Guitar Lessons
The instrument most people mean to learn.
Guitar is portable, it plays the music people actually listen to, and a beginner can play a recognizable song within weeks. It is also the instrument most often abandoned, almost always for the same reason: a student learns four chords from the internet, stalls, and has no idea what comes next. We teach acoustic, electric and classical guitar as three related instruments with a shared foundation, and we build that foundation in an order that keeps a student moving past the point where self-teaching usually stops.
Start with the right guitar, not the one in the cupboard
The single most common reason a beginner quits is an instrument that fights them. A full-size dreadnought with high action and heavy strings will hurt a ten year old’s fingers and convince them they have no talent. The same student on a three-quarter size instrument, set up properly, plays a clean chord in the first month.
The evaluation lesson exists to prevent that. We look at hand size and reach, what music the student wants to play, whether they have an instrument already and whether it is playable as it stands. Many guitars that families own need nothing more than a setup and lighter strings to become a good teaching instrument. Some need replacing, and it is better to know that in week one than in month six.
Who takes Guitar lessons here
What the curriculum covers
Every student gets a plan built around the music they want to play. These are the strands that plan is assembled from.
Three instruments, one family
Acoustic guitar is self-contained: steel strings, no amplifier, no cables. It suits singer-songwriters, folk, country, pop and worship playing, and it is the most portable way to accompany a voice. It asks for a firmer fretting grip early on, which is the one place beginners feel the difficulty.
Electric guitar is physically the easiest to fret, because the strings are lighter and the action sits lower. It is the lead voice of rock, blues, funk, metal and fusion, and it brings gear knowledge with it: amps, pickups, and the effects that shape the sound as much as the hands do.
Classical guitar uses nylon strings and a wider neck, played fingerstyle with no pick. It is gentle on the fingertips and builds the most precise right hand control of the three, which is why it transfers so well to the other two.
A student can move between them. The tuning is the same, most of the theory is the same, and the choice at the start matters far less than starting at all. See acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar or jazz guitar for what each programme covers in depth.
A first guitar does not need to be expensive, but it does need to be playable. Action that is too high, a neck that is warped, or strings that are too heavy will hold a student back no matter how well they practise. Bring whatever instrument you already own to the evaluation lesson and we will tell you honestly whether it needs a setup, a string change, or replacing.
Children usually need a half or three-quarter size instrument before a full size one. The fretting hand has to reach around the neck and press a string cleanly, and no amount of teaching gets around a neck that is too wide for the hand holding it.
Frequently asked questions
Lesson details
The right place to begin.
The evaluation is 30 minutes. No commitment, no pressure. We tell you exactly where you are and what the right path forward looks like - for this student, at this level, with these goals.
Guitar Lessons by City
We serve students across North Metro Atlanta. Find guitar lessons near you: