Group/Individual Lessons - Folk Music Center

Guitar Lessons

The Folk Music Center offers professional guitar lessons to students of all ages and levels in Claremont, La Verne, Upland, Rancho Cucamonga and nearby communities (including the San Gabriel Valley as well as the Inland Empire). Whether you are a music enthusiast, beginner, intermediate or advanced guitarist, our highly qualified instructors will provide you with the knowledge and guidance you are looking for.

We create lessons to meet the needs of our students in a private, one-on-one setting with consideration given to individual musical taste. Each guitar lesson plan will be fully customized and built on the student’s strength with compassion for the student’s individual learning style, incorporating visual, kinesthetic, and auditory cues to maximize the student’s potential. We also offer lessons specially designed for children.

Examples of lesson might include:

Basic Guitar

1. Intro to Guitar
2. Chords G, C in open position
3. Chords A, D in open position
4. Minor chords
5. Single Note Melodies
6. Power Chords
7. Major Barre Chords
8. Minor Barre Chords
9. Blues Lead

Rock Guitar

1. Power Chords and Palm Muting
2. Suspended Chords and Arpeggios
3. Drop D Tuning and Heavy Riffs
4. Melodies and Two Note Chords
5. Classic Riffs

Blues Guitar

1. 12 Bar Blues in A
2. Minor Pentatonic Scale
3. Rhythm Riffs
4. Blues in Other Keys
5. Bends and Vibrato
6. Hammers, Pulls and Slides
7. Blues Scales and Quarter Bends