Jonathan After at least 13 weeks
Jonathan After at least 13 weeks
Brian After at least 5 weeks
Tjeerd After at least 6 weeks
Jose After at least 2 weeks
Alessandra
Matteo
Dutch
Hoi! Ik ben Ivan en ik heb deel graag mijn passie voor muziek en de gitaar. Ik geef al een aantal jaren les, maar ik voel me pas nu op voel ik me op mijn gemak om dat in het Nederlands te doen. Momenteel geef ik les aan leerlingen van 7 tot 60 jaar. Als u hier meer over wilt weten, kunt u het Engelstalige deel van deze instroductie raadplegen.
English
Hi there! I'm Ivan, I'm from Portugal and I'm here to share with you my absolute passion for music and for guitar. I'm currently in my last year of Master in Latin Guitar studies at Codarts. I'm absolutely in love with all the guitar related genres. The sound and precision of the classical guitarists, the spontaneity and freedom of jazz and the melancholy, richness, beauty and rhythm of the latin world. These are all the elements I focus on bringing to my playing and to my audience.
I started playing classical guitar at the age of 11. But the obsession with the guitar came during my teenage years with the heavy metal. At around 23 years old I started taking the classical guitar more serious again. I felt totally in love with bossa nova and choros. Two years later I was auditioning to Codarts. Now, the classical guitar is my biggest (and healthiest) obsession in life.
I'm currently working on an album with my trio which shall be released in May this year. My goal during the lessons is sharing the search I do everyday on my instrument and pass to the students all this freshly attained knowledge of music and guitar.
With this course I want to help you develop the mechanics and fundamentals of the guitar. Guitar is both a mechanically and harmonically demanding instrument. Every person has its unique journey, with unique needs and strenghts. And for that we can work on focus on different aspects:
Throughout the years I've had a big number of teachers, but very few were able to teach how to make music. It is my purpose to teach you to be independent and how to start developing your own sound as soon as possible. And for that you will need some music theory. Musical Harmony to be precise.
Most of us have a lot of musical ideas, but have no idea what they are and how to express themselves. Some have the sound of a chord in mind, others have a melody. Or maybe you are a bit sick of not understanding what you play? Then this is also the right place for you to be. My goal is to develop your own musical independence and start making your own music, even if that means changing a chord here and there in the beggining.
This course is based in Jazz Harmony and is suitable for everyone. But if you are a guitar player, then we can go one step further and apply all this ideas to the fretboard. With this you will start seeing patterns and relationships in the fretboard, instead of only seeing an abstract piece of wood with frets