Education Highlights

• Music major Washington University in St. Louis-1975 (specialty in electronic composition)
• Masters work at U of H - all but thesis
• Studied under various teachers, most notably Lenny Breau
• Began classical guitar studies at age 5

Teaching experience

Professional instructor since 1973

WILL TEACH ALL AGES!ON GUITAR: All styles to expert level. (especially likes pros who need some new ideas-Rut Removal-like,"I can't get out of this rut!")

Current favorite courses of study to teach:

• Flamenco
• Chord-Melody with walking bass
• Country blues finger picking
• Aliatory and other free jazz
• Traditional jazz-Bossa Nova
• Improvisation of all sorts
• Composition and arranging
• Songwriting
• Alternate and open tunings
• Two-handed tapping styles (10 finger playing)
• Traditional music styles - folk and bluegrass
• Sight-reading //// tab reading
• Classical
• Metal and heavier stylesSEVEN STRING GUITAR and other unusual styles like DOUBLE-NECK styles for bass/6string or 12/6 combinations (10 string guitar)
• Chicken pickin'
• Chord studies (including 2 handed chords)
• Melodic counterpoint
• Blues variations and chord substitution
• Speed studies