Private Folk Music Lessons

Guitar Lessons

Develop a clear, relaxed approach to folk guitar with lessons tailored to your goals and current ability. Work on chords, strumming, fingerpicking, rhythm, and songs you enjoy. Instruction can support a complete beginner or help an experienced player refine technique and musical expression. Lessons focus on skills you can carry into regular practice and playing.

Banjo Lessons

Build your banjo playing from the fundamentals or deepen the skills you already have. Lessons can cover picking patterns, tone, timing, accompaniment, and traditional repertoire, with attention to the style of music that interests you. Your instructor can help break challenging passages into practical steps and shape a practice routine that supports steady, confident progress.

Fiddle Lessons

Study fiddle with focused attention to tone, bowing, intonation, and the character of traditional tunes. Lessons can help you begin with foundational skills or refine your playing through ornamentation, phrasing, and repertoire. Instruction is adapted to your experience and musical interests, so you can build technique while learning to bring the melody and rhythmic feel of each tune to life.

Voice and Song

Explore folk singing through songs that connect with your interests and vocal experience. Lessons can address breath, pitch, diction, phrasing, and how to communicate a song’s story with care. Whether you are starting out or preparing to sing while accompanying yourself, instruction offers practical ways to build confidence and make each performance feel grounded and expressive.

Traditional Repertoire

Grow a repertoire of traditional songs and tunes while learning how melody, rhythm, and form work together. Lessons can focus on material connected to your instrument, voice, or musical interests. You will work through pieces at a manageable pace, notice details that shape their style, and develop a stronger foundation for practicing, sharing, or arranging the music.

Ensemble Skills

Prepare to make music with others by strengthening the skills that help an ensemble sound connected. Work on steady timing, attentive listening, supportive accompaniment, transitions, and musical cues. Lessons can draw on folk songs and tunes suited to your instrument or voice. Build confidence in your part while learning to respond to the musicians around you.