Guitar lessons near me in Rockford, IL

Marco Flores guided Pia Best through a guitar lesson focused on learning a solo and understanding song structure. Pia practiced the solo with Marco's guidance on finger placement and melody, and they reviewed the order and repetition of song sections. Marco offered to provide a written guide to the song's structure and encouraged Pia to practice over the summer.

Lewis tutored John on guitar, focusing on improving his strumming patterns using an online drum machine to visualize rhythm. They worked on "Danny Boy" and "What a Wonderful World." Lewis assigned John to practice with the drum machine and explore the rhythm of "What a Wonderful World" for the next session.

Melody Duxfield's guitar lesson with Salon No Mind involves addressing guitar issues (broken string, rattling) and learning riffs from bands like Audio Slave and Block Party. The lesson focuses on specific techniques like finger placement, slides, and palm muting, with adjustments made for timing and speed. The next lesson is rescheduled for two weeks later.

Patrick taught Jessica flamenco guitar techniques, including strumming patterns, chord voicings (G7, C over G, B diminished, D minor 9 over F), bar chords, and the "prio" technique. Jessica practiced chord progressions and finger exercises, particularly struggling with the "prio" technique and the D minor 9 chord. Patrick assigned practice on the material covered and suggested Jessica review the tune "Veransa" to reinforce the concepts.

Cash tutored Dai on guitar, focusing on chords (including Fmaj7), strumming techniques, and music theory concepts like half and whole steps. They analyzed slash chords using "Skyfall" as an example, and Cash encouraged Dai to learn songs that target specific skills and to experiment.

Snehasis had a guitar lesson with Sriram that focused on power chords, muting techniques, and chord progressions, using "Summer of '69" as a practical example. They also discussed the cost of living in India versus the US poverty level. Sriram practiced power chords and will continue next week.