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Guitar Lessons

Why Choose Our Guitar Program?

You Need a Patient Teacher

Learning to play guitar is not easy. It takes time and dedication. When teachers expect overnight success, they can make you think that you are not keeping up. Stuart is sensitive to the small, incremental achievements it takes to learn guitar. He is patient and observant. You will not feel rushed, and it will surprise you how fast you learn.

You Need Strategies to Save Time

Since it takes a long time to learn guitar, it’s a good idea to hire a professional teacher. A great teacher can save you time with valuable information. We will give you exercises to build your muscle memory. We’ll give you the music theory skills to know what you need to learn next.

You Need Specific Guidance

Guitar players need to fine-tune their control over their hands. It helps to have a teacher who can see and hear when you are getting closer to your goal. We will help you develop strength in:

Posture and Grip
Playing Notes and Chords
Learning Your Favorite Songs

Choose Your Own Type Of Guitar Lessons

You can learn electric guitar, acoustic guitar, or classical guitar.

Beginning Guitar Lessons

Tuning the guitar
Finger positions
Melodies
Chords

Guitar Fundamentals

Fingerpicking
Counting Rhythms
Basic Scales
Chords
Reading Chord Sheets

Music Theory Lessons

Understanding How Chords Work
Blues Chords
Jazz Chords

Guitar Performance Lessons

Playing with a metronome
Playing with dynamics (changing your sound)
Playing with other musicians
Band rehearsal strategies

Guitar Recording Lessons

Playing with a metronome
Recording in sections
Getting practice at recording

Advanced Guitar Lessons

Counting and playing rhythms
Genres of music
Improvisation and lead guitar
Reading music (we make it easy)

Our Goals in Teaching

Individualize Every Session

Your teaching needs to be right for you. Custom instruction is always more effective than a cookie-cutter approach to learning music. You’ll be happy with the attention we spend on your learning.

Make Progress With Every Student

We want to build our business upon your success as a musician. We have proven strategies to help you achieve your goals. Practicing your guitar will be exciting.

Have Fun With Music

Teaching is the best job in the world, and music is fun. We want to share our love of the guitar with you. You’ll have a lot of fun learning to play the guitar.

EXCELLENT

22 reviews on

Monica

2022-09-07

I was nervous to learn guitar as an adult, but am so glad I did and that I chose to learn from Stuart. He is a kind and patient teacher who makes lessons fun and engaging. We learn at a pace that is comfortable for me based on my goals. Lessons are done by Zoom which makes it convenient for my schedule. I have fun each week learning new material and techniques. I love being able to choose songs that I like and submit them to be used for our lessons. I would recommend Stuart for anyone looking to have a personalized, challenging, and encouraging learning experience.

Steve Watson

2022-07-20

I am 66 years old and I wanted to learn how to play the acoustic guitar. I found Tucson Music Lessons and contacted Stuart Smith about taking lessons and started 5 months ago. Stuart is a fantastic teacher. All lessons are on zoom and it works out wonderfully. I can set up and tune my guitar before lessons start. Stuart is upbeat and has such a positive attitude. He tailors lesson with your abilities and how you are progressing. There are times I feel discouraged and down about my progress, but after lessons I feel better about myself and continuing on. If you are interested in music I would highly recommend Tucson Music Lessons.

Jodi O

2022-01-21

The best musical lessons in Tucson by far! My son is a special needs student with a great love of music. Stuart is an amazing and patient teacher, my son looks forward to his music lesson every week, and is learning scales and octaves above and beyond for a child his age. My son is engaged in the lesson the entire time, thanks to the teacher’s enthusiasm and dedication to the learning style of the individual student. Lessons with this music school are so rewarding!!! Very highly recommended!

elizabeth8679

2020-04-09

We absolutely love and highly recommend Stuart!! He is so patient and kind teaching my 7 year old son how to play multiple instruments!! Best music instructor we know!

John D'Orlando

2019-10-22

I’ve been playing guitar on and off for over 40 years, including in a punk band in the early 80’s. I never having had any formal training and my technique left a lot to be desired. In the last two years I had two teachers who helped break my bad habits, but my third teacher, Stuart from Tucson Music Lessons has applied everything I learned and I’m now able play much more confidently and more consistently than before. He makes each lesson enjoyable and tailors the lesson to your needs. In addition to teaching guitar Stuart plays and teaches several instruments and will even join in on drums to bring his teaching full circle. I highly recommend Stuart for not only beginners but also for those who’ve been playing for a while but need a tune up. Highly recommend!

Heath Evans

2019-08-23

Mr Stuart is by far the most amazing gift to music we could have hoped for. He is extremely patient with our special needs son and has fostered an out of this world love for music in our son. Mr Stuart is a very gifted musician who has a passion for fostering music in the next generation. Our son can't stop talking about his lessons at Tucson Music Lessons and it is the highlight of the week. There will never be enough words for how thrilled we are with Mr Stuart's passion, patience, and drive for inspiring our son. A 5 star rating is far too low for the quality at Tucson Music Lessons, but Google won't let me add more!!!

Tina Segovia

2019-07-24

Stuart is an amazing teacher, Super patient! My son loves the drums & Stuart is helping him grow & learn every week. We would highly recommend Tucson Music Lessons!!

Susan Miller-Cochran

2018-10-28

Stuart has been such an inspirational teacher for both our 11-year-old son (who has autism) and for our 7-year-old daughter (who is neurotypical). He is patient, knowledgeable, flexible, and encourages them to love music and to explore. I can’t recommend him highly enough!

Geoffrey Batz

2018-09-30

Our autistic son has been seeing stuart for over a year now and we are extremely impressed with how much he's learned! Stewart is an exceptional and patient instructor. Not only has our son continually learned how to play a variety of instruments but his fine motor skills as well as pattern recognition skills have all improved! We highly recommend this program to any parent looking to get their children into music.

Timothy Gentry

2018-09-30

Our experience with Tucson Music Lessons was fantastic. Our girl has always had a blast going to her music class. On her first visit she was a little nervous but the teacher was so sweet and encouraging she was soon lost in all the fun she was having. She played drums and shakers, played on guitars, and loved singing into a microphone while watching the sound of her voice on a monitor. Very interactive and great for little kids who just need to explore various parts of music. I would highly recommend starting your child out here. I believe they offer instruction for individual instruments as well, I’m excited to see which one my kid connects with. It’s a great musical exposure and fun experience for us all.