At Six String Academy, you’ll develop a rock-solid practice routine:

• Regular Practice Routines: Consistently practice for 30-60 minutes per day, focusing on specific goals.

• Set Goals and Track Progress: Together, we’ll set achievable targets and track your progress so you can visibly see your growth.

• Mindful Practice: You’ll learn how to focus on key techniques, mastering precision, timing, and creativity.

Understanding tuning is key to mastering your instrument:

• Learn to Use a Tuner: We’ll teach you to tune your guitar using clip-on or pedal tuners, ensuring your instrument always sounds its best.

• Tune by Ear: Over time, you’ll hone your ear by learning relative tuning methods, making it possible to tune even without any external tools.

Mastering finger strength is essential for fluid playing:

• Finger Independence Exercises: We’ll guide you through exercises like the "spider walk" and finger gym routines to strengthen each finger individually.

• Learn Scales: You’ll practice scales across the fretboard, improving finger agility, coordination, and fretboard knowledge.

Chords are the backbone of guitar playing:

• Master Chord Transitions: You’ll practice smooth and fast transitions between open chords and barre chords, eliminating the pauses between changes.

• Basic Progressions: We’ll work on essential chord progressions like I-IV-V and ii-V-I, providing you with a strong foundation for rhythm playing.

• Advanced Variations: As you progress, you’ll learn more complex chords like 7ths, diminished, and suspended chords, expanding your musical vocabulary.

Strumming with precision and flair is key to great rhythm guitar playing:

• Strumming Patterns: Start with basic down-up strumming patterns and advance to syncopated and more complex rhythms.

• Consistent Timing: Develop rock-solid timing through metronome practice and playing along with drum tracks, ensuring your strumming is always on point.

Combine your guitar skills with your voice for the full musician’s experience:

• Singing While Playing: You’ll learn how to coordinate your voice and guitar, matching pitch with the melody you’re playing.

• Develop Vocal Skills: Through breathing exercises and pitch training, you’ll improve your vocal ability and expand your range.

Tap into your inner songwriter and create original pieces:

• Create Your Own Songs: We’ll guide you through the songwriting process, from writing chord progressions to crafting melodies and lyrics.

• Express Creativity: You’ll experiment with different musical styles and structures, finding your unique voice as a composer.

Learning to read music opens new doors:

• Guitar Tablature: You’ll become proficient in reading and understanding guitar tabs, including techniques like bends, hammer-ons, and slides.

• Sight-Reading: We’ll introduce you to reading standard notation, helping you decode sheet music and play songs across all genres.

Play lead guitar with confidence by mastering lead guitar techniques:

• Fretboard Knowledge: You’ll memorize every note on the neck, empowering you to play confidently in any key.

• Alternate Picking & Speed: You’ll practice speed drills and alternate picking, improving both precision and rhythm for fast lead playing.

• Improvisation: Learn to create solos using scales like pentatonic, Ionian, and Aeolian, and experiment with phrasing over backing tracks.

Bring depth to your playing with fingerpicking techniques:

• Fingerpicking Patterns: Start with basic patterns like Travis picking and gradually move to more complex fingerstyle techniques that allow for a richer, more nuanced sound.

• Play Fingerstyle Songs: You’ll learn both classical and popular songs arranged for fingerstyle, adding a sophisticated touch to your repertoire.

Timing is everything:

• Play Along with Songs: You’ll practice rhythm by playing along with popular songs and backing tracks, helping you lock in with other musicians.

• Metronome Work: Regular metronome practice will keep your timing sharp, helping you to stay on beat and improve your rhythmic precision.

Understanding the theory behind the music helps deepen your knowledge:

• Chord Construction: You’ll learn how chords are formed from scales, how to build major, minor, and dominant chords, and how they function within a progression.

• Keys & Progressions: We’ll dive into key signatures and the Circle of Fifths, giving you the tools to play confidently in any key.

At Six String Academy, we believe that performing is a vital step in becoming a confident, skilled guitarist:

• Stage Presence: Learn how to captivate your audience, project confidence, and manage stage fright. We’ll help you develop charisma and presence when performing.

• Solo Performances: You’ll have the chance to perform solo at our recitals and showcases, which offer a safe, encouraging environment to display your progress. This will help you grow comfortable performing in front of others.

• Prepare for Performances: You’ll learn how to prepare for performances, including choosing and rehearsing setlists and refining your stage technique.

• Overcoming Nerves: We’ll focus on techniques to help you turn any performance anxiety into positive energy, so you feel comfortable and empowered when it’s time to play.