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Learn to play guitar from day one in this beginner course at the New York City Guitar School, designed to make the process enjoyable and approachable. Students learn essential chords and strumming patterns through real songs in a sociable, encouraging class setting. Guitars are available to borrow, so there is nothing to bring but a readiness to play.

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Brooklyn Guitar School See all classes by this school @ 78 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Launch your guitar journey at Brooklyn Guitar School with this course built for absolute beginners. Students learn basic chords step by step and put them to use playing real songs by artists like John Legend and Taylor Swift. Clear instruction and comprehensive video tutorials make it easy to build genuine skill and confidence from the very first session.

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Beginners 3: Guitar For Near Beginners

Beginners 3: Guitar For Near Beginners

Brooklyn Guitar School See all classes by this school @ 78 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Sharpen your rhythmic guitar playing by mastering bass strums, palm mutes, scratches, and sixteenth note patterns in this focused course. Students develop the control and expressive range needed to play with real confidence. Prerequisites include completion of Guitar 1 and 2 or equivalent comfort with basic open chords and strumming patterns.

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Beginners 2: Strums For Absolute Beginners

Beginners 2: Strums For Absolute Beginners

Brooklyn Guitar School See all classes by this school @ 78 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Build on your chord knowledge and develop real playing confidence at Brooklyn Guitar School as you learn to combine strumming patterns and transitions into complete songs. Students play music by artists including Adele, Bill Withers, Jason Mraz, and Ed Sheeran, making the learning process both practical and rewarding from the start.

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Beginners 7: Master Guitar Moves for Advanced Beginners

Brooklyn Guitar School See all classes by this school @ 78 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Expand your guitar skills with riffs, licks, and diatonic chord concepts that prepare you for barre chords and lead playing. Progress through structured exercises and songs. Many students complete the course in 6 to 8 sessions.

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Arranging Songs for Solo Guitar

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
4.5 44 reviews

Celebrate the release of *Fingerpicking the Great American Songbook* with a focused workshop led by Christopher “Isto” White. Explore his approach to transforming timeless standards into expressive solo guitar arrangements. Through guided analysis of selections from the book, gain practical insight into structure, harmony, and fingerstyle technique to elevate your own interpretations.

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  • 15 and older
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  • 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY
  • 90 minutes
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Christopher “Isto” White is launching his new book "Fingerpicking the Great American Songbook," at Jalopy on March 1st, 2026, and to bring this book to live, he'll be giving a workshop on arranging songs for solo guitar.

Learn about Isto's arranging process. We will look at a couple of the arrangements in Isto's new book, Fingerpicking the Great American Songbook.

The workshop is followed by the book launch event.

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  • Full refund less 5% cancellation fee or full credit for another session of classes are available until 4 business days before your 1st class begins.
  • If you cancel your registration 2 business days before your 1st or 2nd class begins, a partial prorated school credit can be given.
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The school reserves the right to cancel a class due to insufficient registration.

If the school cancel a class due to low enrollment or other reasons, you will be notified by email and/or phone before the class start date, and we will issue school credit. If you would like a refund, you must contact us at [email protected] to arrange for a refund. In the event of a canceled class, we would love to help you find an alternate instrument to learn!

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music offers a variety of classes and workshops for adults and kids in guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, ensemble classes, and harmony singing. With a light-hearted and song-based learning style, students can begin learning songs immediately in a relaxed and affordable group setting.

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