Guitar Lessons

Long Music Academy offers instruction in rock and contemporary guitar playing. Beginners will learn the fundamentals of guitar technique including tuning, posture, fingerpicking, and plectrum style playing. Students will begin with simple open-string chord structures and single-voiced scales and eventually progress to bar chords, voice-leading, and improvisational skills rooted in the traditional blues style. Guitar tablature notation will be used to teach new repertoire.

Classic rock standards from the 1960s through the 1990s will serve as the core repertoire for most students, and lessons can be adapted to suit student’s musical tastes. Additional instruction in sound engineering and amplification for live performance is also optional.