Guitar Teacher Algarve
FOR YOU
What can you learn?
Basically, the best way to find out what you can learn is to take a free trial lesson.
Every person is individual and lessons are designed accordingly.
To give you an idea of what I can offer, here are a few key points:
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1. Styles
A single human lifetime is hardly enough to be able to move perfectly in all styles, but there are many similarities. The musical basics are generally the same for every style. My specialties are blues, rock and heavy metal.
2. Technique
Another big topic when playing guitar is technique. If you want to move confidently in different styles, you also have to master the typical techniques, such as:
classical picking technique, alternating strumming, finger picking, folk picking, hybrid picking, string skipping, bending, vibrato, legato playing, sweeping, bottelneck, and and and...
3. Rhythm
An often overlooked part of music! In the practice of every musician it is important to keep the timing, because timing means rhythmic security! For example, when the drummer in a band counts in, you have to be able to keep the tempo without becoming faster or slower. In the wide world of different musical styles there are a variety of rhythmic figures, but also a lot of exercises to become this master. Topics in this area can include: note values, dotted notes, rests, shuffles, triplets, playing with a metronome and much more.
4. Ear training
Topics of ear training include, for example, hearing and recognizing intervals, recognizing chords, listening to melodies, recognizing rhythms, recognizing and playing chord progressions, determining the key of a song and, and, and... In simple steps and with a few mnemonics you can learn very quickly Reach a high level in this area and in a relatively short time you might be able to hear your favorite hits without any help.
5. Harmony theory
A topic that is often misunderstood because it is perceived as boring. But it doesn't have to be that way! Once you combine theory with practice and have learned how a song is structured and how you can improvise to a chord progression, for example, then this topic quickly becomes exciting and interesting. The following topics can be covered in this area: scales, intervals, triads, cadences, step theory, circle of fifths/fourths and much more.