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  1. Guitar
  2. California
  3. Van Nuys

Learn Guitar with Adam

💰$100 weekly lessons

Harness the power of music and find your voice through the guitar. With 24 years of experience as a professional musician, I'm passionate about guiding students of all levels on their musical journey. Let's unlock your musical potential together!

Levels taught: Beginners, Intermediates, Experts
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Teaches: Kids, Teenagers, Adults, Seniors
🏅Professional Musician
🎓24 years playing
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⭐️IMEA competition winner
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Locations

These are the locations I've set as being able to provide lessons:
14 locations available
Personal Studio - Near USC Campus

200 North Spring Street

1973.3 miles away
Outdoors
Echo Park

751 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA

1973.7 miles away
Outdoors
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1976.5 miles away
Outdoors
Seth Home Studio (General Address)

5101 Lankershim Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91601, USA

1977.4 miles away
Outdoors
Amp In NoHo

5259 Lankershim Blvd b, North Hollywood, California, USA

1977.4 miles away
Outdoors
Perosnal Studio - Mark Augustine

5712 Camellia Ave, North Hollywood, CA, USA

1977.5 miles away
Outdoors
North Hollywood Park

5015 Tujunga Avenue

1977.7 miles away
Outdoors
Valley Village Park

5000 Westpark Drive

1977.9 miles away
Outdoors
NOHO West

6150 Laurel Canyon Boulevard

1978 miles away
Indoors
Liemert Park

4343 Leimert Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008, USA

1979.2 miles away
Outdoors
Valley Glen Community Park

6150 Atoll Avenue

1979.3 miles away
Outdoors
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center

2551 Motor Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA

1982.2 miles away
Outdoors
Tiffany Music Academy - Practice Room

3272 Motor Avenue

1982.8 miles away
Outdoors
Private Outdoor Space with Firepit (SWP)

Crestline Dr & Altair Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

1985.3 miles away
Outdoors

Availability

These are the times I've set as being available for lessons.
mondays
10 AM - 3:30 PM5:30 PM - 9 PM
tuesdays
10 AM - 9 PM
wednesdays
10 AM - 4 PM
thursdays
10 AM - 9 PM
fridays
12:30 PM - 9 PM

Beginner training plan
Your first lessonI like to go over the very basics such as correct posture, hand position, etc. It’s important for me to find out what the student expects to get from the lesson, and other pertinent information such as the kind of music they enjoy so I’m able to tailor lessons to what the student wants to learn! Then we’ll try out a couple easy chords and single note melodies to give them something to work on for the week. Finally, we’ll go over relevant materials to purchase (lesson books, sheet music, etc.) for future lessons.
Lesson 11+Lessons extending past the first couple months will see the student learning most, if not all, of the open chords on a guitar. We will have practiced Melodie’s that utilize every string in open position. We may be moving onto second position (then further and further up the neck). We’ll be learning different strumming and picking patterns in the right hand. The further we go in lessons will see the student beginning to learn more and more advanced guitar techniques.
Lesson 4-10The 4th through 10th lessons vary quite a bit depending on the student’s learning speed (and practice routine). Typically, we’ll be trying to get to the point of covering single note melodies across all six strings, but it’s okay if we’re not to that point yet. I would like to have worked through a complete song with simple chords and perhaps be working on a second with a new chord or two. For me, it’s very important that we are working at the student’s comfortable pace and not moving too fast (or too slow). So all of this is highly variable.
Lesson 2-3After 2-3 lessons, a student can expect to be working on a couple of different things. We’ll be familiarizing ourselves with the guitar by playing some single note melodies on the highest couple strings. If the student feels ready, I also like to be working on a song of their choosing with simple chord progressions. To me, it’s very important to get the student working on songs as quickly as possible, especially songs they enjoy, as this will provide the student something fun and familiar to make lessons and the guitar more engaging!

What you need to bringGuitar and guitar pick, relevant books (which we’ll go over during first lesson)

What I can bringTuner, guitar pick

Frequently asked questions

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