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Matthew S.

He's from United States , currently lives in Greece

10 10 56

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Class for pianists, with a focus on using your ears.

For beginner and intermediate players. My method focuses on teaching you to play songs by ear on piano or guitar (or any instrument). This approach is so vital for anyone who wants to really understand music on the same level that we understand our native language. After getting familiar with your instrument, as well as some basics of how music works, we will jump right in by choosing one of your favorite songs to learn. I will introduce proper technique, exercises, and music theory concepts along the way in a natural progression, grounding them with musical examples and making sure you know how to hear them, not just play them. Using this method you will also learn to explore your creativity and how to compose your own music. Homework comes in the form of a weekly practice routine c...

For beginner and intermediate players. My method focuses on teaching you to play songs by ear on piano or guitar (or any instrument). This approach is so vital for anyone who wants to really understand music on the same level that we understand our native language. After getting familiar with your instrument, as well as some basics of how music works, we will jump right in by choosing one of your favorite songs to learn. I will introduce proper technique, exercises, and music theory concepts along the way in a natural progression, grounding them with musical examples and making sure you know how to hear them, not just play them. Using this method you will also learn to explore your creativity and how to compose your own music. Homework comes in the form of a weekly practice routine consisting of exercises, song practice, and creative composition challenges. For intermediate students who already have a good grasp on how to use their ear and can play sufficiently, we can dive in to learn more difficult pieces and advanced concepts. This includes how to read sheet music, analyzing harmony and reharmonizing, transcribing jazz solos by ear, composing and arranging for multiple instruments, music production on the computer, and many others, depending on the interests of the student.

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Teaches

over 5 years of experience teaching online classes

  • Piano Beginner, Intermediate
    Class for pianists, with a focus on using your ears.
  • Music Beginner, Intermediate
    Class for pianists, guitarists, or songwriters, with a focus on using your ears.

Speaks

EnglishNative

Education

Certification Music Theory, Giannis Anagnastopoulos, Athens, Greece
Certification Piano Proficiency, Giannis Anagnastopoulos, Athens, Greece
Certification Guitar Proficiency, George Petrakis, Athens, Greece Studying

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Reviews

Jonathan Levi
A great teacher, great energy, a lot of fun to learn with. I look forward to the lessons quite a bit.
Brandon
Amazing and so much fun!
james minzly
Matthew is such a great teacher! Makes it fun while covering the all important basics at the same time.
Ovidiu Pistol
4 reviews
Just had one demo lesson and I can already tell he's a great teacher that aligns with my personal goals.
Hanif Saifurrahman
5 reviews
A really insightful teacher. He taught everything from the basics, matching his teaching pace with our learning pace. I learned a lot from him from only one session.
shaista farooq
4 reviews
I am so happy to have such an amazing and professional piano teacher.He is very polite and helpful .I have learnt alot from him in just two lessons which is not even tiny bit close to the things which I understood from other resources over a year about piano. I feel myself lucky to have lessons from him. Thank you so much Metthew.
Jesse Mensah
Matthew excellently manages to fill in and maneuver around my interests and prior knowledge of music. Very talented and patient!
Michele Wolaver
18 reviews
My 10 year old son immediately felt comfortable and connected with Matthew, as his manner is easy going, friendly and confident. Matthew's instructional style seems to easily adapt to where the student is at as well as be flexible to take them where they aspire to be. This instructor also is quick to reply to messages and shares valuable suggestions!
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