Always wanted to learn guitar? Join our beginner group guitar class on the Upper East Side!
It is designed for adults eager to explore the fundamentals of guitar in a supportive group setting.
Participants will learn how to tune their guitar, hold the pick, and read chord diagrams, building a solid foundation for their musical journey.
As the course progresses, students will practice finger exercises and techniques, including open chords, and will be introduced to various strumming patterns and bass riffs.
Participants are required to have their own guitar.
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Ed MacEachen is a jazz guitarist who got his professional start in 1977 in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio where he studied with Bill D'Arrango (sideman with Ben Webster and Dizzy Gillespie). Ed moved to New York in 1984 where he has worked in the bands of Jack McDuff, Chico Hamilton and Erestine Anderson among many others. He currently lives and performs in the New York City area and can be heard on Eliot Zigmund's Starlight on Jazz Today Records and Bill Mobley's Singularity on Space Time Records along with others. Ed teaches at both 92nd Street Y (since 1996 ...
Ed MacEachen is a jazz guitarist who got his professional start in 1977 in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio where he studied with Bill D'Arrango (sideman with Ben Webster and Dizzy Gillespie). Ed moved to New York in 1984 where he has worked in the bands of Jack McDuff, Chico Hamilton and Erestine Anderson among many others. He currently lives and performs in the New York City area and can be heard on Eliot Zigmund's Starlight on Jazz Today Records and Bill Mobley's Singularity on Space Time Records along with others. Ed teaches at both 92nd Street Y (since 1996) and in the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music program (since 1989).
Introduction to Jazz Improvisation
Jazz Combos
Guitar (Beginner)
Guitar (Intermediate)
Jhoely Garay is a Mexican New York-based guitarist, composer, arranger and a passionate educator committed to share her love for music.
She holds a BM in jazz guitar performance from The City College of New York and a MM in composition from the Manhattan School of Music.
She is part of the music faculty at 92NY music program, Jazz House Kids New York, and Stanford University Jazz Workshop. Garay has also taught several masterclasses in jazz guitar and composition at higher education institutions in Mexico and the U.S., such as Portland State University, Jazz Education Ne ...
She is part of the music faculty at 92NY music program, Jazz House Kids New York, and Stanford University Jazz Workshop. Garay has also taught several masterclasses in jazz guitar and composition at higher education institutions in Mexico and the U.S., such as Portland State University, Jazz Education Network Conference, Universidad Veracruzana JazzUV, Universidad de Queretaro, Universidad Autónoma de Colima.
In addition, she is a Latin Grammy Foundation Ambassador, an ASCAP Fran Morgenstern awardee, a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grantee, an awardee of the “Young Creators” program by the National Fund for Culture and the Arts in Mexico, and the New York City Artist Corps grantee.
Guitar
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