Etobicoke Guitar School
385 The West Mall M9C 1E7 Toronto, ON, Canada

When Katia first contacted me, she had been messing around with her guitar and not really getting anywhere, and since deciding to take lessons, she's been putting in a tremendous amount of effort into her guitar playing, and the skills she has developed in just over a year of lessons is a direct result of that. She's a perfect example of someone who is truly passionate about what she's doing, and that devotion has helped make her an absolutely fantastic student. Have a look at her playing and hear what she has to say! There's a lot that she's doing that I certainly couldn't do when I'd been playing for that long! You can play guitar the way you've always wanted to - your first step is to head over to www.GuitarLessonsEtobicoke.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCW3gc-T1k

Travis picking may seem complicated at first, but gets easier when you start slowly and take the motions bit-by-bit. In reality, it’s a great way to get started with fingerpicking in a way that gets the whole hand working together as a single unit, while sounding very musical and being applicable to a wide variety of musical genres.

Thinner strings (gauge 0.008 and 0.009 or simply a pack of 8’s or a pack of 9’s) are more comfortable on the fingers in the early stages of learning guitar. Once your fingers are more used to playing, you can then experiment with thicker strings and see what sounds and feels good to you.

Electric guitars are typically easier to play in the very beginning stages of learning. They’re more comfortable to hold from the get-go, and the lighter strings are more forgiving on fresh fingertips. However, if you’re more emotionally drawn to an acoustic guitar, then start there. You’ll feel more inspired to pick up the guitar and practice when you have a guitar that you emotionally resonate with.

One of the best (and most FUN) ways of memorizing anything you learn, is to get creative with it. You learned a new chord? Can you make a chord progression you like that involves it, or even use it in a song you wrote? What about that new scale or arpeggio you learned how can you make a cool riff or lead guitar lick with it? How can you use it in your next guitar solo?

We took this little clip late last year, before the second lockdown in Ontario came around. Duncan and Ryan were kicking some serious butt in preparation for a recording project we did later, playing tunes they wrote themselves! We had some others join in on Zoom as well. Look at them go! Really miss seeing my students in person, and can't wait for things to get back to normal so that this could happen again. . .... . #EGS #etobicokeguitarschool #guitar #guitarlessons #etobicoke #toronto #torontomusic #torontoguitarist #torontomusician #torontomusicians #musiclessons #guitarteacher #guitaristsofinstagram #kidmusician #littlerockstar #youngguitarist See more