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