Basic Guitar · Classical Guitar · Jazz Guitar · Rock Guitar · Bluegrass Guitar · Folk Guitar , Blues Guitar and Country chicken picking. Rich Bischoff teaches private guitar instruction to beginning, intermediate, and advanced level students of all ages. In addition to learning basic guitar which involves chords, strumming and finger picking patterns, simple songs, and reading music, students can also receive expert instruction in styles such as fingerstyle, classical, jazz, blues, bluegrass, folk, classic rock, rockabilly, country chicken picking, shred, 80’s metal and more. As well as teaching guitar, Rich also teaches ukulele and bass guitar, he is an accomplished performer and songwriter who can teach you basic songwriting techniques and give performance advice.
Lessons consist of one private 30 minute lesson per week held at the same day and time each week. Arrangements can also be made for hour lessons. Lessons are scheduled by the month with payment based on a 4 or 5 week calendar. Advance payment reserves the day and time of your lessons each month.
Lessons are paid by the month, at the first of each month. Payment is a set amount regardless of how many lessons are in the month. One month’s payment is due upon scheduling (prorated if starting mid-month). Payment is non-refundable. Payment for lessons must be made by the last day of each month to guarantee your lesson time for the next month’s schedule. No refunds, make-ups, or credit will be issued for missed or discontinued lessons after they are scheduled.
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Payment is the same from month to month (based on 4 or 5 weeks) regardless of missed lessons, sick days, or vacations. You will not be charged however, for national holidays when Rich is not teaching. These typically include Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Day, Thanksgiving, July 4th, Memorial Day, and Labor Day.
In months June-August you do have the option to use two vacation days without being charged or losing your lesson time. These vacation days must be scheduled at the time of payment. Unscheduled missed lessons may not count for this vacation day.
Because Rich is also performing for private events and concerts, he will occasionally have to cancel lessons for these performances. For canceled lessons in a 4 lesson month, you will be credited. If the cancellation falls in a 5 lesson month payment remains the same.
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Skype or video is great way to take lessons with Rich over a long distance no matter where you are in the world. Call me, we can set it up!
There are several options. But honestly you will want to spend a little money on a quality instrument, one that is going to make it enjoyable for your child to play. “but Rich I will buy him/her a good instrument if and when they continue playing.” Wrong! If you purchase an instrument that is hard to play and wont stay in tune, they wont enjoy it and may never get to the “continue playing” point. May I suggest the Baby Taylor and Martin small to mid sized guitars. Not only will your child love this type of guitar but in the long run, these are quality instruments that will last. To many times have I had young students show up to lessons with an instrument that will not stay in tune and with the strings so high off the fret board that even I have a hard time playing it. So do yourself a favor spend a little extra for yourself or your child and buy a quality instrument.
That is really a personal choice. You need to consider that with the electric guitar, it needs to be plugged into an amp and is generally louder. With the electric you also will have to purchase a chord to plug into the amp. The acoustic guitar is quieter, and your student will be learning more acoustic based music if they come to lessons with an acoustic guitar. With the electric guitar your student will be learning more styles like blues, country, rock, jazz etc.. I should also say that some electric guitars are easier to play, but again either route you take, make sure you get something quality.
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That is entirely up to you. If I can say something and then say it again. Practice Practice Practice Practice! Did I say practice? To get to the level where you are making the guitar look easy to play, it takes…. well… practice, repetition etc. Some are born with that little extra talent and make progress quickly, but I have not seen anybody, who puts in the time, make great progress and have seen their enjoyment of the guitar increase with the work they put into it.Before learning to play an acoustic guitar, it is best to learn what it's parts are so you can understand the instrument and future lessons. It will also help when talking to other guitar players as the parts of a guitar are very universal. Please see the diagram for reference. Most of the major anatomy of an acoustic guitar is the same as on an electric guitar, with a few differences. Starting at the top of the picture, the Guitar is divided into 3 main regions: Head Neck Body See if you can identify all 3 regions in the picture. Breaking it down a little more: The head region or head block): The head of the guitar contains the tuning keys or tuners, and one end of all 6 strings is wound on to the tuners. (There are 12 string guitars, but we're looking at the most common, 6-string guitar) When you turn the tuners, the strings will get tighter in one direction, making the pitch of the string go higher. If you turn the tuners in the other direction, the strings will get less tight (more slack) and the pitch of the string will go down.
The neck region or neck: Now find the neck region on the guitar. You'll notice it has several little bars across it, with wood spaced in between on the “fingerboard”. Those spaces are called frets (but don't fret – you'll memorize these the more you practice and it will become second nature to you!). The neck has the fingerboard just under the strings. If you are a right handed player, your left hand and fingers usually press on different strings and different frets to make chords or notes. If you are left-handed, the opposite is true (and you would also need a left-handed guitar!) This diagram is of a right-handed guitar. The body region or body: Next, find the body region of the guitar. On the picture, it's the widest part at the bottom. The fingerboard and some of the frets overlap the body just above the sound hole. The sound hole actually collects the sound from the vibration of the strings, and reverberates the sound while the body of the guitar vibrates to amplify the sound of the strings. Without the body and the sound hole, you would have a difficult time hearing the strings when they are plucked or strummed. The top of the guitar (not the top of the picture – but in the body region) is the surface of the body with the sound hole and is made of a type of spruce wood in this picture. It is responsible for picking up most of the vibration from the strings and amplifying the sound through the top (face) and the body. Attached to the top (surface) of the body are the pick guard, bridge, rosette and bindings. The pick guard does just that. It guards the top of the guitar from getting scratched and worn by all of the strumming. The bridge holds the bridge pins, and is securely glued to the top (there's a lot of tension on those strings). The strings go over the saddle (seated in the bridge), through holes where the bridge pins keep the strings anchored so you can tune them at the head. The rosette is a round decoration that surrounds the sound-hole. Some are made of plastic, some are inlayed (decorated) with mother of pearl or other precious materials. The bindings help keep the top and the sides of the guitar glued together and protects the edges of the guitar body while also giving it a nice design. The end pin of the guitar is a place where you can attach one end of a guitar strap if you decide to play while standing. It is also a great place to plug in a cord if the guitar has a “pickup” installed. A pickup is simply an electronic device that allows the acoustic guitar to be plugged into an amplifier or speaker. Now, in order to learn to play a guitar, you won't have to memorize all of these terms. It helps to know your guitar to be able to understand how it works, and to be able to communicate with others about it. For the most part, while learning how to play, you will need to focus on learning these few terms: Head Neck Body Fret Fret board (or fingerboard) tuners (or tuning
That is entirely up to you. If I can say something and then say it again. Practice Practice Practice Practice! Did I say practice? To get to the level where you are making the guitar look easy to play, it takes…. well… practice, repetition etc. Some are born with that little extra talent and make progress quickly, but I have not seen anybody, who puts in the time, make great progress and have seen their enjoyment of the guitar increase with the work they put into it.Before learning to play an acoustic guitar, it is best to learn what it's parts are so you can understand the instrument and future lessons. It will also help when talking to other guitar players as the parts of a guitar are very universal. Please see the diagram for reference. Most of the major anatomy of an acoustic guitar is the same as on an electric guitar, with a few differences. Starting at the top of the picture, the Guitar is divided into 3 main regions: Head Neck Body See if you can identify all 3 regions in the picture. Breaking it down a little more: The head region or head block): The head of the guitar contains the tuning keys or tuners, and one end of all 6 strings is wound on to the tuners. (There are 12 string guitars, but we're looking at the most common, 6-string guitar) When you turn the tuners, the strings will get tighter in one direction, making the pitch of the string go higher. If you turn the tuners in the other direction, the strings will get less tight (more slack) and the pitch of the string will go down.
The neck region or neck: Now find the neck region on the guitar. You'll notice it has several little bars across it, with wood spaced in between on the “fingerboard”. Those spaces are called frets (but don't fret – you'll memorize these the more you practice and it will become second nature to you!). The neck has the fingerboard just under the strings. If you are a right handed player, your left hand and fingers usually press on different strings and different frets to make chords or notes. If you are left-handed, the opposite is true (and you would also need a left-handed guitar!) This diagram is of a right-handed guitar. The body region or body: Next, find the body region of the guitar. On the picture, it's the widest part at the bottom. The fingerboard and some of the frets overlap the body just above the sound hole. The sound hole actually collects the sound from the vibration of the strings, and reverberates the sound while the body of the guitar vibrates to amplify the sound of the strings. Without the body and the sound hole, you would have a difficult time hearing the strings when they are plucked or strummed. The top of the guitar (not the top of the picture – but in the body region) is the surface of the body with the sound hole and is made of a type of spruce wood in this picture. It is responsible for picking up most of the vibration from the strings and amplifying the sound through the top (face) and the body. Attached to the top (surface) of the body are the pick guard, bridge, rosette and bindings. The pick guard does just that. It guards the top of the guitar from getting scratched and worn by all of the strumming. The bridge holds the bridge pins, and is securely glued to the top (there's a lot of tension on those strings). The strings go over the saddle (seated in the bridge), through holes where the bridge pins keep the strings anchored so you can tune them at the head. The rosette is a round decoration that surrounds the sound-hole. Some are made of plastic, some are inlayed (decorated) with mother of pearl or other precious materials. The bindings help keep the top and the sides of the guitar glued together and protects the edges of the guitar body while also giving it a nice design. The end pin of the guitar is a place where you can attach one end of a guitar strap if you decide to play while standing. It is also a great place to plug in a cord if the guitar has a “pickup” installed. A pickup is simply an electronic device that allows the acoustic guitar to be plugged into an amplifier or speaker. Now, in order to learn to play a guitar, you won't have to memorize all of these terms. It helps to know your guitar to be able to understand how it works, and to be able to communicate with others about it. For the most part, while learning how to play, you will need to focus on learning these few terms: Head Neck Body Fret Fret board (or fingerboard) tuners (or tuning
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