As we roll into March, guitar teachers continue to create profiles on Findaguitarteacher.com, and we’d like to welcome the latest to do so …

Looking for Denver guitar lessons? Check out Michael Chodosh’s profile. Teaching a full range of styles from classical to rock guitar lessons and blues to flamenco guitar lessons, Michael has this to say about his teaching approach: “We offer the highest quality guitar performance, composition and music theory lessons available … Ranging from absolute beginners to paid professionals, our students have come to expect excellence and innovation in their lessons…”

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1519/Chodosh.htm

Drew Zaunbrecher is offering guitar lessons  in Lafayette, Louisiana. To learn more about Drew’s guitar lessons visit his profile and check out the three videos he posted. Drew gives beginner guitar lessons as well as teaching guitar to intermediate and advanced students and lists his Bachelors Degree in Jazz Studies from UL as one of the many experiences he draws on for his guitar lessons. Find out more here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1520/Drew.htm

Manuel Contreras is the latest guitar teacher from the Maryland / DC area to join findaguitarteacher and is teaching in his studio in Bethesda as well as in students’ homes in Rockville, Silver Spring, and College Park. Manuel is giving electric and acoustic guitar lessons and says this about his teaching: ”I think that teaching is to share and I want to teach you sharing all my experience, focus on what you really need!MODERN APPROACH-CAGEDsystem-EasyMusicTheory…haveFUN! You can check out Manuel’s full profile here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1521/Manuel.htm

Teaching acoustic guitar  in Hudson, MA, Bill Patterson offers beginning guitarists a full range of styles and techniques including folk, country, and rock as well as lead, rhythm, and fingerstyle guitar lessons with “good balance between music theory and the practical exercises”
To find out more about Bill’s guitar lessons, go to his profile here and let him know you found out about him on findaguitarteacher.com:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1522/bill.htm

Stay tuned for more additions and news about the growth of findaguitarteacher.com

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As always, we are pleased to announce that several new guitar teachers and music education organizations have joined us on Findaguitarteacher.com since our last posting, and we invite you to check out their profiles as well as the profiles of guitar teachers giving guitar lessons near you. With several thousand guitar teachers now on site, Find A Guitar Teacher is a great resource for learning guitar. Whether you’re just getting started and looking for beginner guitar lessons or you’re an advancing guitarist looking to take your playing to the next level, there is a full range of styles and levels offered by the guitar teachers, schools, music stores, and studios that you’ll come across while visiting our site.

If you’re looking for a des moines guitar teacher, Grant Baldwin teaches a full range of styles from rock and blues guitar to pop and bluegrass guitar. Grant’s profile describes how he utilizes his experience as a songwriter, performer, and producer to create guitar lessons that will help you achieve your goals. Find out more here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1509/Grant.htm

Our latest Oklahoma City guitar teacher is Jesse Cahn and you can watch Jesse’s Backslider Blues video by going to his profile: http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1510/Jesse.htm. Jesse is teaching electric and acoustic guitar lessons as well as electric bass lessons and, while offering guitar lessons in your home, is also getting ready to open a private studio. Jesse says this about his approach: “I don’t have a set curriculum, but rather develop a course of study based on the individual student’s goals and current skill level.I am a firm believer in “playing” music - so I try to make it as much fun as possible.”

St. Louis guitar lessons? There are several guitar teachers offering lessons in St. Louis, but the latest to join us on Findaguitarteacher.com is Rob Amaro. Rob’s studio is conveniently located in St. Louis County, and he is giving beginner guitar lessons through intermediate, advanced, and pro guitar lessons that cover a full range of guitar skills including lead and rhythm guitar, fingerstyle guitar, open tuning, and vocal accompaniment. He cites his Bachelor Degree in Instrumental Music Education (B.M.E.) and State of Missouri Teacher Certification as evidence of his professional approach. Check him out here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1511/AmaroStudioOfMusic.htm

Edie Chase is giving electric and acoustic guitar lessons in Worcester, MA, and offers a flexible guitar teaching approach in helping you learn guitar. With her beginner and intermediate guitar lessons Edie will teach you rock guitar, blues guitar, fingerstyle guitar, open tuning and much more. Find out more about Edie’s guitar lessons here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1513/Edie.htm

Jason Martin is giving lessons in acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and electric bass. If you’re looking for a San Diego guitar teacher, check out Jason’s new profile where you can see a great photo of his wide variety of guitars as well as find out about how he employs his “own method of teaching to positively enhance the student’s strength, dexterity, ear-training, memorization and techniques”

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1514/Jason.htm

Tony Calabro is our latest New York City guitar teacher and is giving guitar lessons to a full range of guitar students.
Tony’s profile has the following description: “Tony is a graduate of Berklee College of Music where he studied Guitar and Music Production. His knowledge of songwriting, recording, and performing make for a fun and wholistic learning experience.” Want to find out more about acoustic, electric, bass, and classical guitar lessons? Check out Tony’s profile here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1517/Tony.htm

Russell Nollen is offering Ames Iowa guitar lessons in his studio. If you’re an aspiring guitarist interested in learning guitar or want to advance your playing with advanced, intermediate, or beginner guitar lessons, take a look at Russell’s profile and learn more about his classical, acoustic, and electric guitar lessons as well as his electric bass lessons. You can view Russell’s full profile here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1516/Russell.htm

Shane Sapolis is an El Paso Guitar Teacher and says this about his guitar teaching: Whether you want to learn to read music and study the instrument in depth or just learn a few chords to mess around, music is something to be enjoyed. I offer a fun and positive learning environment where the student gives me the destination and I provide them with a personalized road map.” For Shane’s rock to blues and folk to country guitar lessons as well as much more, look here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1518/Shane.htm

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Nick Krystaf is the latest guitar teacher to create a profile for guitar lessons on Findaguitarteacher.com. Nick is a Berklee College of Music graduate and is one of the latest teachers on our site to list bass guitar lessons as his area of expertise. You can find more about Nick here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1498/Nick.htm

Randy Chambers joins Find a Guitar Teacher with a profile for his lessons in the Eugene / Springfield area of Oregon. Check out Randy’s cool video and find out about his relaxed teaching style for bass guitar lessons as well as classical, electric, and acoustic guitar lessons:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1499/Randy.htm

Another cool video can be seen on Travis Raab’s guitar teacher page. Travis is teaching guitar in Los Angeles and is giving guitar lessons in a full range of styles and techniques including Rock Guitar, Blues Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar, and Open Tuning. Find out more:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1500/Travis.htm

Dick Buchholz is the latest teacher to join us from the Cincinnati Ohio area of Kentucky and says that he is available to teach you guitar in a number of locations in the Tri-State Area including your home. Dick is giving beginner guitar lessons, as well as intermediate and advanced guitar lessons, and he’d love to hear from you if you’re interested in learning guitar:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1501/Dick.htm

Teaching guitar in Orlando, Florida, Chris Mars is giving lessons in a full range of styles including Classical and Flamenco guitar lessons. Chris is also offering the option of lessons in his studio or your home. Contact Chris if you’re interested in Fingerstyle Guitar, Songwriting, or any number of guitar techniques and styles:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1502/Chris.htm

Bryson Dunn is specializing in beginner guitar lessons in Fort Collins, Colorado, and offers guitar lessons in Rock, Alternative, and Metal Guitar while helping his guitar students gain a fundamental understanding of music theory. If you’d like to contact Bryson, his contact info is listed here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1503/Bryson.htm

There’s a great picture of Devon Gronka with his upright bass on his guitar teacher page. Devon is giving guitar lessons in Atlanta, Georgia and specifically lists Roswell, Alpharetta, Cumming, Dawsonville, Gainesville, and Suwanee as areas where he is teaching guitar and bass. Find out more by visiting his guitar teacher page:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1504/Devon.htm

Looking for guitar lessons in Greenville, South Carolina? Chad Crawford is giving Blues Guitar lessons on electric guitar and has a great introductory video talking about his teaching and how he can help you expand your guitar playing skills. Find out more about Chad by visiting his guitar teacher page here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1505/Chad.htm

Guitar Lessons in Hattiesburg Mississippi? Check out Gray Toney and his bluegrass guitar lessons. Gray is giving intermediate and beginner guitar lessons in acoustic guitar and is also teaching banjo in his home studio in Petal, Mississippi

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1506/Gray.htm

Dan Willens has just created a findaguitarteacher profile for his Indianapolis guitar lessons, lists folk and ethnic guitar as his area of expertise, and employs his own book Fingerpicking Folk Guitar in his guitar teaching. Find out how to contact Dan by visiting his guitar teacher page:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1507/Dan.htm

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Gary Clancy, giving guitar lessons in Camden, Rockport, South China, and at the University of Maine in Augusta, points to his extensive performing experience having shared the stage with such luminaries as Sly, Chuck Berry, and Paul Butterfield. Check out his profile:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1494/gary.htm

Looking for Baltimore guitar lessons in your home? Clayton Thompson lists 21211 and Baltimore County as areas in which he gives Rock guitar lessons as well as guitar lessons in Folk, Country, and Gospel. His guitar teaching incorporates his guitar and keyboard experience to craft lessons based on their abilities and interests. Find out more about Clayton by visiting:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1496/Clayton.htm

Bill Floyd is the latest guitar teacher in Lancaster PA to post a profile. His guitar lessons cover a full range of styles from blues to folk guitar and country guitar to bluegrass. He draws from his live performances to give beginner guitar lessons, intermediate guitar lessons, advanced and pro guitar lessons. If you’d like to contact Bill, his contact info can be found here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1495/bill.htm

Tatia Rose-Cook’s guitar lessons include beginner guitar through advanced on acoustic, electric, and classical guitar as well as electric bass. Her Rose Music Group is located in Wheeling WV, and it’s programs are designed to accommodate a full range of guitar students including those with special needs.

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1497/Tatia.htm

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Sylvie Harris, who joined Findaguitarteacher.com on January 26th, teaches in her studio in Norwich CT. She is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Guitar Performance and states that her teaching approach covers great guitar technique and musicianship. Her full profile for Norwich guitar lessons can be viewed here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1488/Sylvie.htm

Chris Sost gives guitar lessons in his home studio near downtown Jacksonville. Besides listing rock guitar, folk guitar, and bluegrass guitar as music styles he teaches, Chris describes his guitar teaching approach as laid back and includes a sound clip in his Jacksonville guitar lessons for you to practice with. Find out more about Chris here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1489/Chris.htm

Are you looking for guitar lessons in the Mankato Minnesota area? Zack Thieman is giving acoustic and electric guitar lessons in his apartment and in student homes and teaches guitar to guitar students who are interested in intermediate and beginner guitar lessons in rock guitar, blues guitar, open tuning, and performance among a host of other skills. Check out Zack by visiting his guitar teacher profile:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1490/Zack.htm

Palm Springs guitar lessons? Jules Hamland gives blues guitar lessons, folk guitar lessons, and alternative guitar lessons that include such diverse skills as open tuning, vocal accompaniment, Songwriting, and reading music. Her
studio is in Mid-Valley, but she will travel to students’ homes for a small additional fee. To find out more about Jules and her teaching style, read her description of how she incorporates several diverse guitar playing elements into her approach:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1491/jules.htm

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Guitar teachers are continuing to join findaguitarteacher.com - and why not? Given that findaguitarteacher.com is free, easy-to-use, and visited by thousands of people looking for guitar lessons, it only makes sense that a guitar teacher would welcome the opportunity to reach a wider expanse of potential guitar students.

As always, the team at Findaguitarteacher is appreciative of the guitar teachers, students, and members of students’ families who bring viability and vitality to the web’s premier guitar teaching site.

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to the following guitar teachers who have joined us since our last update:

David Van Schoyck is the latest guitar teacher from Phoenix, Arizona to join findaguitarteacher.com and teaches a full range of guitar styles from Reggae to Pop, Blues to Jazz, and everything in between. Find out more about David and his guitar lessons by visiting his profile:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1481/David.htm

If guitar lessons Portland Oregon are what you’re interested in, check out Jonathan Barker’s guitar teacher page:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1482/Jonathan.htm

Jonathan joined us on January 19th, and his profile lists Jazz Guitar, Rock Guitar, and Blues Guitar among a wide variety of styles he covers in his guitar lessons. In his profile, Jonathan states that he has taught more than 15,000 one-on-one guitar lessons. That alone would be reason enough to find out more about his approach to guitar teaching.

Chuck Worm is the first guitar teacher on our site to offer guitar lessons in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and he teaches at Henry’s Music in Green Bay as well as at his home studio in Sobieski. You can find out more about his Sobieski & Green Bay guitar lessons here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1483/chuck.htm

Make sure you tell Chuck that you found out about him on Findaguitarteacher!

Asheville guitar lessons? Justin Holt recently posted his guitar teacher profile for his guitar lessons in your home or his studio in Asheville, NC. Justin’s teaching approach emphasizes developing the fundamentals of theory and reading music while tailoring his guitar lessons to your individual needs. To inquire about fingerstyle guitar, lead guitar, and developing your songwriting skills, check out Justin’s full profile here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1484/Justin.htm

Brian Losey is offering Topeka guitar lessons in your home and in his studio. Brian has posted a You Tube video and offers guitar instruction in many styles including Blues Guitar, Metal Guitar, and Alternative. He uses his own books to teach such diverse skills as 7 string guitar technique, tapping, and sweeping. Check him out here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1485/Bryan.htm

Slide, open tuning, fingerstyle guitar lessons Ventura or Oxnard, California? No problem. Curt Ingram offers a full range of guitar styles in his guitar lessons and will come to your home to teach you guitar. Curt draws upon his teaching experience of 35 years to teach you what you want to learn:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1486/Curt.htm

Acoustic guitar lessons, electric guitar lessons, and classical guitar lessons are included in the full range of lessons offered by Edward Novotny in his guitar teaching in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Edward has a degree in Guitar from McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, MN and gives rock, blues, folk and country guitar lessons among many other styles. Check out his guitar teacher profile to find out more:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1487/Edward.htm

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The Team at Findaguitarteacher.com would like to welcome the following guitar teachers to our website:

Scotty Fields who is giving guitar lessons in Richmond, Kentucky near Lexington and gives beginner guitar lessons and intermediate guitar lessons to guitar students who are interested in learning bluegrass guitar. You can check out more about Scotty’s guitar teaching here:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1477/Scotty.htm

If you’re looking for beginner guitar lessons, intermediate guitar lessons, or advanced and pro guitar lessons, check out Stephen Miller’s guitar teacher profile. Stephen gives guitar lessons in the South Bend area of Indiana and lists Eric Clapton, Earl Klugh, and J S Bach as some of his guitar influences:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1478/Stephen.htm

Milwaukee guitar lessons? Shane Ebert is our most recent guitar teacher in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, and he is offering a full range of guitar lessons from folk to rock guitar and from blues guitar to classical. Shane lists West Bend, Wauwatosa, and Germantown as areas in which he is teaching guitar:

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1479/Shane.htm

Rob Steinhardt’s guitar teacher profile lists classical guitar lessons, ragtime guitar lessons, and folk rock and blues guitar lessons as guitar styles covered in his guitar lessons. You can work with Rob in the Asheville, North Carolina area.

http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1480/Rob.htm

Findaguitarteacher.com has thousands of guitar teacher profiles and is free for teachers and students alike. Whether you’re new to guitar playing or looking to advance your guitar playing skills, Findaguitarteacher is the web’s premier source for guitar lessons and is a great way for guitar teachers and guitar students to connect. Stay tuned for the latest guitar teacher profiles being added every day.

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The Team at Findaguitarteacher.com would like to welcome the following guitar teachers who have joined findaguitarteacher since the first of the year:

Ian Macaulay is a guitar teacher in South Jersey teaching rock guitar, blues guitar and more to guitar students interested in beginner guitar lessons, intermediate guitar lessons, advanced and pro:
http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1473/Ian.htm

Randy Evans giving beginner guitar lessons, intermediate guitar lessons, and advanced guitar lessons in Topeka, Kansas:
http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1474/Randy.htm

Lance Vallis teaching acoustic guitar and electric guitar in his studio or in students homes in Somerville, Cambridge, and Medford Massachusetts:
http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1468/Lance.htm

Check out Sid Bardfield’s video on his guitar teacher’s page. Sid gives beginner guitar lessons and intermediate guitar lessons in Reggae Guitar, Christian / Gospel, Blues Guitar and more in New Orleans, Louisiana:
http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1469/Sid.htm

You can take guitar lessons with Michael Dawson in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area in Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, and Electric Bass:
http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1470/Michael.htm

Dave Reiber is giving guitar lessons in Rock Guitar, Blues Guitar, and Christian / Gospel in his studio or the homes of his guitar students in the Cincinnati suburbs of Sprindale, Fairfield, and West Chester Ohio:
http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1471/Dave.htm

You can see Patrick Janka’s music demo reel video on his guitar teacher page. Patrick gives guitar lessons in a full range of guitar styles in Orlando, Florida. Find out more about his rock guitar lessons, blues guitar lessons, and much more:
http://www.findaguitarteacher.com/Teacher/1472/Patrick.htm

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A question that often comes up in guitar lessons is: How important is reading music?

In this guitar teacher’s opinion, with one or two exceptions, much too much emphasis has been placed on the value of learning to read music. These exceptions would be 1) classical guitar, and 2) playing guitar in an orchestral environment. Other than those two instances, I think that aspiring guitarists would be better served by relying on an instinctive, intrinsic approach to playing guitar rather than spending countless hours on an academic pursuit that they may never utilize in their own playing.

Even though I can read music (I took piano lessons for a number of years and was later able to apply that to the guitar), I tend to stress reading music as a less important element in my teaching than do a significant amount of teachers giving guitar lessons. Even though a guitar student may request that we pursue reading music in our work together, I am prone to steer them in the direction of learning to play songs – using each song learned as a means of extrapolating common guitar playing elements and applying them to the whole.

I explain my approach by referring to the fact that we learn to speak a language long before we learn to read it or before we are able to understand the rules of grammar that we are intuitively applying to our speech patterns. Anyone who has had an extensive conversation with a six-year-old child is able to see that children do not suffer from lack of an academic grasp of grammatical rules. I also explain that the kind of music pursued in the vast majority of popular guitar lessons does not require that the student have even a basic knowledge of how to read music. In fact, I further explain, it is highly likely that the songs that are being covered in the guitar lessons are being created and played by people who do not possess the ability to read music. Anyone who has heard Neil Young talk about his disdain for music theory or has heard Muddy Waters play guitar would have a tough time making a case for the necessity of learning to read music. Do we really think John Lennon’s musical expression was based on a facility for reading music?

As with most things in life, there is no one right way of doing things – especially in the creative realm. So if learning to read music is something that you deem absolutely indispensable, then, by all means, you should engage a guitar teacher who incorporates that feature into his or her guitar lessons. I am merely suggesting that you consider whether reading music is a necessary ingredient in your pursuit to achieve your unique guitar-playing objectives.

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