, or ensemble

Common genres for Electric Guitar

  • pop
  • rock
  • jazz
  • rnb
  • country
  • blues
  • classical

What students will learn

  • instrumental technique
  • music theory
  • aural and rhythm training
  • improvisation skills
  • variety of pieces
  • combining melody lines and chords
  • reading notation, tabs, and chord charts
  • holding a pick, using fingers, sitting with instrument
  • bending, hammer-ons, pull-offs, pick technique
  • tone
  • using a pedalboard
  • lead lines, shredding

Learn Electric Guitar with

Mark Johnson

Mark

Harley Whales

Harley

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