Teen Absolute Beginner to Guitar: Basics & Fundamentals
- Beginner
- 12 - 17 years old
- $295
- Earn 2,950 reward points
- Online Class via Skype, New York, NY
- 8 hours over 8 sessions
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New York City Guitar School East @ 1807 1st Avenue, New York, NY
Learn fundamentals and play songs by Imagine Dragons, The Beatles, and Katy Perry. Our introductory guitar course covers basic chords, TAB reading, strumming, and ensemble skills. Guitars provided in class.
Apr 27th
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 1st
4–5pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 4th
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 8th
4–5pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 11th
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
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New York City Guitar School East @ 1807 1st Avenue, New York, NY
Absolute Beginners, dive into learning basic chords and playing songs by artists like John Legend, Sublime, Taylor Swift, and Coldplay. Join weekly classes with guitars provided in NYC. If you miss a session, make it up for free. Practice with easy video tutorials and graduate to Level 2 when ready. Most beginners advance after 6-8 sessions.
May 1st
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 8th
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 15th
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 22nd
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 29th
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
This class has 4 more dates.
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Brooklyn Guitar School @ 78 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Absolute Beginners start here! Learn basic chords and songs by artists like John Legend and Coldplay. Attend weekly classes and practice with provided guitars in NYC. Make up missed sessions for free. Graduate to Level 2 when ready, typically after 6-8 sessions. Go at your own pace!
Apr 27th
2–3pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 1st
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 8th
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 11th
2–2pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 15th
5–6pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
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Queens Guitar School @ 31-76 37th Street, Astoria, NY
Join our class if you want to confidently play entire songs with mixed strumming patterns using basic chords like D, G, Em, C, D7, Am, C, A, and E. Learn skills and songs weekly with encouragement from your teacher. Practice at home using video tutorials. Graduation is typically after 8 sessions.
Apr 28th
2–3pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 5th
2–3pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 12th
2–3pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 19th
2–3pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
Jun 2nd
2–3pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
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Brooklyn Guitar School @ 78 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
In this class, young guitarists advance their skills by playing individual parts of rock and pop songs to create a guitar ensemble. Learn mixed strum patterns, riffs, licks, and power chords while playing in time with others. Register if you've completed Kids Guitar Level 1 and 2 or are confident with open chords and mixed strum patterns.
Apr 27th
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 4th
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 11th
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
May 18th
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
Jun 1st
11am–12pm EDT
Meets 12 Times
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This class will teach you how to play guitar with proper right and left hand techniques as well as proper posture. This course teaches you how to play lead guitar through learning play licks and scale and teaches you how to play rhythm guitar by teaching you to play chords. You will learn to play popular rock and pop artists such as Adele, Paramore, The Beatles, White Stripes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day and more.
At the end of the 8 week course you will be able to play single notes melodies, strum chords and play full songs comfortably with practice. Upon completion of this class you will have the option to re-sign and move on to the next level.
Students are given a score for every song taught in class. At the end of each class students are offered to film their instructor playing what was taught in class at a slow tempo and at goal tempo for home practice reference.
Notes
New York Guitar Academy provides Guitars (Electric and Acoustic) for all students to use during all of their active classes. For home practice, we have an on-site in-studio guitar store that specializes in renting and selling quality student instruments.
Students will have the opportunity to perform at our biannual student show.
Group Class Policy:
The following policy applies for students that have purchased a group class from New York Guitar Academy:
• A class start date may be pushed to start at a later date if there are not enough students enrolled to begin the class. We will do our best to notify by phone and/or email as soon as possible in a situation of this sort.
• There is no refund once a class begins. If a student chooses to withdraw from a class once it has begun only school credit will be issued for the remaining classes. You must notify us 48 hours prior to the next scheduled session to withdraw from a class and avoid forfeiture of that session. School credit expires after 1 year from the date of purchase.
• You must notify us by email to request to withdraw from class.
• If a teacher must be absent, the class will either have a substitute teacher or that class will be postponed until the following week. In the event that a class is be postponed, students will be notified by phone and/or e-mail. You will NOT lose a class. The class will still have the 8 sessions. The class will be extended and end at a later date.
• If a student is absent for a class we can email over missed materials upon the student's request. As an additional option, enrolled students may purchase a private lesson at our discounted package rate to make up for any missed class.
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