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Guitar Society of Spokane| How to pick a jazz guitar teacher Picking out a jazz guitar teacher is a very personal decision. You first need to find someone you like being around since you will be studying with them once a week. You must respect the teacher’s abilities as a player and as an educator. Particularly for jazz guitar, you need a teacher that can play jazz guitar on a professional level. The teacher must be able to play jazz standards with advanced chords and must be able to improvise professional level solos. Most jazz guitar teachers have a music degree from a reputable music college or have equivalent experience from private lessons. Be careful! Few guitarists in our area are able to teach jazz at an appropriate level. Go watch the prospective teacher play live to see if they play the way you want to learn to play. On clue can be to look at their equipment. Do they have a jazz guitar like an electric arch top? On this page we have recommended a few teachers we know meet our high standards.
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Jazz Guitar Teachers
Meet Kyle Smith:
(509)
460-9745 Kylesmithguitar@gmail.com
I
hold a BA in Music from Eastern Washington University, and am currently
finishing my Graduate Degree in Jazz Pedagogy. I have 8 years of private
teaching experience, as well as 5 years experience in teaching Jazz theory,
Improvisation, and small group performance to middle and high school
students from around the Northwest, through teaching at the EWU Jazz
Dialogue Camps, and directing jazz bands at Cheney High School, Libbey
Middle School, and Chase Middle School. With the EWU Jazz Ensemble, I
perform and give clinics around the Northwest. I have performed with Rich
Perry, Matt Harris, John Stowell, and a number of other internationally
known Jazz musicians. I have performed and recorded regularly with the Bob
Curnow Big Band over the last 5 years. I also perform regularly with the
Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Lindell Reason, and Large and Small Jazz Ensembles
at Eastern Washington
University.
Lessons will focus on developing fundamental skills on the guitar, as well as theory and improvisation concepts. My goal is to make all of my students into the most complete musician and guitarist they can be.
Meet Nicholas Schauer:
(509) 868-2613 nicholasschauer@earthlink.net South Hill
(BA Music Theory/Compsition from CWU 1985)
I have experience in various genres such as reggae, rhythm & blues, rock & jazz and have led and played in many ensembles in Western, Central & Eastern Washington and Idaho since 1982, most notably the Horndogs in Seattle, Soul Proprietor in Spokane and most recently, Schauer With Friends since 1997. I have been fortunate to have performed with such greats as Paquito D'Rivera, Don Lanphere, Bruce Babad, Reuel Lubag, Joe Johanson, Carmen Bradford, Andy Roth, Chris Speed, Andrew D'Angelo, Marcus Duke, the Coasters, the Platters, & the Shangri-La's.
I have taught guitar on and off since 1982. I prefer to teach existing guitarists who wish to learn theory and improvisation. I have a studio in my home on the south hill.
