The most personal and flexible way that I teach is through weekly private guitar lessons. This format offers the best balance of structure and freedom. Any and all topics can be explored in depth with a high degree of personal customization for you. You’re the captain and I’m your engineer; we follow your bliss and I help you play what you want to play.
Do you want to start playing guitar for your own enjoyment? Check out Starting Where You Are

Do you already know the basics and want to focus on the areas that interest you most? Choose your course of study and have the freedom to follow your interests with Choosing Where You Go

Are you happy with your ability to play but want help in bringing out your own unique way to play? Discover how to make your own music right now with Using What You Know

Are you happy with the way you play and want to break through to your next level? Learn practical exercises to help you directly connect to your inspiration at theconnectedmusician.com

 

Starting Where You Are

An Introduction to the Guitar

You Will Learn:

  • Your favorite songs
  • How to play open chords, bar chords and power chords
  • How to read tablature and play from songbooks
  • How to find notes quickly
  • How to strum in rhythm and play with others
  • How to play scales
  • How to tune the guitar

and, of course, more

Choosing Where You Go

A Program for Focused Study

Sample Topics:

  • Fretboard Geography – find your way around the guitar
  • Expanding With Bar Chords – the fast track to [playing any chord
  • Growing Your Technique – let your guitar sing, cry, scream and fly
  • Mastering Scales – explore these patterns of possibility
  • Playing by Ear – pull music out of the air
  • Mechanics of Music – see and hear the logic of music theory

and, of course, more

Using What You Know

A Program to Help You Develop Your Style

Sample Topics:

  • Mastering Rhythm – learn how to make music that dances
  • Playing With Expression – communicate feelings and moods
  • Building a Repertoire – showcase your talent to any audience
  • Songwriting From Your Life – create your own music right away
  • The Singing Guitarist – arrange songs into your style
  • Playing Live – make the stage your own

and, of course, more

 

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Rocking the Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights and Bed-Stuy, neighborhoods of Brooklyn, NY (and beyond…)
 2 Blocks from the Clinton/Washington C Subway Station

 

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I love to help people find and develop their own musical voice. I enjoy teaching because it is an opportunity to work with people and help them find what they are looking for in music. Teaching is about relationships and what I have learned from my great teachers is to constantly listen for interests and motivates a student. I strive to give my students an experience of their own inspiration, growth and achievement.

I’ve been teaching music professionally since 1998, offering private lessons and teaching classes at the After School program at School of the Future in Manhattan. I draw on my early education as a saxophonist, several years as a self-taught guitarist, five years of formal study with master guitarist and teacher, Robert Newton, my 20 years of  experience on stage as a leader and sideman, and my relationship with great musicians and teachers such as Madeline Bruser, J. GA. Granelli and Nels Cline.

I wish you well and may all sounds be good sounds…

Bryan