Guitar lessons: jazz, rock & acoustic – Master's in Jazz Performance (Lisbon) & Live Electronics (Antwerp Conservatoire) – 20 years teaching

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Guitarist with a Master's in Jazz Performance from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and a Master's in Live Electronics from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. I have been teaching guitar for over 20 years, to beginners and experienced musicians alike.

My approach: a real progression plan built for you, with measurable results week after week. I deliberately take a limited number of students so I can follow each one closely.

HOW THE LESSONS WORK

Every student starts with an assessment lesson: we look at your level and your goals, and you leave with a clear practice plan.

After that, depending on your profile:
• Beginners: solid foundations from the start (posture, rhythm, chords, reading), without bad habits to fix later.
• Intermediate players who feel stuck: we find what's holding you back and work on technique, harmony and ear training.
• Jazz and improvisation: harmony, voicings, standards, improvisation.

Lessons at my studio in Antwerp or online, in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese.

INTERVIEW

01
- Since when did you develop a passion for music and more particularly for your favorite instrument?

- I became interested in the guitar at the age of ten. I had a friend who played "Blackbird" music by The Beatles and I was fascinated. From there, I started to study and I continue to learn today.

02
- What music can you listen to on repeat with the same pleasure (and without going crazy)?

- Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.

03
- Tell us about the most difficult or amazing lesson you have given!

- It would be a class where I have to explain the major and minor tonality and all its variants in one hour of class. But I will get there!

04
- In your opinion, what is the most complicated instrument to master and why?

- It was impossible to answer. Each person has different predispositions.
For me to play the piano at a high level would be complicated for the need for independence of the right and left hands. In this sense, the guitar is easier.

05
- What are, for you, the keys to success (apart from those of Sol and Fa)?

- Constance, it's always better to practice a little every day than a lot once in a while.
Patience, learning an instrument takes time. You have to learn to coordinate the body and the brain and take new paths from time to time.
And the most important :
Don't be afraid of making mistakes, to learn it is essential to make mistakes and this should not be a reason to stop practicing, on the contrary, it should be a motivation to improve.

06
- Name 3 musicians with whom you would dream of jamming in a bar at 2 a.m. and tell us why!

- Tigran Hamasyan, Reinier Baas, Avishai Cohen (bassist)

07
- An anecdote to tell in relation to your job or your schooling (and not necessarily the party you had after entering the Conservatory)?

- When I started giving lessons (I was 17), I had a 10-year-old student, when I suggested things to do, he looked me directly in the eye and said: No!
But with patience, after a while, I managed to make a connection with him and at the end of the 3 years he played the guitar very well and we became friends. Now he is more or less 25 years old.

08
- What is the little touch that makes you a special teacher adored by all his students?

- I am very patient and I always find the best way to explain to each student.

Location

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At teacher's location :

Oudemansstraat, Antwerpen, Belgium

Online from Belgium

About Me

Hello, my name is Javier. I am a guitarist, composer, sound technician and music producer. I work professionally, especially in contemporary Jazz. Don't hesitate to look for me on Google, Spotify and YouTube!

During more than 15 years of experience as a teacher, I have developed several methods and exercises for teaching guitar and music (songs, theory, composition, improvisation, harmony, etc.) for students of all levels and all ages. I have already had students from 6 years old to 74.

I believe that the most important thing is that the students manage to find the motivation to practice regularly with the pleasure of progressing.

My teaching methods are based on the use of music and songs that the students like - propose - as the basic element of the learning process.

Education

Master's degree in music (jazz performance - guitar) at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa.
Lisbon, Portugal 2016 – 2019

Bachelor's degree in Popular Music (Tango guitar specialisation) by the ISMP (Instituto Superior de Música Popular del Sindicato Argentino de Músicos)
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2004 – 2008

Sound Technician specialization by INARTEC - recording, audio production and live sound
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2012 – 2013

Attended the bachelor's in jazz at Conservatorio Nacional Manuel de Falla
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2012

Finished the first year of the bachelor’s in composition with electroacoustic media at Universidad de Quilmes
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2004

Experience / Qualifications

Founder and artistic director of Composers and Improvisers Community Project
Online 2020 – present

Professor of guitar and Project at the Escola de Jazz da Fábrica do Braço de Prata
Lisbon, Portugal 2018 – 2020

Producer, performer and composer in Trance Trio, a guitar-sax-drums contemporary jazz project
Lisbon, Portugal 2019 – Present

Lecturer of the workshop Jazz Project Production at Lusíada University
Lisbon, Portugal, March 14, 21, 28 and April 4, 11, 2019

Production of the CD: Variations
Guitar, Composition, Mix and Mastering - With the support of Fundação GDA and Antena2
Lisbon, Portugal 2018 – 2019

Producer, performer, and composer in Autotelic, a guitar-piano duo contemporary jazz project with the renowned Portuguese pianist João Paulo Esteves da Silva.
Production activities: creation and update of the website, media content (audio and video edition), concert booking, all related to the edition of the CD (supported by Sintoma Records and Antena2)
Lisbon, Portugal 2017 – 2018

Speaker at the Nova Contemporary Music Meeting presenting the study Contemporary Jazz: Understanding Jazz Composers’ Current Reality
Lisbon, Portugal 21/11/2018

Research fellow at CESEM-ESML-FCT in the contemporary music department
Archives Project
Lisbon, Portugal 2017

Freelance professional musician - Intermittent du spectacle
Paris, France 2014 – 2015

Producer. composer, musician and sound technician
Advertising productions, movies, and multidisciplinary music projects (theatre, circus, dance, poetry)
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 - 2013 / Paris, France 2014 - 2015 / Lisbon, Portugal 2016 – Present

Private guitar, harmony, composition, improvisation and music production teacher
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2003 - 2013 / Paris, France 2014 - 2015 / Lisbon, Portugal 2016 – Present

Freelance sound technician for recordings and live performances
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013

// Scholarships, Prizes and Nominations //

Selected piece at The 21st Century Guitar 2020: Unconventional Approaches To Performance, Composition And Research
Composer and performer of the piece Untitled#1 for solo prepared guitar and electronics
Lisbon, 2020 (postponed to Online format on March, 2021)

GDA Grant Foundation
For the production of my next recording
Lisbon, Portugal 2020

Selected showcase at So what’s Next? jazz festival 2020
With the project PULSAR, solo performances for prepared electric guitar and surround electronics
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2020

Selected piece at the Gaudeamus Music Week
series of interactive compositions “Exploration 111” (premier).
The Netherlands, 2020

Finalist in the Euro-radio Jazz Competition
Copenhagen, Denmark 2019

GDA Grant Foundation
For the production of Variaciones recording
Lisbon, Portugal 2018

Selected piece at 54th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association at the University of Bristol
The original composition for string quartet, flute, clarinet and French horn (classical music) Pensando Vientos was selected to be part of a 54th Annual Composition Workshop Conference of the Royal Musical Association at the University of Bristol. With the direction of John Pickard and the participation of the Bristol Ensemble.
Bristol, United Kingdom 2018

Finalist in the Komeda Jazz Festival Composers’ Competition
Poland 2017

Research grant by the contemporary music department
Collaboration on the project Arquivos led by Professor Alberto Roque
CESEM-ESML-FCT
Lisbon, Portugal 2017

Semi-finalist the Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition
Montreux, Switzerland 2015

Finalist in International Jazz Guitar Competition "German Oscar"
Chaco, Argentina 2004

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Portuguese

French

Spanish

Skills

Guitar

Acoustic

Blues

Song & varieties

Electric

Folk

Funk

Jazz

Jazz manouche

Pop

Rock

Jazz music

Music theory

Availability of a typical week

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New York

At teacher's location and via webcam

Mon

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08-12

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