Guitar school training courses in Cleveland, OH (public, in-house or online)

Basic guitar techniques and performance skills for non-music majors, and music majors studying guitar as a second instrument. Special focus on skills for beginning guitarists and students pursuing Music Therapy careers. Emphasis on left hand development, plectrum technique, and chord and scale vocabulary and performance. Application of principles to solo and ensemble literature. Students will need their own guitar.
Lecture 01 hour. Laboratory 02 hours.

This best-seller makes learning fun regardless of the type of guitar you own.

165 comprehensive lessons cover basics to chord strumming, playing melodies, fingerpicking and more.

The over 70 songs include hits from artists such as Bob Dylan and Steve Miller. With over 50 videos from instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., the title offers a better alternative to expensive lessons and hard-to-follow books.

Includes an animated fretboard, multi-track audio, and variable-speed MIDI t...

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Chord knowledge, a command of scales, and an understanding of basic improvisation are a necessity for any serious guitarist interested in adding expression, depth, and feeling to their playing. The Guitar Skills certificate program builds the foundation you’ll need to advance these essential concepts, and provides the knowledge necessary to develop your technique and hone your skills in any given style.

You’ll begin by learning Berklee’s approach to the construction of chords and cho...

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The road to becoming a well-rounded and expressive guitarist begins with mastering the basics. This three-course guitar certificate program provides students with an excellent background in three keystone styles: Blues, Rock and Jazz.

You’ll start the program by learning the techniques and licks of classic blues stylists, such as T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, B.B. King, and Magic Sam in the Blues Guitar Workshop course. You’ll build a foundation in form, control, and harmony, and...

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The program begins with Getting Your Guitar Sound, a detailed, global perspective of the electric guitar and its three distinct parts: the guitar, the amplifier, and the effects. You’ll learn to create the signature sounds found in many of the stylistic licks and riffs you know from your favorite guitarists, as well as those you’ll learn upon further study in the program’s blues, jazz, and rock guitar courses. You’ll also understand the factors that determine the guitar’s tone characteristi...

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