Guitar lessons near me in Naperville, IL

During a recent guitar lesson, Andy taught Cara new guitar techniques, including chord variations, finger exercises, and scale practice. Cara actively worked on fingerpicking patterns, chord changes, and a C scale in different positions on the neck. They also discussed preparing a Carol King song for their next lesson, highlighting the importance of scales for finger dexterity and improvisation.

During a recent guitar lesson, Marco coached Jared on refining his right-hand technique, a crucial aspect of guitar playing, to enhance speed, fluidity, and rhythm. Jared received detailed advice on forearm rotation, alternate picking, pick angles, and pick thicknesses. Marco also recommended that Jared study other players and practice with a metronome. As a follow-up, Marco plans to send Jared a video of Corey Wong demonstrating right-hand exercises.

During a recent guitar lesson, Patrick guided Catheline through essential exercises, focusing on scales, finger positioning, and chord techniques, and introduced her to the song "Romansa." Catheline actively practiced the G major scale in various positions and began learning "Romansa," concentrating on its melody and chord transitions. For homework, she will practice the second position, review the third screenshot in her G major scale folder, and practice playing all notes on the E string to improve familiarity with notes in "Romansa."

Shraddha recently provided Tyler with a comprehensive guitar lesson, delving into various aspects of music theory to elevate his playing. The instruction encompassed rhythm, chord shapes and inversions, voice leading, triads, major and pentatonic scales, the CAGED system, power chords, diminished chords, Roman numeral notation, relative major/minor scales, chord progressions, and modal interchange, illustrated with examples like "Crazy Train" and "Layla," along with intervals. For his continued practice, Tyler was assigned homework to refine his scales and chord shapes in preparation for their subsequent lesson.

Kristopher Gottlieb recently guided Hannah through a guitar lesson, concentrating on refining strumming patterns, improving chord transitions, and mastering muting techniques. Their practice incorporated songs such as "Candy," "Dragon," "28," and "Something in the Orange." Kristopher advised Hannah to practice with the original recordings to enhance her timing and suggested she compile a list of songs for upcoming lessons. They concluded by scheduling their next lesson for the following week.

Ruby Davies recently conducted a guitar lesson with Keshon Mclean, focusing on foundational skills. Keshon learned basic guitar chords including E minor, C, G, and D, alongside various strumming techniques. He then put these new skills into practice by working on chord transitions and successfully applying them to play "Zombie." Looking ahead, Ruby will provide Keshon with chord charts and prepare tabs for "Ocean Eyes" for their upcoming lesson, which is also set to cover more comprehensive music notation.