Aimee Casahuilca
Refine your playing with a skilled tutor who uses advanced techniques and deep music theory insight.




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Aimee Casahuilca
Bachelors degree
/ 55 min
Aimee - Know your guitar teacher
With a Bachelor's degree in Music and a passion for teaching, I'm Aimee Casahuilca, your dedicated guitar tutor. Whether you're a beginner, advanced player, or a kid eager to learn, I'm here to guide you on your musical journey. My specialties range from chord progressions to fingerstyle techniques, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. My personalized approach focuses on your unique learning style and goals. Together, we'll dive into music theory, scales, and various playing techniques. From acoustic to electric guitar, I'll help you master strumming, picking, and building your repertoire. Let's create a positive and engaging environment where you can express yourself through music. Whether you dream of playing your favorite songs or composing your own, I'll be by your side, making each lesson fun and rewarding. Embrace the joy of music with me as your guide.
Meet Aimee
Aimee graduated from Macquarie

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As a Guitar tutor specializing in Acoustic, Electric, and Bass Guitar, I provide personalized lessons for adult, advanced, and beginner students. My teaching style is a blend of progressive instruction, engaging activities, sight reading, creative exercises, and theory integration. I leverage various tech tools like Amp Simulators, Chord Diagram Apps, and Ear Training Software to enhance the learning experience both online and offline. I follow a diverse range of curricula including A-Levels, AP Program, Common Core State Standards, and more, catering to a wide audience of 10+ students. Each lesson is tailored to the individual student's goals and preferred genre to make learning relevant and enjoyable. By focusing on technique, expression, and fostering creativity, I aim to help students develop their skills effectively. Whether it's learning basic chords or mastering complex riffs, I am dedicated to guiding students at every step of their musical journey.
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Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Bass Guitar

Guitar concepts taught by Aimee
Student and Tutor engaged in a comprehensive singing session, focusing on vocal warm-ups, technical exercises like arpeggios and slides, and articulation practice. They also worked on song interpretation and explored the Student's original vocal composition. Homework included practicing sirens and developing harmony skills through piano exercises and recording.
Developing Vocal Vibrato
Optimizing Vowel Shapes & Vocal Projection
Strategies for Harmony Practice
Vocal Articulation: Staccato & Legato
Smooth Vocal Slides (Sirens) & Register Transition
Vocal Arpeggios & Interval Training
The Student and Tutor focused on guitar techniques, practicing blues soloing and phrasing with backing tracks, and integrating expressive techniques like vibrato and bends. They extensively reviewed and practiced challenging sections of Steve Vai's "Tender Surrender" and the jazz standard "Blue Bossa." For homework, the Student was encouraged to continue practicing phrasing, refine the two pieces, and listen to the original saxophone version of "Blue Bossa."
Mastering Blues Phrasing & Improvisation
Enhancing Timing & Musicality through Song Study: "Blue Bossa"
Deconstructing Complex Guitar Pieces: Steve Vai's "Tender Surrender"
Expressive Guitar Techniques: Bends
Slides
& Vibrato
The Student and Tutor engaged in a foundational singing lesson, starting with diaphragm breathing. They practiced various vocal exercises, including humming, scales with different vowel sounds, and staccato notes, with the Student demonstrating good pitch recognition. The session concluded with the Student singing a song, and the Tutor suggested continued work on tone and vowel formation in subsequent lessons.
Initial Vocal Assessment & Potential
Diaphragmatic Breathing - The Singer's Foundation
Pitch Matching and Control
Vowel Formation for Vocal Tone
Basic Scale Exercises (1-3-5-3-1)
Staccato Singing
The Student and Tutor practiced major scales (G and A) on the guitar, focusing on fretboard patterns and note identification. They also began learning a new classical piece, "Atorius," which introduced specific fingerstyle techniques and guitar notation. The Student will continue practicing these exercises, and future lesson scheduling will be confirmed post-surgery.
Navigating Mental Blocks and Practice Plateaus
Introduction to Fingerstyle Guitar & Music Reading (Atorias)
Fundamentals of Chord Construction
Understanding Fretboard Note Logic
Major Scale Patterns Across the Fretboard
The Student and Tutor engaged in a comprehensive singing lesson, starting with physical and vocal warm-ups. They focused on fundamental vocal techniques such as staccato articulation, accurate vowel production, and mastering arpeggios, runs, and slides. The session concluded with an in-depth practice of the song "Self-Aware," where the Student applied techniques for emotional delivery and stylistic expression. The Tutor offered to provide piano tracks for vocal exercises and song recommendations for future practice.
Vocal Control: Staccato & Legato
Vowel Modification: The 'E' Sound
Personalizing Song Covers
Song Interpretation & Character Development
Arpeggio Expansion: Adding the Seventh
Mastering Vocal Runs & Slides
The Student and Tutor had an introductory singing lesson, focusing on foundational vocal techniques. They practiced warm-ups, diaphragmatic breathing, vowel production, pitch accuracy, staccato, legato, and arpeggio exercises. For homework, the Student was assigned to practice the arpeggio exercise daily with a provided recording and to memorize the lyrics of their chosen song.
Song Interpretation & Lyric Mastery
Arpeggio Exercise (1-3-5-3-1)
Distinguishing Notes: Staccato vs. Legato
Diaphragmatic Breathing for Singers
Vocal Warm-ups & Forward Placement
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