In person 1:1 or Skype/Zoom
My method for teaching is more holistic which includes learning to play songs you like, performance preparation, developing your style, playing with other guitarists/musicians and theory, chords, modes, scales, arpeggios etc.
I focus on your goals, not just walk through a published lesson book.
Each student has different goals that change quickly as they learn and adapting to that inspiration and muse is important to fining the musician inside of the student.
I have been playing guitar since a teenager, have taught for over 15 years, recorded 4 CDs available on Spotify and iTunes, wrote songs that appeared on several movie and documentary soundtracks, toured around the Texas/Oklahoma area and still perform weekly.
Contact me mkstultz@yahoo.com for a free meet & greet, assessment and custom lesson plan!
LESSONS
- Ages 8 through 88, it’s never too late to start playing guitar.
- Beginner through Advanced
- Pop, Rock, Country, Surf Rock, Nuevo Flamenco, Americana, Blues, Worship
- Customized instruction to meet your needs and goals or help you set musical goals and achieve them
- All materials provided
- Learn the songs you like now as you improve timing, theory, tone and technique
- Learn how to accompany your vocals, another vocalist or play your part in a group or band
- Lessons once per weekend,
- Rates:
- $20 per 30 min
- $30 per 45 min
- $40 per 60 min
- Learn to play almost any song in any key by using a capo and learning just 12 chords
- Free string changing on your guitar upon request
- Guitar and equipment guidance selecting what you need, where to find it, help with buying, selling, trading or upgrading guitars and accessories
- Here’s some of my CD Releases Full Music Discography Page
| Basics |
| Parts of Guitar |
| Tuning |
| Fretboard Layout, Notes and Strings |
| Note vs Chord vs Triad vs Double Stop |
| Pick Choice, String Attack, Hand and Thumb Positioning |
| Major vs. minor (major 3rd vs minor 3rd) |
| Chord Charts/Neck Diagrams |
| Single Chord strumming Em to A2 |
| Single note playing exercise 1st 4 frets |
| Right hand development |
| Left hand development |
| Strumming patterns |
| Chords in G-3 Maj 3 Min- do ra mi |
| 4/4. and 3/4 Time |
| Measures of Songs |
| 3 chord songs |
| Intro to tablature |
| Amazing Grace/Happy Birthday- tab melody |
| Star Spangled Banner- tab melody |
| Alternate Picking/Double Picking |
| Semitone (1/2 step) vs. Full tone (whole step) |
| Beats and Measures |
| Metronome |
| Changing Strings |
| Beginning Theory |
| Intro to barre chords |
| The CAGED system |
| Diagonal octave patterns |
| The Major Scale |
| Pentatonic Major and Minor scales |
| Triad construction across neck |
| Modes |
| Nashville Number System |
| Hamburger, Bun, Cheese |
| Chord Numbers |
| Bass runs and Simple Passing Chords |
| Fingerpicking |
| Fingers w/ Pick |
| Chords in G Major G C D (I-IV-V) / Minor Em Am (vim-iim) |
| Chords in C Major C F G (I-IV-V) / Minor Am Dm (vim-iim) |
| Chords in D Major D G A (I-IV-V) / Minor Em F#m (vim-iim) |
| Chords in E Major E A B (I-IV-V) / Minor C#m F#m (vim-iim) |
| Chords in A Major A D E (I-IV-V) / Minor Bm Dm (vim-iim) |
| Acoustic Roots/Songwriter |
| Song Structures-3 to 6 chords |
| Chord Colors- sus2, sus 4 |
| Chord Colors-7th, 9th, 11th, 13th |
| Open string chords |
| Sliding Chords-D, A2, E |
| Relative Minor Substitutions |
| Fingerpicking |
| Hybrid Picking |
| Arpeggiating Chords |
| Alternating Bass Runs |
| Dynamics, Power, Control, Damping & Syncopation |
| Singers Money Chords |
| Using a Capo to change Keys |
| Bass runs and Simple Passing Chords |
| Nashville Number System |
| Playing a Song in 5 Keys |
| Colored and Textured and Suspended Chords |
| Open string Chord shapes |
| Keys and Transposing Chords |
| Major Common Chord Progressions |
| Rock Rhythm |
| Bar Chords |
| Power Chords |
| Triads |
| Sus Chords |
| Hammers |
| Muting |
| R&B/Hendrix Rhythm |
| Blues Rhythm |
| Open E7 blues- shuffle |
| 12-bar blues patterns |
| Chord-based blues riffs and licks |
| Ninths, diminished and augmented chords in blues |
| Double Stops |
| Minor key blues |
| Blues bass lines |
| Integrating lead and rhythm |
| Major Key Blues |
| Improvising |
| Blues scales |
| 5 Pentatonic Major / Pentatonic Minor Scales |
| Leaning on the 3rd |
| Fluency |
| Phrasing |
| Creativity |
| Functionality |
| Techniques: Hammer On / Pull Off / Slides / Triplets |
| Bends: semitone / half / full |
| Playing lead notes out of the CAGED Chord Positions |
| Double Stops (4th, 4rds, 5ths) |
| Octaves |
| Using Drone Open Strings |
| Major and Minor Arpeggios |
| Stretching It Out: Sandman Arpeggios |
| Sing what you play |
| Dominant 7th arpeggios |
| Bends: semitone / half / full |
| Techniques: Hammer On / Pull Off / Slides / Triplets |
| Improvising |
| Alternate Picking / Double Picking |
| Key-specific improvising |
| Major and minor arpeggios |
| II-V-I chord exercises |
| 5 Modes |
| II-V-I modal exercise |
| Chord substitution basics |
| Chord based improvisation |
| Key-based lead guitar |
| Vibrato on last note |
| Playing lead notes out of the CAGED Chord Positions |
| Modal improvising |
| Major Improvisation |
| Minor Improvisation |
| Blues Improvisation |
| Stylistic Improvisation |
| Using Drone Open Strings |
| Sing what you play |
ONLINE METRONOME
http://www.studybass.com/tools/online-metronome/
LESSONS
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TB-000-TheBasics.php http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/guitarlessons.html http://www.zentao.com/guitar/guitar-lessons.html http://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/ http://www.justinguitar.com/en/IM-000-IntermediateMethod.php http://www.strumpatterns.com/Strums/strumsPage01.htm
GUITAR VIDEO LESSONS http://www.youtube.com/user/martyzsongs/videos http://truefire.com/tftv/?channel=acoustic-survival-guide&videofile=mp4:guitar-acoustic-survival-guide-videos/argsg51-guitar-lessons-I-bVII-IV-part1
HIT SONGS CHORD CHARTS in ANY KEY
http://www.e-chords.com/ http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs00s.htm http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/top/top100.htm http://www.guitarmasta.net/Pop/ http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs00s.htm
GUITAR TAB- HOW TO READ IT http://guitar.about.com/od/tabchordslyrics/ss/read_guitar_tab.htm http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TB-011-ReadTAB.php
TRANSPOSER TOOLS
http://www.logue.net/xp/ http://www.simusic.com/transpose.html http://www.theoreticallycorrect.com/KeySwitch-Song-Transposer-PublicBeta/index.html
CHORD CHARTS IN ALL KEYS
http://www.chordsbykey.com/ http://i-love-guitar.com/guitar-chords-major-keys.html http://www.drpsychotic.com/strike_a_chord/strikeachord.html http://worshipguitarguy.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/wgg-chords-exposed1.pdf http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazzguitar_lessons.html http://www.hobby-hour.com/guitar/chords.php
TOP 1,000 CLASSIC ROCK SONGS http://www.thedigitallife.net/top1000.htm
TOP 500 COUNTRY SONGS http://countrymusic.about.com/library/top500/ptop500.htm
NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM http://worshipguitarguy.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/caged-system-chords1.pdf
ANY SCALE / ANY MODE / ANY KEY / NOTES SHOWN ON NECK http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/
MORE SCALES http://www.villageguitarstudio.com/category/improvisation/scales/
EXOTIC AND ALTERED SCALES http://brainphreak.net/atonal/exoticscales.pdf
CHORDS, SCALES ARPEGGIOS, MODES
http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/guitarscales/guitarscales.html
CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/chordsubstitution.html
CHORD GRID PAPER
http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/fretboard/
LESSON TEMPLATES
http://freeblanksheetmusic.org/guitar/
JAM TRACKS http://truefire.com/jam-tracks/
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