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To Play Like a Pro, Learn From a Pro

To Play Like a Pro

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There's more to being a professional guitarist than notes and chords.

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pick up a guitar

and jam

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Learn How to Pick up a Guitar and Jam

Student of the Month – May 2013 – Dr. Brian Richardson

Students

by Rex on April 23, 2013

Dr. Brian Richardson has been taking guitar lessons from me on and off for the last 16 years.

He loves jazz guitar and is an incredible vocalist. He loves to work on improving his musicianship skills of soloing as well as reading music and practical application in live performances yearly with my other students and myself at local restaurants in Bay Area . This helps all students like Brian to build their “Guitar Confidence” and take their playing to next level. Brian is a great student and humble man. It’s an honor to help guide Brian in the art of guitar performance.

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Rex’s Guitar Studio Annual Student Recital

Bands / Performers

by Rex on April 1, 2013

These video clips were recorded at Walnut Creek’s Dean Lesher Theatre, which seats 800. Rex’s Guitar Studio students are jamming on classic rock hits along with San Francisco Bay Area musicians and teachers. Students are able to apply all their lesson materials of reading and soloing along with celeb Bay Area musicians that have performed with Santana, Tower Of Power, Michael Jackson and many other well-known recording artists.

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Band Rehearsal – Rhythm vs. Tempo

Guitar Lessons February 20, 2013

Rehearsing Your Band – Timing – Rhythm vs. Tempo As I travel all over East Bay teaching guitar lessons and performing gigs I find that a lot of musicians, guitarist or instrumentalists are not well prepared for their performance or even guitar lesson. Often, I hear, “That’s not what I want, but I don’t how [...]

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Guitar Lessons Go Mobile in East Bay

Guitar Lessons February 17, 2013

Teaching Mobile Guitars All Over The East Bay Mobile is one of the hot words these days – everything is going mobile.For businesses in the East bay of California, if you’re not mobile, you’re dying on the vine. I took my guitar/banjo lessons business in the East Bay mobile a couple of years ago. Of [...]

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Benicia – Vallejo Guitar Lessons

Guitar Lessons January 25, 2013

Beginner to Advanced – Guitar Lessons – Benicia & Vallejo CA As I teach beginning to advanced guitar in Benicia and Vallejo I stress all guitar students to work on basic Jazz Chord formations where you use both your pick and fingers to create both a guitarist and bass player sound all by yourself. Some [...]

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Guitar Daily Practice and Musical Vocabulary

Guitar Lessons January 23, 2013

Part 2 of Developing a Daily Practice for Guitar To become a killer guitar player, you should memorize a few chords ( four, for example) and then simply practice playing them in the order they come in the song. Do this at least ten times slowly from memory before moving on to the next set [...]

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Guitar Daily Practice Plan

Guitar Lessons January 15, 2013

Walnut Creek CA Guitar Students – Create a Daily Practice Plan Why have a daily practice plan? Now that I have been playing guitar since I was 8 years old and now teach ages 5 and up on guitar in Bay Area. A common question is, “How much time do I need to practice the [...]

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Music Helps Our Children Develop MORE of Their Potential

Guitar Lessons January 4, 2013

East Bay Guitar Lessons Help to Develop Better Brains & People – not just rock ego-maniac stars! I’ve been studying and teaching music for over 40 years. Today, I teach guitar and banjo lessons throughout the East Bay in communities like Danville, San Ramon, Concord, Walnut Creek – the whole East Bay. I teach guitar [...]

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Soloing Guitar Lesson

Guitar Lessons January 2, 2013

Make 2013 YOUR Year to be a Solo Guitarist Soloing is working on art of doing lead patterns over a group of chords also known as riffing or adlib. Guitar players must know there basic 5 pentatonic scale patterns both minor and major. A pentatonic scale is a five note scale based on major scale. [...]

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Guitar Lessons Guarantees

Guitar Lessons December 20, 2012

East Bay Guitar Lessons that Can’t be BEAT! I have been teaching guitar lesson many years in East Bay – all ages – 5 and up. Today, a guitar instructor needs to focus on making oneself available for the guitar student. I have a simple philosophy and teaching method for guitar students in our music [...]

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