Electric Guitar Lessons
Jeremy offers supportive, well-structured guitar lessons tailored to each student’s interests and skill level. Lessons begin with building a strong understanding of the instrument, covering fundamentals such as basic chords, strumming patterns, and rhythm, before progressing to more advanced chord shapes, fingerpicking, and musical application. The aim is to get you playing songs suited to your level and musical tastes.
Depending on the student, lessons may include learning introduction to soloing and improvisation, scales, music theory, composition, and ensemble playing. Jeremy’s approach is flexible and student-focused, ensuring lessons develop practical skills, musical understanding, and confidence, whether a student is just starting out or looking to deepen their playing.
About
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Male
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Teaching since 2013
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Teaches students aged 6+
Jeremy Schiftan is an award-winning Melbourne-based drummer, composer, and music educator with almost 20 years’ experience working across performance, recording, touring, and teaching. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, he has built a diverse career as a working musician, performing, recording, and collaborating across styles including reggae, dub, hip hop, funk, soul, jazz, rock, indie, pop, blues, country, folk, disco, Latin, grunge, and progressive rock.
Alongside his performance career, Jeremy has over 12 years’ experience teaching music to students of all ages and levels, both privately and in secondary school settings where he teaches individual and group lessons and runs ensembles. His teaching style is relaxed, encouraging, and well-structured, with a strong focus on groove, timing, musicality, and building confidence. Depending on the student’s interests and goals, lessons can cover technique, reading and notation, music theory, improvisation, tone, dynamics, composition, aural skills, and ensemble playing, balancing solid foundations with real-world musical application.
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