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Unlock your musical potential with personalized private music lessons, specialized in guitar or mandolin, provided by an experienced and dedicated tutor. Embrace your musical creativity and express yourself through improvisation! Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate player seeking improvement, I offer customized instruction tailored to your unique needs and learning style, regardless of your age. My lessons aim to enhance your understanding, boost your confidence, and equip you with the techniques to become a proficient musician. Focusing on your musical interests and goals, I will help you develop strumming, fretting, picking, and soloing skills while expanding your knowledge of music theory and styles. With my experienced teaching and personalized approach, you will reach your full potential on the guitar or mandolin. Contact me today to schedule your first lesson!

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We are starting a new orchestra school for adults at the beginner to low intermediate level. After a year or so the more advanced students may be ready to join the mandolin orchestra, 'La Napolitaine'. Classes will be held in the center of Antwerp, probably 7-8pm on Monday evening, and in English. The first two classes will operate through apprentices at the rate set by them. After this, if the student is accepted into the school, there the classes will be free. Space is very limited so students must be capable and dedicated! You will be learning an Italian-style technique and from the beginning will be playing in a group, sustaining a musical part, listening and interacting with others. The classes also emphasize developing sight-reading skills and ensuring that all students have the basics of music theory. Although it is not essential to be able to read standard notation at the start, you will need the patience to learn. You should either own your own instrument (for now mandolin or mandola, later also mandocello) or be able to rent one (recommendations provided). The class is intended for over-18s, and although there is no upper age limit, it is essential that students have hands in good condition with demonstrated fine motor skills. Our music will begin with simple exercises on single strings, and on to arrangements of folk tunes (mostly English and Italian) then to simplified 'classical' music, drawing on the (bowed) string orchestra repertoire as well as composed specifically for mandolin orchestra pieces. It will teach single-picking which emphasizes the rhythm, then the typical Italian tremolo technique to sustain the notes.

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Instrument lessons are designed to develop a solid technique while maintaining a focus on enjoyment and musicality. I work with a practical and personalized approach, adapted to each student's level, style, and interests. We combine technique, rhythm, harmony, and repertoire, applying theory directly to the instrument so that it makes sense from the very beginning. Classes can focus on accompaniment, performance, composition, or support for personal projects. The goal is for the student to gain confidence, autonomy and musical judgment, learning to play and understand the instrument as a creative tool.

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Enthusiastic guitar tutor and performer. I started playing classical guitar at the age of 6, and my formal musical education began at the age of 9 when I started attending a music school in Croatia. After 6 years of primary school, I continued studying classical guitar at a secondary music school in Varazdin, Croatia. During that period I received training in classical harmony, Counterpoint (polyphony), Solfeggio, Music history and gained plenty of experience in orchestral playing and choral singing. I decided to continue my musical education in Manchester where I was studying for an undergraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music and currently I am studying at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague. As a performing guitarist, I have successfully participated and won prizes in a number of international competitions in the UK, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Hercegovina. Although my studies are primarily related to classical music, I am comfortable playing and performing music in a range of other styles and genres. I am also experienced with mandolin and Croatian folk instrument called tamburitza.

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Big music from small instruments! Mandolin and Ukulele have been increasingly popular in the past 10 years. Nevertheless, these two instruments are rarely used to their full potential. Have you ever thought that you could become truly proficient on one of these instruments, play across many different styles, and be as versatile as a violinist or guitarist? Aside from learning the basics, I will show alternative tunings that can provide greater sonic possibilities and an extended range, I will help you develop more comfortable positions for your hand, richer voicings, and clear visual maps of chords, scales, and harmonic movement. I will help you rethink the mandolin and ukulele as complete and professional instruments and show you how to play them across a broad variety of styles such as Folk, Blues, Pop, Rock, and Jazz. [According to the style and instrumental possibilities - electro-acoustic instruments - we can also work with loops and effects.] This class is meant to guide you from your very first steps on the instrument towards greater musical understanding and autonomy. Designed for both beginners and advanced musicians who want to challenge themselves and broaden their perspective on music and the instrument. The lessons will be custom made for each student. I will adapt to your learning rhythm while keeping you challenged at the same time. You will receive regular feedback, advice, guidance, and materials.

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I take all students from beginner to experienced musicians (who often need coaching in deportment and/or bowing technique) and encourage proper traditional Irish style. I teach aurally and written music using enough music theory to pass Irish state examinations in either TTCT (traditional) all levels, or up to RICM (classical) to level 4. While keeping lessons lighthearted and fun the idea is to quickly build up a repertoire of tunes that allow the learner to 'sit-in' on sessions as quickly as possible while also learning how to learn so one can pick up tunes easily. I myself have 7 All Ireland medals stretching from 1971 to 2001.