30 minutes weekly is the standard for private music education and is perfectly satisfactory! If your child is really showing a passion for music, maybe we increase lesson frequency to twice per week or change to hour lessons.

Start out at 5 minutes every day for one month regardless of your age or skill level! The goal is to turn practicing into a daily habit, and a low barrier to entry is crucial!

If that goes well, maybe you move up to 7mins for a few weeks, then 10, so on. If you can get to the point where you’re practicing a consistent 20 minutes every single day, stick with it for a few years and let time fly (as it tends to do!) and you’ll be a legitimate guitarist before you know it.

In general, you’ll learn so much more efficiently playing 20 minutes per day instead of 80 minutes every four days—I’m a really big advocate of daily practice and we’ll talk about your lifestyle and schedule to make it happen (I do this with second graders and middle-aged professionals on a weekly basis).

Yes! I can teach guitar up to the advanced level, and can teach just about any other musical topic such as music theory, ear training, songwriting, transcription, improvisation, etc.

Sure! I’ve taught a handful of weekly group lessons (e.g., father and son, two teenage girls, mother and two sons). Inquire for a customized rate.