Steven Pontius - Seattle / Tacoma

Steven Pontius is giving guitar lessons in Seattle / Tacoma

Contact Info

Email Address:

stevensguitarlessons@yahoo.com

Phone:

425-791-4719

My guitar lessons take place in:

The teacher's studio

Teaching area :

Bigfoot music in Smokey Point, Washington. Tommy's Guitar Shop in Everett, Washington.

Instrument Type:

Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar

Music Styles

Metal Guitar, Rock Guitar, Blues Guitar

Guitar Techniques:

Scales and Exercises, Fingerstyle, Improvisation, Jamming Skills, Reading Music, Music Theory, Rhythm guitar, Lead guitar

Levels taught :

Advanced, Beginner, Intermediate

My teaching approach :

My approach to teaching is simple, I teach you in the direction you would like to go, I try to make you the guitar player you want to be. I will show you how to read and write music, learn scales, chords, and how to construct and improvise a solo properly. I will use books i think fit you best. I will have you get 'music theory for guitar' by tom kolb to start you off.

A guitar lesson with me might entail the following

We will warm up by stretching out our hands and forearms, then we will play some finger independecy exercises, and then we will move on to the subject matter for that day.

Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following

Before the first lesson even takes place i will ask you how long you have been playing and what you generally practice. Then i will ask you to show me some things you can play at the lesson and I will give you some exercises to see how cordinated your hands are. for intermidiate to advanced we will jam a little so i can see the techniques you like to use.

The qualities I look for in an ideal guitar student might include the following

Someone willing to learn and who has a love and passion for music. If you dont practice when your at home you will not progress much.

Guitar lessons typically take place on these days and hours:

Saturdays 10am-6pm Mondays 10am-6pm

My influences are:

Tosin Abasi, Scale the Summit, Animals as leaders, Dream Theater, Jeff Loomis, Rusty Cooley, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Alexi Laiho, Trivium, Metallica, Lamb of God, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny A., Chris Broderick, Megadeth.

Fee Schedule :

20$ per 30 minute lesson. 40$ per hour

My cancellation/booking policy :

their must be a 48 hour notice for booking and a 24 hour notice for cancellations. If you are a no show and you paid in advance you will not receive a refund. If you call 24 hours ahead and you prepaid for the lesson, it will be moved to the following week. If you are late that is your fault and your lesson will be shortened depending on how late you are.

Which methods of payment are accepted?

Cash, Checks

I have been teaching guitar for:

2 Year(s)

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