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Guitar classes for adults and kids of all levels of prep

I am a professionally trained and practicing guitar teacher and musician with experience teaching guitar in music schools (including in Switzerland) and through private classes of over 20 years. I offer my guitar classes (classic, electric) to adults and kids of all levels of prep and ages, where students are learning in a fun and no-stress way how to play with accuracy, gain speed, play with other musicians, improv solos, learn scales, chords and play their favorite songs/pieces of absolutely different complexity from start to finish. PM me for more details. Yalcin

Extra information

You can play your guitar, but if you do not have any instrument yet, I can help you to choose one, or borrow you one of my own until you pick your own.

Location

At student's location: Around Ferney-Voltaire, France
At student's location: Around Versoix, Switzerland
At student's location: Around Geneva, Switzerland
Online via webcam
At student's location: Around Nyon, Switzerland
At student's location: Around Gex, France
At teacher's location: Versoix, Switzerland

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General info

suitcase iconSkills:
Acoustic, Blues, Classical, Electric, Indie & alternative, Pop, Rock
Age:
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
45 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
The class is taught in:English, German, Turkish

About Me

My name is Yalçın Hasançebi. I am a classical guitar teacher, jazz musician (guitar and bass), and jazz composer, and educator. I have been teaching guitar in school (Collège du Léman) and privately along with developing my music career.
I have been teaching classical, bass, jazz and rock guitar for adults and children for over 20 years. Have experience of preparing children students for the ABRSM exam.
Combining my teaching career with my professional development as a jazz musician, I also try to motivate students to get a comprehensive knowledge not only of classical but also modern music development. I believe, that with my ability to create positive and joyful study environment, my language skills (I have full professional capacity of English and German, while Turkish is my mother tongue), my ability to set up friendly and open relations with students, their parents, my understanding of the cultural variance, and, most of all, my genuine motivation and interest towards music education, I can help you to get the results you want and have lots of fun while learning how to play guitar better.

Education

Master degree in Bahcesehir University, Jazz faculty. Have been developing my own playing skills through guitar classes with top-level Turkish and international guitar-players.

Experience / Qualifications

20 year of teaching experience in music school and university level (CK Music and Pianist Music School, BAU), teaching children (from age 5-6) and adults. Guitar teacher at Collège du Léman for individual and ensemble classes.

Reviews (3)

A very thoughtful and experienced teacher
Our experience with yalcin is extremely positive. he is a professional musician and he is able to teach and talk to young children. Since the first classes my kid could already put together some notes and it gave him confidence and will to play! He can also choose the right songs to keep him interested and amused! Yalcin is punctual, kind, accommodating.
excellent teacher
Follow my individually designed and creative program of ukulele teaching for adults and kids. You will be able to pick the tunes you like and soon enjoy playing them with confidence for your friends and family. Based on the experience the method works for everyone even without any music education or prep. Let me know if I could walk you through it!
Learning jazz guitar and improvisation isn’t always easy, but I can help you. I have been successfully playing jazz in solo and band projects for over 20 years, have vast recording experience and academic degree in jazz production and have been teaching jazz guitar for over a decade. I am designing my classes to individually address my students objectives, but also to make learning jazz guitar easy and fun. Whether you are just beginning to learn jazz guitar or you are already an experienced player having some difficulties on the way, my lessons will get you playing jazz guitar in no time! From the basics to learning how to transcribe licks from your favorite guitar players as a great way to expand your jazz vocabulary and learn the jazz language, learning guitar scales that you’ll need to know to get you started improvising, such as the major scale, the pentatonic and blues scales, the seven guitar modes, chord scales, the diminished scale, the altered scale, and many more, and of course learning and playing some jazz standards to bring all the technical material you have studied, such as chords, scales, arpeggios, and voice leading, together and actually start playing music. Write me or call to discuss the area you would like to work on specifically or follow my individually designed for you program.
We can start from the very beginning to help you on the bass journey - from tuning, left& right hand techniques, learning first grooves and major scales. But I also want us to continue on the more crafted curriculum when I can teach you some of the most important, core topics around bass like how EQ works and how to dial in a good sound, how to warm up correctly, proper hand technique, creating your own bass lines, an introduction to theory, scales and chord tones, and so much more!I I have been playing bass with major rock and pop bands in Turkey for over 10 years, but also was teaching bass to my students for about the same time and developed a unique program addressing all the ups and downs on the learning curve and focusing on the individual objectives and playing problems of my students. Will be very much happy to share my love and skills in bass with you!

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