Different music styles and levels:
Personalized teaching. Guitar Lessons
at your place or mine.
- Composition and Improvisation. -
Theory & Harmony - Chord Melody (building triads,
7thChords, Extensions)
- Triads (as chords, inversions,
cluster, open and spread positions) - Triad pairs
for solos - Quartal family
- Substitutions, Modal Exchange,
Tritone - Building phrases from arpeggios, triads,
chromatism, 4 notes cells.
- Major, Minor, Diminished ,
Hexatonal & Augmented Scales - Study of Modes
- Bebop Scales, Vocabulary and
Approaches (neighbor tones) - Learning Standards and
Reharmonization.
- Picking techniques (alternate,
economic, hybrid, sweep) - Fretboard visualization
and knowledge
* Jazz (Swing, Bebop , Fusion,
Modern) Standards. Latin American styles and
repertoire from Afro-Peruvian (Lando,
Festejo, Vals) Bossa Nova, Samba, Choro,
Son, Bolero, Cha-Cha-Cha, Tango,
Milonga among others.
* Classical Guitar: Etudes and
Pieces by Sor, Carcassi,
Giuliani, Barrios, Lauro, Piazzolla,
Cardoso, Sagreras, Bach and more.
Also pieces for sight reading, fingerstyle.
planting,
plucking methods. * Rock, Funk, Pop,
Folk,
Blues among other styles.
* Simple, Compound and Odd meters,
and Polyrhythms
I have been compiling different Books
for Reading Books, Etudes, Pieces and Technique
methods, so I will
supply the most convenient material
for
you.
Lessons Reviews
"Jose is the simply the best. He knows every single
thing about the guitar and taking lessons from him
is half
learning/half being amazed at how much there is to
know. I can't recommend him highly enough.
He is the most passionate person there is when it
comes to music and sharing
his knowledge with his students." Melissa G.(Medford)
"Jose has been a tremendous inspiration to my son!
He is a phenomenal teacher and
his teaching styles build a strong foundation which
make playing the guitar simple and easier!
We had numerous guitar teachers before Jose but none
of them were as adept as Jose.
His teaching skills conform to the student and my
son
enjoyed learning from him! " Lissy S. (Shrewsbury)
"Jose is an exceptionally talented musician and
teacher. My son looks forward to every
lesson where he can hang out with such a cool guy
and play great music .....
all the while effortlessly developing his guitar
skills and broadening
his musical vocabulary. " Amy V.(Newton)
"Jose is a brilliant player and a wonderful teacher.
Once you hear him play, it is easy
to be fully inspired to become the best musician you
can be. He is far superior to any other
guitar teachers that I have encountered.
His explanation of music theory is superb and he
makes complex concepts seems easy.
He is very attentive to all the details of your play
-- so you get the precision that is needed to become
a very very good player. And again, I cannot but
accolade his own playing, he is simply the best.
Thank you, Jose for everything that you have taught
me,
and my friends." Luba E. (Waltham)
"Jose is an amazing teacher and musician. He took on
my 10 year old son who has
difficulty focusing for long periods of time, and
makes the hour whizz past. He can explain rhythm
and melody concepts that he can understand, and
motivates
him to keep practicing. My son has
made great progress and has remained engaged,
because of Jose, and looks
forward to his lesson every week." Gauri B.
(Medford)
"Jose has been teaching my son (now 10 years old)
classical guitar for 3 years now.
Our son loves music but is a bit distractible (ADHD
and all) and we didn't really think he
would stick with this for this long...
Jose is very sweet and patient with our son, and
helps
to motivate him to practice. It is obvious that Jose
does this work because he loves it. It is also
a real treat just to listen to Jose warming up with
guitar exercises.
Our son has made some amazing progress and now it is
hard to imagine him not playing
the guitar, and I give Jose credit for that!" Rachel
V. (Sudbury)
"Jose provided lessons for me for 8 months. He is
incredibly talented as a guitarist and instructor.
And, on the operations side, he is professional,
always on time, never cancelled appointments
etc I chose to do in-home lessons so Jose came to my
apartment in downtown Boston.
I am an intermediate player and wanted to improve
finger-picking, classical guitar,
as well as scales. I can't recommend Jose enough.
The lessons were a ton of fun and incredibly
valuable". Ryan N. (Boston)
"Jose is an awesome teacher and a great guy most
importantly. He is a great player
and really knows his instrument. I especially like
his teaching style of incorporating a lot of
different things yet simplifying it well that you
can start to get a bigger picture than just
playing the notes on paper. I highly recommend Jose
to anybody wanting to learn the guitar." John
L.(Cambridge)
"Jose is an extremely talented, patient instructor.
I had zero experience playing the
guitar when I started lessons, and he quickly helped
me understand the basics in a way that
seemed effortless, and without ever getting
frustrated. The best part of his teaching
methodology is that he encourages his students to
find their
own expression and build
confidence in themselves. Our lessons were always
fun, too. I highly recommend him for students
of all levels, but especially beginners." Paige W.
(Boston)