Guitar lessons near me in Fresno, CA

On August 1, 2025, Karl Kim provided a guitar lesson to a learner from Fresno's vibrant Tower District. This lesson centered on mastering bar chords and various seventh chords—specifically F7, B♭7, Gm7, Em7, and Bm7. They applied these new skills to "Vope Spring Rain" and 2-5-1 progressions, with Karl incorporating exercises to enhance technique. Practice was assigned, and a method book was recommended for continued study. Their next lesson is set for Wednesday.

Collin is giving Sheri guitar lessons, focusing on note recognition, rhythm, timing, and song structure. They cover topics like notes on the sixth string, dotted quarter notes, chord transitions, strumming patterns, and musical notation like "del segno" and first/second endings. Sheri is practicing scales, exercises, and songs like "Sweet Caroline," with Collin providing guidance and resources to improve her skills.

Patrick guided Scott through various fingerstyle guitar techniques, including hand positioning, rest and free strokes, and wrist control. Scott practiced finger assignments and alternating finger plucking, and they began learning "The Last of Us" theme. Patrick will provide a transcription of the theme, and Scott is to practice rest strokes and counting with a metronome.

Patrick taught Jessica flamenco guitar techniques, focusing on strumming patterns, hand positioning, and wrist motion. Jessica practiced the 'hang loose' hand position, the 'Czechoslovakian strum,' and triplet strums. Patrick offered to create a video demonstrating the triplet strum technique.

Giacomo Favitta guided Ryan Stewart through guitar exercises focused on "Nothing Else Matters," correcting fingering and timing issues in the arpeggio. Giacomo introduced music theory concepts, specifically major and minor triads, and how to play them across the fretboard using E and A shape barre chords. They agreed to reschedule the next lesson for Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. and to focus on technique and fretboard knowledge in future sessions.

Travis and Thomas had a guitar lesson where they worked on chord progressions, finger placement, and different guitar tunings, including drop D. Travis introduced movable scale shapes and reviewed guitar theory concepts such as key signatures and relative major/minor scales. Travis will send Thomas a PDF of scale paper, and Thomas is to print all papers for better learning.