Brian is currently accepting guitar students for private instruction. Lessons are available in a variety of different styles for classical, acoustic steel-string, electric, or bass guitar and are taught at Brian's home studio in West Seattle; his teaching space in Ballard; or at your home. Rates are $45.00 per hour, and $25.00 per half hour at Brian's home studio, or $50.00 per hour in Ballard and your home. Receive a free lesson with your first one month payment.
Brian emphasizes technical and musical fundamentals that have been passed down over the centuries and will allow you to excel at any style of music. Please read below for specifics on what you will learn for the specific instrument you study.
Classical Guitar
Learn classical playing position, how to read music, how to effectively use gravity and arm weight to your advantage, the shaping and use of fingernails for tone production, studies and exercises for technical development, and graduated repertoire. Emphasis is placed on musicality, individual expression and communication rather than strict academic interpretation.
Acoustic Steel-String Guitar
Learn fingerstyle or flatpicking. Fingerstyle players are given the option of learning how to use fingernails for increased projection, and superior tone. Flatpicking students learn picking technique that produces a round, full tone, assists in the playing of well articulated phrases, and is ergonomically effective. Both learn fundamentals of left hand technique that produce superior articulation, accuracy, and intonation. Some students want to learn how to improvise, some just want to learn to strum their favorite songs. The focus varies depending upon the musical interests of the student. Steel-string students are also given the option of learning to read music.
Electric Guitar
The student learns healthy left hand technique that is ergonomically superior and creates better tone, accuracy, and articulation as well as effective right hand picking technique that minimizes unnecessary motion and effectively damps strings for a cleaner sound. The student studies the style of music that he/she is interested in. As with acoustic steel-string players, the student is given the choice of learning to read music or not, but it is recommended for those who want to become well rounded musicians that will have the ability to traverse styles.
Contact Brian for further details or to arrange a lesson time.
brian@brianlally.net (206) 262-0595
Brian Lally
Singer/Classical Guitarist/Composer
