Blues and Folk: Guitar and Mandolin. Lessons for all levels. - Etterbeek - Private lessons

Blues and Folk: Guitar and Mandolin. Lessons for all levels.

From 32.25 £ /h

I teach blues and folk music, mainly. I have been a touring musician and toured extensively across Europe and the United States. I also have over ten years experience teaching in Ireland and Belgium. I am open to teaching all ages and levels

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Rue Louis Hap, Etterbeek, Belgium

About Me

I have toured extensively across the United States and Europe.

I have facilitated many folk guitar workshops in Belgium and Ireland.

I have also coached All Ireland champions in folk instruments like Banjo and Mandolin.

Education

I completed a BA with music performance as my major and I received first class honours. I am currently completely a masters degree in anthropology with a focus on folk music.

Experience / Qualifications

I have over ten years teaching experience. I have coached several All Ireland champions in guitar, banjo, mandolin, and bouzouki.

Age

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

Skills

Folk

Acoustic

Blues

Country & bluegrass

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Professional musician (guitarist and composer), gives guitar lessons in Brussels. I graduated from the Conservatory of Metz, international music academy in Nancy and music center Didier Lockwood in Dammarie-lès-lys.

10 years of experience teaching guitar.

Serious and follow-up courses, adapted to the student's objective and needs:

- Good game position
-Technique, scales, chords and arpeggios
-Basic theory, rhythmic theory and visual reading if necessary
-Work of the ear and musical ease
-Interpretation and improvisation in several styles (rock, folk, jazz, funk, blues, varieties)

You choose the songs you would like to play!

Support on paper and audio playbacks provided to guide the personal work.

Effective method from the teaching of Berklee College Of Music.

Additional Information :

Need to quickly acquire a tuner and a metronome.

Guitar lessons for all levels in Etterbeek (Cinquantenaire), Auderghem (Pétillon), St-Gilles (Ma Campagne) and Waterloo on acoustic or electric guitar in the styles rock, blues, funk, pop, guitar accompaniment, etc.

Possibility of individual classes or small groups.

Possibility to participate at the end of the session in the ensemble guitar-bass-drums and the end-of-year concert in front of an audience.

I am graduated from GIT Los Angeles and professional musician for 20 years and am active on the Belgian and foreign scene as well as as a studio musician, composer and arranger. He proposes a method which has proved his worth.

A simple and clear method for beginners, and for more advanced the decryption of theory and harmony, groove, improvisation, etc. Each class is given to the student in tablatures with audio files.

During school holidays, courses of 1 to 5 days are also offered.

Jean-Christophe

I have neither done the academy nor graduated from the conservatory but I have a huge passion for music that I want to share with people who want to learn guitar or drums. No need for music theory, just the desire to learn will suffice ... I will learn with pleasure and passion for beginners or intermediaries how to play their favorite songs. And no matter what age, it's never too late to start! You will also have a real framework that will allow you to grow as you want and at your own pace.

I graduated from the Conservatoire de Nice CNRR (France) in jazz guitar.
I studied there for seven years with renowned professors such as Jean Paul Ceccarelli (Sting), Pierre Bertrand, Robert Persi or Philippe Petit.
My teaching method is flexible and I adapt it to the needs and desires of the student.
We will discuss the technical work on the instrument, the knowledge of the neck and chords and the rhythm. With or without solfege.
The goal is to provide the student with the necessary tools so that he can continue learning by himself at home.

For children: a playful and attractive method in which the pupil gradually appropriates the instrument through a creative and intuitive approach to music.
For adults: method for all levels. At the end of a relatively short time, the courses open little by little to the desires of the student, and apply to work the pieces chosen by this one. The method, while keeping its pedagogical line, will gradually tend to serve personalized courses, which will allow the student to participate actively in the development of the lessons.

Play guitar for more or less 4 years with different private teachers. I now wish to pass on what I learned during my journey to people who want to use the instrument
The aim of the course would be to learn the basics (chords, rhythm, theory), some classics, improvisation and then explore according to the wishes of the student (composition, particular musical style etc.)
Concerning the theory, there will obviously be some but always put into context via practice

Mainly focused on rock, hard rock I am nevertheless open to all styles.
The purpose of the neck

ENGLISH LOWER
I'm at ease with students, having already taught music in a foster for teenagers. I've been playing since I was 9, I have toured with numerous groups in Europe, was educated in music theory at the Geneva Conservatory and obtained a diploma in music at the College of Geneva.

Music being a pleasure, I adapt the lesson to the desire of the students, whether it is singing with the guitar or being a guitar hero. Willing to create interest in the guitar or the banjo, I stand for a pleasure to play.

FRENCH
I have easy contact with the students, having already taught music in a youth center. I have been playing since I was 9, have toured with numerous groups, graduated in music theory at the Geneva Conservatory and obtained a maturity in music at the College of Geneva.

The music being a pleasure, I adapt the course to the desires of the students, whether it be singing with the guitar or being a solo guitarist. In the desire to create interest in the guitar or the banjo, I advocate the pleasure of playing.

I will teach you to know your voice or your guitar better. Allow you to have an intuitive and practical approach to music by familiarizing yourself with different concepts and tools discussed during your learning. I will accompany you and guide you during the immortalization of your creations via production, recording and mixing!

Trained at the Music Academy International (France) in both disciplines, I offer private guitar lessons focused on current music (rock, blues, funk, soul, jazz, etc.) and adapted to the demands of each student.

My classes are open to everyone, children and adults, beginners or advanced.
I attach great importance to understanding the technical tools used. A typical hour of lessons is therefore divided between pure technical work accompanied by clear explanations and practice on pieces to play or sing.

If the student wishes, I also teach the more theoretical aspects of music, such as harmony (scales, chords, modes, improvisation), music theory, rhythm, ear training, and sight reading.

I also offer coaching sessions. These are non-regular sessions aimed at targeting work on specific aspects of the requested repertoire.

Each lesson is accompanied by support (paper or audio) so you can work again at home.

For guitar lessons, an instrument can be made available and for singing lessons, I accompany the student on the piano or guitar (it is also possible to use accompaniment tracks when the tones and tempos are suitable).

Classes are given at my location, a 5-minute walk from the La Chasse crossroads.

Flexible hours (day or evening)

🎸 Looking for an experienced, certified guitar teacher with a structured approach?

👨‍🏫 Qualified concert guitarist – Professional level
I offer individual lessons in classical and modern guitar for children, teenagers, and adults, from beginner to advanced levels.

✅ Over 25 years of guitar experience (started playing at age 6)
✅ Recognized diplomas:
• Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Tangier (2007) – 8th year in Classical Guitar and Music Theory
• Graduate of the Jette Academy – Completed Music Theory program (2025) + 3rd year in Classical Guitar
✅ Author of 3 complete educational books + exercise workbooks (available in print and digital formats)
✅ Lessons tailored to each student: clear, musical, and motivating progress
✅ Preparation for auditions, exams, or simply for personal enjoyment
✅ Lessons available in French or Spanish

🎓 Rates:

- Children ages 4–6: 30 min – Special method “Croco and His Adventure”
- Children ages 7–12: 45 min – Progressive method from beginner to advanced
- Teens ages 13–17: 1 hour – Serious yet motivating and personalized approach
- Adults ages 18–59: 1 hour – Structured learning from intermediate to advanced
- Seniors 60+: 45 min – Relaxed and custom-tailored lessons →

📍 Location: Brussels – in-person lessons available at the student’s home or in the teacher’s studio
📚 All teaching materials and a guitar are provided during lessons

First contact with no obligation – I’m happy to answer any questions you may have.

The courses offered are aimed at both complete beginners and those who have already mastered the instrument.
Each course is personalized according to the student and their expectations.
All styles of music can be covered.

My method combines technique, theory, and playful practice to help you learn effectively while enjoying your performance. With years of experience, I've helped students of all ages progress and develop their musical confidence. My approach is personalized: each lesson is designed to meet your specific needs, whether you're playing your favorite pieces, mastering accompaniment, or exploring improvisation.

I've been playing guitar for 20 years, and I can offer your children fun, interactive, and pressure-free lessons to help them discover the wonderful world of music:

🌟 Course Objectives
Develop a sense of rhythm and music through interactive games.
Discover the electric guitar as a modern, powerful and fun instrument.
Learn the basic techniques (chords, riffs, posture, pick) without pressure.
Building children's confidence by playing real little pieces from the very first sessions.
Stimulate creativity: invent your own sounds, create little melodies, explore effects.

🎵 Familiar riffs from the start

The children learn simple riffs from famous songs for immediate gratification. This keeps their motivation at its peak!

🕹️ Playful methods and musical games

Rhythm games (clap games, "repeat after me")
Chord cards, music quizzes
Friendly little battles: "Who plays the funkiest riff?"

🎤 Mini-scenes and role-playing scenarios

Put on a small "mini-concert" for the parents
Playing along to a karaoke-style guitar backing track
Guaranteed rockstar effect!

🎸 Educational content (simple and progressive)

Guitar and pick grip
Discovering the strings, the neck, the amp
One-string riffs
Power Chords (the famous rock chords)
The rhythm and the tempo
Discovering legendary bands

😄 Classroom atmosphere

The goal is to learn without stress, in an atmosphere:
✨ kind
✨ dynamic
✨ encouraging

Each child progresses at their own pace, while having fun and developing confidence and creativity :)

Giovanna raised and formed in Florence, where she began her guitar studies at the age of five at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. In September, she graduated cum laude and she's currently enrolled in the Master’s program at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, studying with Antigoni Goni.

Winner of many international competitions, she performed plenty of times in Italy and in 2023 she has held a solo concert in Milan for the XXXVIII Società Umanitaria's concerts season. Next to renowned guitarists, such as Luigi Attademo and Giorgio Albiani, she performed the world premiere of Álvaro Company’s Concert Català for ten guitars, in the revision by Vincenzo Saldarelli.

Alongside her performing activity, Giovanna has developed a strong dedication to teaching adults, children, and teenagers. She tailors each learning path to the individual student, carefully balancing personal interests with technical and artistic development, whether for amateur musicians or students preparing for conservatory admission. Her teaching approach places particular emphasis on physical awareness and well-being, guiding students toward healthy and efficient use of the body while playing. Music theory is fully integrated into her lessons and is always connected to practical application on the instrument.

Professional musician (guitarist and composer), gives guitar lessons in Brussels. I graduated from the Conservatory of Metz, international music academy in Nancy and music center Didier Lockwood in Dammarie-lès-lys.

10 years of experience teaching guitar.

Serious and follow-up courses, adapted to the student's objective and needs:

- Good game position
-Technique, scales, chords and arpeggios
-Basic theory, rhythmic theory and visual reading if necessary
-Work of the ear and musical ease
-Interpretation and improvisation in several styles (rock, folk, jazz, funk, blues, varieties)

You choose the songs you would like to play!

Support on paper and audio playbacks provided to guide the personal work.

Effective method from the teaching of Berklee College Of Music.

Additional Information :

Need to quickly acquire a tuner and a metronome.

Guitar lessons for all levels in Etterbeek (Cinquantenaire), Auderghem (Pétillon), St-Gilles (Ma Campagne) and Waterloo on acoustic or electric guitar in the styles rock, blues, funk, pop, guitar accompaniment, etc.

Possibility of individual classes or small groups.

Possibility to participate at the end of the session in the ensemble guitar-bass-drums and the end-of-year concert in front of an audience.

I am graduated from GIT Los Angeles and professional musician for 20 years and am active on the Belgian and foreign scene as well as as a studio musician, composer and arranger. He proposes a method which has proved his worth.

A simple and clear method for beginners, and for more advanced the decryption of theory and harmony, groove, improvisation, etc. Each class is given to the student in tablatures with audio files.

During school holidays, courses of 1 to 5 days are also offered.

Jean-Christophe

I have neither done the academy nor graduated from the conservatory but I have a huge passion for music that I want to share with people who want to learn guitar or drums. No need for music theory, just the desire to learn will suffice ... I will learn with pleasure and passion for beginners or intermediaries how to play their favorite songs. And no matter what age, it's never too late to start! You will also have a real framework that will allow you to grow as you want and at your own pace.

I graduated from the Conservatoire de Nice CNRR (France) in jazz guitar.
I studied there for seven years with renowned professors such as Jean Paul Ceccarelli (Sting), Pierre Bertrand, Robert Persi or Philippe Petit.
My teaching method is flexible and I adapt it to the needs and desires of the student.
We will discuss the technical work on the instrument, the knowledge of the neck and chords and the rhythm. With or without solfege.
The goal is to provide the student with the necessary tools so that he can continue learning by himself at home.

For children: a playful and attractive method in which the pupil gradually appropriates the instrument through a creative and intuitive approach to music.
For adults: method for all levels. At the end of a relatively short time, the courses open little by little to the desires of the student, and apply to work the pieces chosen by this one. The method, while keeping its pedagogical line, will gradually tend to serve personalized courses, which will allow the student to participate actively in the development of the lessons.

Play guitar for more or less 4 years with different private teachers. I now wish to pass on what I learned during my journey to people who want to use the instrument
The aim of the course would be to learn the basics (chords, rhythm, theory), some classics, improvisation and then explore according to the wishes of the student (composition, particular musical style etc.)
Concerning the theory, there will obviously be some but always put into context via practice

Mainly focused on rock, hard rock I am nevertheless open to all styles.
The purpose of the neck

ENGLISH LOWER
I'm at ease with students, having already taught music in a foster for teenagers. I've been playing since I was 9, I have toured with numerous groups in Europe, was educated in music theory at the Geneva Conservatory and obtained a diploma in music at the College of Geneva.

Music being a pleasure, I adapt the lesson to the desire of the students, whether it is singing with the guitar or being a guitar hero. Willing to create interest in the guitar or the banjo, I stand for a pleasure to play.

FRENCH
I have easy contact with the students, having already taught music in a youth center. I have been playing since I was 9, have toured with numerous groups, graduated in music theory at the Geneva Conservatory and obtained a maturity in music at the College of Geneva.

The music being a pleasure, I adapt the course to the desires of the students, whether it be singing with the guitar or being a solo guitarist. In the desire to create interest in the guitar or the banjo, I advocate the pleasure of playing.

I will teach you to know your voice or your guitar better. Allow you to have an intuitive and practical approach to music by familiarizing yourself with different concepts and tools discussed during your learning. I will accompany you and guide you during the immortalization of your creations via production, recording and mixing!

Trained at the Music Academy International (France) in both disciplines, I offer private guitar lessons focused on current music (rock, blues, funk, soul, jazz, etc.) and adapted to the demands of each student.

My classes are open to everyone, children and adults, beginners or advanced.
I attach great importance to understanding the technical tools used. A typical hour of lessons is therefore divided between pure technical work accompanied by clear explanations and practice on pieces to play or sing.

If the student wishes, I also teach the more theoretical aspects of music, such as harmony (scales, chords, modes, improvisation), music theory, rhythm, ear training, and sight reading.

I also offer coaching sessions. These are non-regular sessions aimed at targeting work on specific aspects of the requested repertoire.

Each lesson is accompanied by support (paper or audio) so you can work again at home.

For guitar lessons, an instrument can be made available and for singing lessons, I accompany the student on the piano or guitar (it is also possible to use accompaniment tracks when the tones and tempos are suitable).

Classes are given at my location, a 5-minute walk from the La Chasse crossroads.

Flexible hours (day or evening)

🎸 Looking for an experienced, certified guitar teacher with a structured approach?

👨‍🏫 Qualified concert guitarist – Professional level
I offer individual lessons in classical and modern guitar for children, teenagers, and adults, from beginner to advanced levels.

✅ Over 25 years of guitar experience (started playing at age 6)
✅ Recognized diplomas:
• Graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Tangier (2007) – 8th year in Classical Guitar and Music Theory
• Graduate of the Jette Academy – Completed Music Theory program (2025) + 3rd year in Classical Guitar
✅ Author of 3 complete educational books + exercise workbooks (available in print and digital formats)
✅ Lessons tailored to each student: clear, musical, and motivating progress
✅ Preparation for auditions, exams, or simply for personal enjoyment
✅ Lessons available in French or Spanish

🎓 Rates:

- Children ages 4–6: 30 min – Special method “Croco and His Adventure”
- Children ages 7–12: 45 min – Progressive method from beginner to advanced
- Teens ages 13–17: 1 hour – Serious yet motivating and personalized approach
- Adults ages 18–59: 1 hour – Structured learning from intermediate to advanced
- Seniors 60+: 45 min – Relaxed and custom-tailored lessons →

📍 Location: Brussels – in-person lessons available at the student’s home or in the teacher’s studio
📚 All teaching materials and a guitar are provided during lessons

First contact with no obligation – I’m happy to answer any questions you may have.

The courses offered are aimed at both complete beginners and those who have already mastered the instrument.
Each course is personalized according to the student and their expectations.
All styles of music can be covered.

My method combines technique, theory, and playful practice to help you learn effectively while enjoying your performance. With years of experience, I've helped students of all ages progress and develop their musical confidence. My approach is personalized: each lesson is designed to meet your specific needs, whether you're playing your favorite pieces, mastering accompaniment, or exploring improvisation.

I've been playing guitar for 20 years, and I can offer your children fun, interactive, and pressure-free lessons to help them discover the wonderful world of music:

🌟 Course Objectives
Develop a sense of rhythm and music through interactive games.
Discover the electric guitar as a modern, powerful and fun instrument.
Learn the basic techniques (chords, riffs, posture, pick) without pressure.
Building children's confidence by playing real little pieces from the very first sessions.
Stimulate creativity: invent your own sounds, create little melodies, explore effects.

🎵 Familiar riffs from the start

The children learn simple riffs from famous songs for immediate gratification. This keeps their motivation at its peak!

🕹️ Playful methods and musical games

Rhythm games (clap games, "repeat after me")
Chord cards, music quizzes
Friendly little battles: "Who plays the funkiest riff?"

🎤 Mini-scenes and role-playing scenarios

Put on a small "mini-concert" for the parents
Playing along to a karaoke-style guitar backing track
Guaranteed rockstar effect!

🎸 Educational content (simple and progressive)

Guitar and pick grip
Discovering the strings, the neck, the amp
One-string riffs
Power Chords (the famous rock chords)
The rhythm and the tempo
Discovering legendary bands

😄 Classroom atmosphere

The goal is to learn without stress, in an atmosphere:
✨ kind
✨ dynamic
✨ encouraging

Each child progresses at their own pace, while having fun and developing confidence and creativity :)

Giovanna raised and formed in Florence, where she began her guitar studies at the age of five at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. In September, she graduated cum laude and she's currently enrolled in the Master’s program at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, studying with Antigoni Goni.

Winner of many international competitions, she performed plenty of times in Italy and in 2023 she has held a solo concert in Milan for the XXXVIII Società Umanitaria's concerts season. Next to renowned guitarists, such as Luigi Attademo and Giorgio Albiani, she performed the world premiere of Álvaro Company’s Concert Català for ten guitars, in the revision by Vincenzo Saldarelli.

Alongside her performing activity, Giovanna has developed a strong dedication to teaching adults, children, and teenagers. She tailors each learning path to the individual student, carefully balancing personal interests with technical and artistic development, whether for amateur musicians or students preparing for conservatory admission. Her teaching approach places particular emphasis on physical awareness and well-being, guiding students toward healthy and efficient use of the body while playing. Music theory is fully integrated into her lessons and is always connected to practical application on the instrument.

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