Acoustic- Electric Guitar Lessons:

                 Tel: 905-338-1495 - Serguei Tchepournov

Guitar Lessons for beginning and intermediate level guitar students.
• Improve and build your understanding of the guitar.
• Learn strumming patterns and finger picking patterns.
• Work with exercises designed to speed your facility with both strumming chords and 'lead guitar' melodic style playing.
• Work with exercises designed to make your fingers more accurate and stronger.
• Learn note reading and tablature.
• Learn to play your favorite songs from Back in Black to your favorite folk song or Christmas Carol.
• Learn to accompany yourself when you sing.
• Learn new chords and the neck which allow you to create your own chords and find 'what you hear' in your head on the neck.

Guitar lessons engrain proper technique & build confidence. It is very admirable that some people can learn guitar on their own. However, don't torture yourself with cryptic guitar tabs & chords from the internet. Don't flounder. Finding a guitar teacher who enjoys your type of music & play style can make all the difference. The teacher provides the basic foundation. Become a decent guitarist, and perhaps even be a great performer! Learn classical guitar, rock, jazz, blues, whatever your style. 

Guitar is easier for children who are at least 7 years old. It takes a lot of strength in the wrists as well as the fingers to be able to push down the strings. Some children can become frustrated if they are too young. If your child is younger and is persistent in wanting to play the guitar, you should ease them into it by introducing the piano first. This really is the best instrument to start on, and it will help your child when he does transfer to the guitar 

The acoustic and electric guitar have many similarities. Electric guitars are generally much easier to play than acoustic guitars. The strings are lighter, and easier to press down. The sore fingers that many novices experience when learning on an acoustic guitar, generally are not nearly as much of an issue when learning on electric guitar.

Electric guitars have a different role in music than acoustic guitars. Whereas acoustic guitars are often used to strum chords to many songs, electrics are used to play "guitar leads" as well as chords. They each have advantages and disadvantages to the beginner. It is easier to learn to fingerpick on an acoustic. Barre chords and power chords are easier to learn on an electric. Most people learn how to strum the acoustic, but rarely take the time to explore the many styles and sounds that it is capable of. Because of the nature of the electric guitar, many beginners learn power chords and then little else. And when the acoustic player gets his first electric, he tends to play it like an acoustic. And vice versa. So which is better? The one you desire to play would be the better one for you!

Lessons at your home
Serguei offers customized one on one music lessons at your home – a time saving solution for busy parents and students. The convenience of in-home Guitar lessons will allow you to save time without having to transport your child to class, allows your child to maximize his busy schedule, and provide a safe and familiar environment to learn.