Guitar Lessons. All Modern Styles. Carrum, Patterson Lakes.
Guitar Lessons
Guitar lessons – Patterson Lakes, Carrum, Bon Beach, Chelsea, Edithvale, Aspendale, Mordialloc, Parkdale, Mentone, Beaumaris. Seaford, Frankston, Mt Elisa, Mornington, Mt Martha.
All modern styles
My name is James van Engelen. I have 34 years teaching experience and have a Diploma in Education. I teach all age groups from Primary school to adult.
I have taught many students who have gone on to become working professional musicians.
I’ve been a front man performing in bands singing and playing guitar for over thirty years in which I’ve also written and recorded my own material.
I teach private lessons from my studio in Carrum.
What I will teach you.
Any music that you want to learn.
I have taught every style of music you could imagine over the years. From current popular music, to classics, to video game music or nursery rhymes for really young children.
Improvisation.
Improvisation is the practice of playing a (usually single note) guitar part that you are creating on the spot to an existing piece of music that you are playing along to.
Not every student wants to be able to improvise, but if you want to, I have learned through experience the best way to teach it. I have been able to teach every student who wanted to learn improvisation to be able to have fun with it, and make it sit with the accompanying music perfectly.
The Theory of Music
Not everyone wants to learn or understand the theory of music and that’s fine. But if you want to, I will teach you all the theory related to the music that you are learning. Chord structure, intervals, scales, song/music structure.
VCE
I have literally taught hundreds of VCE students. In both group and solo. VCE is a different approach to playing music, and my method of teaching it has produced a number of students who have won awards for being at the top of their category. Most of my students over the years have scored 80% and above. Many have scored in the 70s.
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Reviews
Rob Mc G.
"He's the best guitar teacher I've ever had. My guitar playing wouldn't be anything like it is without him."
Ryan G.
"You're the guitar guru."
Jonathon S.
"I've taken my son to many guitar teachers. There is no comparison, you are the best. I know you're not aware of it because you haven't been out there searching for guitar lessons. But you are simply the best"