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ADVANCE YOUR GUITAR SKILLS
WITH ONLINE LESSONS!
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All levels welcome!
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Improvisation
Focus on the style and genre of your choice!
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All levels welcome!
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Improvisation
Focus on the style and genre of your choice!
Book a Free Trial Lesson!
For Questions or to Enroll
Text to 510-502-2571
or email [email protected]
or email [email protected]
HOW IT WORKS
Zoom or Google Meet
Flexible Lesson Times
Morning Afternoon Evenings
Flexible Lesson Times
Morning Afternoon Evenings
Each week we will have a one-on-one lesson on Zoom or Google Meet. All exercises, assignments, and transcriptions are available in PDF and Guitar Pro 8 format.
All lesson notes and diagrams go into a shared Google doc for easy reference. You also get access to my custom Guitar Pro 8 and video library.
All lesson notes and diagrams go into a shared Google doc for easy reference. You also get access to my custom Guitar Pro 8 and video library.
Equipment Needed For Remote Setup:
Setup 1 - Acoustic or Electric Guitar with Practice Amp, Laptop/ Desktop Computer or Tablet with Webcam and Mic.
Setup 2 - Laptop/ Desktop Computer, Electric Guitar, USB Interface.
Setup 1 - Acoustic or Electric Guitar with Practice Amp, Laptop/ Desktop Computer or Tablet with Webcam and Mic.
Setup 2 - Laptop/ Desktop Computer, Electric Guitar, USB Interface.
For Questions or to Enroll
Text to 510-502-2571
or email [email protected]
or email [email protected]
CURRICULUM
I will customize a curriculum based on your current level and goals. Focus is on lead and rhythm techniques, improvising, phrasing, fretboard theory and mapping the fretboard. We can focus on any genre, including Rock, Blues, Jazz, Metal, R&B, and Country.
My goal is to help take your playing to the next level, whether you are looking to improve technique, fretboard knowledge, join a band or jam session, write/ record your own music, or study advanced techniques of your favorite guitar gods!
For Questions or to Enroll
For Desktop text 510-502-2571
or email [email protected]
or email [email protected]
TESTIMONIALS
- Jeff
- Kyle
I love my guitar lessons with Ry! He's an amazing instructor and has had a major impact on helping me to develop into an intermediate guitarist.
His patience and encouragement continues to keep me motivated, and his passion for the guitar and making music is contagious!
- G. Kearney
His patience and encouragement continues to keep me motivated, and his passion for the guitar and making music is contagious!
- G. Kearney
I started taking lessons from Ry several years ago, and I've found it very rewarding. I've been messing with the guitar off and on for years, but never had any instruction. A few years ago, I discovered blues jams in the Bay Area and started playing in some and quickly realized I needed to learn some things.
Everything that I've wanted to learn about, he's been able to help me with. He's taught me some essential technical things that I'd not really discovered on my own which have helped a lot. He's transcribed what I think of as complicated leads for me spur of the moment -- leads that weren't published, but that I really liked (think pre-Perry Journey). Any music theory question that comes up, from modes to rhythms, he has been able to explain to me in a way that is understandable. He has composed many exercises to practice various types of licks, but it turns out his exercises are neat little songs in and of themselves. And... he's an awesome guitar player! I feel I've been lucky to find him as a teacher.
- Alan S
Everything that I've wanted to learn about, he's been able to help me with. He's taught me some essential technical things that I'd not really discovered on my own which have helped a lot. He's transcribed what I think of as complicated leads for me spur of the moment -- leads that weren't published, but that I really liked (think pre-Perry Journey). Any music theory question that comes up, from modes to rhythms, he has been able to explain to me in a way that is understandable. He has composed many exercises to practice various types of licks, but it turns out his exercises are neat little songs in and of themselves. And... he's an awesome guitar player! I feel I've been lucky to find him as a teacher.
- Alan S
Teacher Bio
After studying privately with Joe Satriani while still in high school, Ry went on to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston with a focus on jazz and fusion, after hearing players like John Scofield, Pat Metheney, and George Benson. Eventually Ry moved back to California where he graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in Jazz Guitar Performance. While at CalArts, Ry had the opportunity to work with a diverse group of world class teachers including Charlie Haden, Larry Koonse, and Miroslav Tadic, and David Roitstein.
Ry has performed with major rock artists such as Eddie Money, Joe Satriani, Billy Idol, The Greg Kihn Band, Carabao, Mike Reno (Loverboy), Jimi Jameson (Survivor), and Bobby Kimball (Toto) among others. He also was the house guitarist on his dad’s KFOX morning radio show for over 10 years, where he jammed with celebrity musical guests on a regular basis. He has toured worldwide with various acts in Europe and Asia.
Ry is also a sought-after studio musician and has recorded at some the top studios working with world renown producers.
He continues to play and teach privately in the SF Bay Area.
Ry has performed with major rock artists such as Eddie Money, Joe Satriani, Billy Idol, The Greg Kihn Band, Carabao, Mike Reno (Loverboy), Jimi Jameson (Survivor), and Bobby Kimball (Toto) among others. He also was the house guitarist on his dad’s KFOX morning radio show for over 10 years, where he jammed with celebrity musical guests on a regular basis. He has toured worldwide with various acts in Europe and Asia.
Ry is also a sought-after studio musician and has recorded at some the top studios working with world renown producers.
He continues to play and teach privately in the SF Bay Area.