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Providing L.A. families with complete and quality music education since 1986.



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ONE ON ONE & GROUP CLASSES IN YOUR HOME
45 minute CLASSES

- 1 student: $ 50.00
- 2 students & up in the
same household:
$ 45.00 per student
- Group classes* 2 students and up: $ 40.00 per student

- Discounts for all Santa Clarita Valley residents!

ONE ON ONE & GROUP CLASSES IN MY STUDIO
30 MINUTE CLASSES

- 1 student: $ 40.00
- Group classes* 2 students and up: $ 35.00 per student

* For Group Classes students must be at the same level of musical and instrumental knowledge, not all situations apply.


Policies

Please see: Agreement/Receipt (.doc)

Lessons are paid monthly in advance.

Check or Cash OK.

2 lessons a month minimum with 1 month minimum commitment.

Changes of schedule only upon availability.

Students must be ready at scheduled time.

Any interruption or distraction of any type in private households
will infringe on lesson time.

All dogs or other potentially threatening household animals must be properly confined.

*Tardiness on my part will not cause the lesson to be shortened in anyway.

If excessive tardiness beyond my control or other circumstances (traffic, natural disasters, accidents), force me to miss the class I will automatically credit and reschedule the lesson.



Contemporary Guitar & Music Theory School

Private Lessons

House Call
Alex will come to your location to give one-on-one private instruction.

Sheet music is provided with each lesson.

Music School Workshop Environment
Utilizing professional interactive music environment during lessons allows the musical training of students with methods used in reputed modern music colleges. Alex brings his custom-made equipment for each lesson to your location.

Prerequisites are:
 -- Steel string acoustic guitar  or
     Nylon string classical guitar  or
     Electric guitar and related accessories
 -- 1 music stand

Alex can direct and advise the aspiring beginner student towards the purchase of the correct instrument and equipment.

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Beginners
Children 5 to 9 years old learn with Suzuki method. This is a respected Japanese musical instrument teaching method, utilized worldwide by major music institutions and public schools, and proven to be effective with children for over 40 years. Alex, however, likes to mix elements of other contemporary guitar teaching methods including his own.

10 to 11 years old and up (adults included), are commonly already strongly influenced by a wide variety of modern popular music, thus need to be motivated by music styles they can relate to. In this case, Alex favors a more practical hands-on approach; lighter on theory at first.

Intermediate
The average intermediate student has learned a few scattered pieces, plays a few melodies and has a general limited knowledge of chord structures. Lacking general and advanced theory knowledge, he or she usually cannot read music or isn't fluent with notes on the fretboard. The dedicated intermediate student will want to fill these above gaps and then move on to more complex guitar techniques, songs and musical knowledge.

Advanced
This student has started band practices and/or performances, plays rhythm and lead guitar, might have already composed a few original songs and is inspired by a variety of musical styles. The general focus would be on advanced technique and development, improvisational refinement, the study of complex guitar scores and theory.

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Taylor Sky Diambrini with L.A. Leather

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Client List
 Alex Diambrini's clients include:

Trudy Green (HK Management)  John Pramik Entertainment
Timothy B. Schmidt (The Eagles) Curry Grant (Fleetwood Mac)
The Lawrence Brothers (Andy, Matt, Joey) Dan Johnson (Johnson & Associates)
David Jonas (Jonas Management Group) Lloyd Braun (ABC Television)
Glen Ballard (Java Records) Jenny Koltai (ICM Artists)
Doug Belgrad (Warner Entertainment) Ben Guevara (Art Director)
Danny + Pati Hillis (Applied Minds) Amy Kofman - Jane Doe Films
(Movie producer)

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