CLICK HERE to contact me

about online lessons via

FaceTime (Apple) or MS

Teams!

Lesson schedule openings in my

schedule (face-to-face and Online)

appear as yellow boxes on the chart. I

prefer face-to-face if possible.

NOTE: Please email me first before

sending a online contact request. I

do not accept contact requests

unless I have first been notified

via email.

If you don't see an opening that works for

you, check this page often. If you see a

slot that works for you, contact me and we

can get started. With this many students,

my schedule is subject to change fairly

often.

My rate is $20.00 per half-hour

lesson (hasn’t changed since

2004), once a week, payable

month-by-month, at the

beginning of each month, by

check, cash or PayPal. Same

rate applies for online

students.

I do set some times aside during the week

for make-up lessons. If you're a current

student and unable to come to a lesson,

contact me and I will do my best to

schedule a make-up lesson for you, at

your request, on a case-by-case basis.

This grid is for prospective students wishing to commit to a weekly schedule, and may not reflect whether a spot has been

taken during any particular week as a one-off make-up lesson. Please contact me to confirm.

Music Instruction Contact me about online lessons via Skype!

I teach private stringed instrument lessons in Little Rock. I'll teach anybody, old or young, who shows genuine

interest. I teach:

— Specializing in acoustic Bluegrass flatpicking — Also fingerstyle, bluegrass rhythm, folk, acoustic pop, basic swing

styles.

— fiddle tunes for mandolin; bluegrass style mandolin — note for note, tremolo styles, Bill Monroe style.

Upright bass — basic bass technique and advanced bluegrass style bass

My teaching environment (I teach in my home studio in central Little Rock — pictured above) is warm, pleasant and,

most of all, positive. It's also family-friendly, with a big couch for mom or dad to relax on and toys to help little brother or

sister pass the time. Don't mind the pups, they're just saying "hello."

I won't constantly hound you about practicing your instrument; however, I will expect improvement over time until a level of

proficiency is reached that works for both of us. My long-term goal is for you to be at a level where you can play with others

(including myself), and share your music with all those who would enjoy listening to you.

Practicing isn't always fun, especially when you're just starting out and there are fingers to toughen and muscles to

strengthen. The goal is to progress, over time, away from "practicing" the instrument to "playing" the instrument. If it's play,

you'll never get enough of it. There will always be self-discipline involved, but it becomes much more of a joy as your skill

develops. And the rate of development varies greatly from person to person. It can be difficult to be patient with yourself, but

I've found that part of my job is to encourage you to keep pressing forward. I have yet to find a student who was genuinely

interested in progressing, but simply couldn't, because they were too uncoordinated or "tone-deaf." If you hang in there and

do what your teacher says, I believe you will move forward. Everyone progresses at different speeds, because everyone is

different.