Guitar lessons near me in Santa Ana, CA

Arkapravo Ghosh worked with a student (a bearded biker) on applying guitar licks to chord progressions in the songs "Baby Blue" and "Gravity." The student practiced identifying chord changes, creating harmonically fitting licks, and improving timing. Homework includes developing more licks for "Baby Blue," learning the intro melody for "Gravity," and transposing existing licks to "Gravity" around the ninth fret.

Kamelah switches from guitar to piano lessons with McKinley due to finger pain. McKinley teaches Kamelah basic keyboard layout, finger exercises, and the C major scale, focusing on proper hand position and finger placement. Kamelah mentions physical limitations due to age and lupus. McKinley provides support and plans to send scale notation.

Salon No Mind and Felipe Santos had a guitar lesson that included homework review, analysis of songs by Organ Tapes and The Smiths, and a critique of Felipe's original composition. They worked on chord voicings and finger placement for Felipe's song "Sum You Win" and started learning a jazz arrangement of "Just the Two of Us." Felipe was assigned to continue working on "Sum You Win," practice the first part of "This Charming Man," and review pentatonic improv exercises, with the next lesson to be scheduled after Felipe's trip to Italy.

Alexander is giving Ian a guitar lesson on playing slow blues in A minor, specifically BB King's "The Thrill is Gone." They cover chord voicings (Am7, Dm7, F9, E7#9), strumming techniques, and improvisational phrases using blues boxes and specific fretboard patterns. Alexander will send Ian a backing track to practice with, and they plan to continue lessons next week. The conversation also briefly touches on local events.

Shannon and Keira had a guitar lesson covering "2002" and "Carry You Home," focusing on chords, strumming, and pacing. Keira progressed well. They cancelled the next lesson due to Keira's Aruba trip, and Shannon resolved a classroom link issue.

Ben Muirhead taught Stella the guitar intro to The Cure's "Open", concentrating on syncopation, finger placement, and rhythmic accuracy. Stella practiced the initial phrases and variations, with Ben providing fingering suggestions and rhythmic analysis. Ben will send Stella a voice memo to help her internalize the syncopated rhythm for further practice.