Guitar Accompaniment for Irish Tunes

Master basic guitar techniques, play songs by heart, and build your set list. Solidify your skills and gain increased comfort and confidence with the guitar, while gaining a deeper understanding of chords, strums, slash chords, mixed single notes and strumming, and much more. The class includes a massive chord review, a massive strum review,...

Guitar I Class is for absolute beginners. You don't have to have any musical background to begin playing. The class will introduce all the basics of playing guitar - forming chord shapes, tuning, rhythm, and playing some basic songs. We'll give you all you need to get started. Class size is limited to 8 people. These classes will be held on Zoom....

Originally founded October 15, 1921 by Arthur Cremin, the New York Schools of Music (now City Music Schools) was the realization of his dream to make quality music education available to everyone. Today we carry on that tradition with inexpensive private instruction on any musical instrument or voice. Important: Scheduling for private lessons is...

Master all sorts of barre chords, power chords, vamps and complex strums with songs by Tracy Chapman, Jet, The Eagles, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan and more.  Prerequisite: This class is for students who have completed Guitar For Intermediate Beginners or who have otherwise learned bass runs, basic arpeggios, the F chord, etc. ...

Guitar is one of the most played instruments. Learn about the guitar itself, tuning and minor maintenance and how to play single-note melodies and chords.  Bring an acoustic guitar (or an electric guitar with a small amp), along with the book Guitar Method 1, 2nd ed. by Schmidt and Kock, ISBN 0-7935-3392 Required: Bring your own guitar.

Learn and play mixed strums, riffs, arpeggios, bass runs and first barre chords in the style of artists like The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Nirvana, REM, India Arie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, the Indigo Girls and more.  Prerequisite: This class is for students who have completed Guitar For Near Beginners or who have otherwise learned basic open...

Absolute Beginner to Guitar: Basics & Fundamentals for Classical & Flamenco Guitar Learn the basic fundamentals of guitar through the beautiful styles of Classical & Flamenco Guitar. At the end of this class, you will know how to play 5 right-hand techniques: arpeggio, picado, pulgar, rasgueo and tremolo through full solo guitar songs....

A beginner’s first stop on the way to a lifelong passion with this charming and beautiful Hawaiian instrument. Learn basic finger positioning, strumming techniques and songs!  Please read:   *CLASS IS HELD ONLINE* Check your email for online invitation.  Please bring a ukulele.

If you want to move ahead in your guitar playing and build on the introductory elements you've previously learned, here’s the right class to get you to the next level. Suggested prerequisites: beginning Guitar or skills in basic note reading ability to play a few open position chords a general basic feel for the guitar.  Students must...

Discover the true and fun way to play the guitar. This class will teach you proper finger coordination, how to tune your guitar, and reading basic music notes. Have fun while learning to play this wonderful instrument. Class is limited to 15 students. Required: Bring your own guitar.

Originally founded October 15, 1921 by Arthur Cremin, the New York Schools of Music (now City Music Schools) was the realization of his dream to make quality music education available to everyone. Today we carry on that tradition with inexpensive private instruction on any musical instrument or voice. Important: Scheduling for private lessons is...

Learn the essential flamenco guitar techniques with Basilio Georges in four classes: rasqueados, pulgar (thumb), arpegio, and alzapua and picado. Exercises for placement, and simple passages utilizing the techniques focused on in each class. Must have nylon string classical or flamenco guitar. All our classes are online using Zoom. The student receives...

Learn the essential flamenco guitar techniques with Basilio Georges in four classes: rasqueados, pulgar (thumb), arpegio, and alzapua and picado. Exercises for placement, and simple passages utilizing the techniques focused on in each class. Must have nylon string classical or flamenco guitar. All our classes are online using Zoom. The student receives...

What do Taylor Swift, Warren Buffet and Ryan Gosling have in common? They all play the ukulele — and you can, too! Our new ukulele class is for absolute beginners, and is guaranteed to take you from can’t-play-a-note to strumming a song. The ukulele is among the easiest instruments to learn, and most delightful to play. You’ll learn basic chords,...

Once you’ve mastered basic open chords and have a solid strumming technique down, it’s time to move to the next level.   This quality virtual group class is ideal for intermediate students. This course covers picking bass notes out of chords, advanced strumming techniques, barre chords, finger picking (Travis picking), and an exploration...

Learn guitar in this high-quality small-group class for beginners with jazz guitarist Ed MacEachen. We’ll start with basics like how to tune the guitar, hold the pick and read chord diagrams, then progress to finger exercises and technique and open chords. We’ll add strumming patterns and bass riffs, and have you playing along with a recording....

Learn guitar chord choices, voicing, and rhythms, with an emphasis on accompanying Irish tunes and songs. We will further explore standard tuning, shapes, and methods, but focus on drop D tuning as it is more common in Irish music settings. This class is best for those with some experience playing guitar at advanced beginner and intermediate levels....

This course is an introduction to the electric bass. Students will learn to successfully play amplified bass guitar in a group setting. They will receive basic instruction on note reading, finger positioning, and harmonies.  Students need to provide their own electric bass, bass cable, and picks. A portable bass amplifier is recommended but not...

Explore the full musical posibilities of the most eloquent of instruments. Learn to play the guitar a a solo instrument, while learning to read music. Required Material:  Students need to have access to their own nylon string guitar

This class will be held remotely through live videoconferencing. Don’t 'fret' - all you need is a guitar and a phone (or a computer or tablet). Review the basics of playing guitar, reading lead sheets and right-hand technique. Then get an overview of where to go next - like more advanced bar chords, some basic scales, and improvising theory that...