guitar

Reading / Improvising (Age Kat)
Age will teach you to read and play solos according to given chord schemes. From simple blues formats you progress to increasingly more complex jazz-like arrangements. This involves 13/6/9/11 chords and corresponding altered tone ladders. For this Age uses lead sheets from existing session repertoire. Many students rate this an absolute favourite.

Tone (Martijn van Agt)
Martijn gives guitar lessons and concentrates chiefly on the accompaniment of songs, voicings and playing solos within the context of a song. Playing acoustic and slide guitar will also be dealt with. Martijn teaches you the way a song should sound!  

Technique (Leendert Haaksma)
Leendert focuses on in-depth development of your technique (plectrum technique, tone formation, timing. Moreover Leendert is well-known for his rhythmic technique and extensive knowledge of guitar amplification. Every guitarist will benefit from his advice on guitar sound!

Vision (Rogier Wagenaar)
Rogier concerns himself primarily with your aspirations as guitarist and what you must be able to play to achieve your goal. This includes style development, when you need to adopt a certain technique, and extending your repertoire. Moreover with Rogier you will concentrate on defining your own place in the music business. Rogier will put you to work!

Know-how (Menno Gootjes)
With Menno you will learn all the basic know-how about your guitar neck. All kinds of tone ladders and chords will be reviewed. He will also focus on chord inversions, arpeggios and different plectrum techniques. After Menno’s classes your guitar will no longer hold any secrets for you!

These five guitar teachers belong to the cream of the Dutch accompanying and session musicians. In addition to their own projects they have each appeared on stage and worked in the studio with among others: Anouk, Thé Lau, Claudia de Breij, Xander de Buisonje, Focus, Astrid Serierse, Rose, Lois Lane, Trijntje Oosterhuis etc.