Steve Lester - Watertown

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Steve Lester is giving guitar lessons in Watertown

Contact Info

Email Address:

slester97@hotmail.com

Phone:

315-646-2311

Website :

http://www.sacketsguitarist.com

My guitar lessons take place in:

The teacher's studio

Teaching area :

North Country Music, Inc., Arsenal Street, Watertown, NY

Instrument Type:

Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Classical guitar, Electric bass

Music Styles

Rock Guitar, Blues Guitar, Folk Guitar, Country Guitar, Alternative Guitar, R & B Guitar, Metal Guitar, Bluegrass Guitar, Classical Guitar, Flamenco Guitar, HipHop Guitar, Pop Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Ragtime Guitar, Ethnic Guitar, Christian/Gospel Guitar, Reggae Guitar

Guitar Techniques:

Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Open tuning, Fingerstyle, Vocal Accompaniment, Performance, Improvisation, Jamming Skills, Reading Music, Music Theory, Scales and Exercises, Recording and Production, Guidance In Equipment Selection

Levels taught :

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Pro

My teaching approach :

Performed classical, jazz, rock, bluegrass, C&W, R&B, folk, funk, hip hop and more. Spent 22 years as a guitarist with the Army bands. Early lessons involve note reading and chords, proper left and right hand technique. Prefer to start beginners from age 8 in a classical book to form a good base and learn to use fingers on strumming hand, but will teach proper flat pick technique as well.

A guitar lesson with me might entail the following

Your first guitar lesson with me might include the following

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

Guitar lessons typically take place on these days and hours:

My influences are:

Have studied classical with Christopher Parkening. Earned B.A. in classical guitar at Salisbury U., Salisbury, Md. Studied jazz with Joe Pass, John Lilley of The Hooters, and Danny Gatton, No. 63 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.'

Fee Schedule :

$88 a month will get you four half-hour lessons. If your lesson day occurs five times during a month I ask an extra $3 to cover my studio rent if I don't cancel that fifth lesson. (I seldom cancel them.) 45-minute lessons run $125/mo., 1-hour lessons are $160/mo.

My cancellation/booking policy :

Makeup lessons are offered for missed lessons with prior cancellation notice. Generally there are no excused absences nor refunds for missed lessons unless I have to cancel them myself. Basically, if you miss it it's on you. If I miss it it's on me.

Which methods of payment are accepted?

Cash, Checks, Money Orders

I have been teaching guitar for:

30 Year(s)

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