Guitar Lessons for 5Yr Old in East Los Angeles Area

Hello,

There's the Boys and girls club in E.L.A. You pay ten dollars for the year membership and the guitar lessons are free and age appropriate. If you're familiar with the E.L.A. area,,then there's also a place on Cesar Chavez east of Ford that offers guitar lessons as well as other instruments. Good Luck!

Try the Los Angeles Music and Art School (LAMAS) on East 3rd. They have a website at www.lamusart.org and I know that they have a variety of offerings.

we go to Yamaha music school in Cerritos. They are very reliable and organized unlike several other experiences with music schools and musicians. However, I strongly recommend that your son starts with piano. Guitar is very difficult for children under 10 or so unless he is a prodigy of course. Good luck.

Hi,

South Gate Parks and Recreation offer a variety of classes. Begginers all the way to advanced. They have a schedule, you might want to check out their website or call them so that you can obtain a Class schedule. They are very inexpensive unlike a one on one private lesson. Hope this helps.

I work in education in East L.A. I know of a cafe, I believed called, 'el gallo' on cesar chavez that offers guitar lessons (the cafe is connected to an arts center). Also, there's the Tenocintl store offering it for free, they are located across the street from Roosevelt HS. If either of these interest you, write back and I can get you more contact information if you can't locate it online. Good luck!

Dear Tinapaulo,
It is wonderful that you have explored the musical part your son's talent. I also believe there has been quite a bit of good advice here.
Even though I play classical guitar(among other styles)plus lute, shamisen, koto, and a bit of mandolin, I am not sure that my personal inclination for string instruments should conribute to the answer of whether or not a guitar is the right instrument for your son.(even though you didn't ask!)
Here are some things to consider:
*A guitar is one of the most inexpensive instruments. They are available in smaller scale sizes. If you start him out with guitar now he will need a smaller scale guitar, Or a ukulele.(I couldn't play a full scale size guitar until I was 11, but taught myself ukelele after my mother showed me how to follow chord charts when I was 8.)
Did your son choose guitar?(would he be equally interested in other instruments?)
*a guitar (or piano, harp, or marimba) are most beneficial for learning harmony. All of the other orchestral instruments produce only single-line melodies...
*The ability to play and sightread piano music is required of anybody hoping to get a university degree in music. A piano is the most important tool for studying western music theory and composition.
* please don't think that a youngster who doesn't respond well to initial music lessons is finished with formal or highly disciplined music instruction. It could be the teacher, method, lack of method, or a hundred other reasons!! As a five -year old, I ran away from one of my piano lessons and that was that until I took it upon myself to play Mom's ukelele.
*Suzuki and Yamaha methods of music study are fantastic.
* Please also consider the value of individual voice training, children's choir, various percussion instruments, and DANCING to foster your son's talents!

Hi, i know this is a bit old but oh well. My name is J. and Im a guitar instructor. Contact Downey music and ask for me and let me know where you heard my add.

Here is a little bit of what i do: GUITAR, BASS and SONGWRITING LESSONS

All Ages (5 to 91) - Beginning To Advanced

1 to 5 Times A Week (30 min. or 1 hour)

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FROM; Classical & Flamenco to Rock, Alternative, Funk, Punk, Ska, Folk, Blues, Christian, Pop, Country, Emo, Hardcore, Screamo, Thrash, Baroque, Soul and Metal

LEARN; Sight Reading, Chord Construction and Usage, Theory, Hand Technique, Intricate Exercises, Soloing in Various Keys, Improvisation, Advanced Scales, Arpeggios, Fingerpicking, Strum Patterns, Intervallic Concepts, Key Twisting, Songwriting, Ear Training, Timing, Lyric Composition and Rhyme Schemes, Sound Conceptualization, Hand Tone, Slide Guitar, Wah Wah technique, Tremolo usage, Pedal to Amp to Cabinet Tonal Ideas, Band Organization, Band Promoting, Demo Making, Major Label Shopping, Learn to Play virtually any song from Guitar Hero and Rock Band from a person who helped some of the original songwriters/bands

and more

RESUME (partial)
EDUCATION
4 years of classical guitar and technique instruction under Peter Kraus at Cerritos College

3 years of classical guitar and technique instruction under Peter Yates at cal Poly

2 years theory/musicianship at Cal Poly Pomona

1 year studying rock and songwriting under guitar legend Terry Kilgore (Van Halen rival

/friend who showed Eddie the now famous hammer on technique)

Various single and multiple lessons from artists such as Gino De Auri, Paco De Arroyo,

William Kanengiser, George Lynch, Jake E. Lee, Lanny Cordolla, Hedley Nosworthy, Nancy Wilson, Art Gonzalez, Peter Kraus, Peter Yates, Jose Arredondo (Amps, Cabs and Effects)

2 years of American and English literature, poetry and grammatical construction at both Cerritos and Cal Poly Pomona (regarding the lyrical aspect of songwriting)

TEACHING (over 24 years experience to over 2000 students & some now made it to professional level)

Cerritos College extension rock guitar classes for 2 years

Norwalk Music private guitar and bass instructor for 7 years

Guitar City private guitar and bass instructor for 4 years

Downey Music private guitar and bass instructor for 14 years

City of Norwalk guitar class instructor for over 16 years (teaching up to 25 students in classes of ages 5 to 13 and teaching classes to up to 20 adults at a time)

Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa School of Ministry guitar and Worship instructor for 1 year

Sawday and Holmes Music instructor for 6 months
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa mid-week morn. Worship leader/arranger for 4 years

Downey Music Center instructor, recital planner and advisor

Bell Gardens City Class Instructor (ages 5 to 75)

Downey City Class Instructor (ages 5 to 75)

GUITAR SOUND CONSULTANT
George Lynch,

Warren Di Martini,

Lanny Cordolla,

Jake E. Lee (Ozzy and solo),

Chris Holmes,

Joe Floyd (Warrior),

Vivian Campbell (Dio),

Bruce Franklin(Trouble),

Tracy Grijalva (Riff Raff, R.A.G.S., Mankind, WWIII, Dio, Goaded),

Randy Chambers (Chambers, Rude Cupid, Flying High Again)

GUITAR,CABINET,AMPLIFIER and EFFECT PEDAL DESIGN and CONSTRUCTION

Assembled, modified and custom designed many electric and acoustic guitars; 4x12, 8x10 and 2x12 cabinets; effect pedals, switching systems and tube and transistor heads for ultimate tone from information garnered from Jose Arredondo, Karl Sandoval, Allan Holdsworth, Art and Tony Gonzales, Grover Jackson , Freddie Villareal, Rich Lindenberg and others

INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY
C.E.O. of Sting Rays Records, which released the highly acclaimed Rock Climbers compilation which RCA Records called “the greatest compilation of unsigned bands ever released”

PRESS/PUBLICITY
Rock City News senior Metal Ledge column writer for over 10 years (Bach to StaticX)

Monthly co-host on KNAC’s local show (with Craig Williams) and KLOS local licks (with Long Paul)

Put together line-up for WWIII that led to their signing with Hollywood Records

Tracked and hired various musicians for George Lynch’s 1st solo record on Elektra

Brought Grover Jackson some great guitarists to be endorsed in the inception of Jackson Guitars

Created guitar hero list for Lynch 3 tour

Metal Ledge on the web for over 7 years (www.metalledge.com)

MANAGEMENT
Hyksos, Chambers, Riff Raff, R.A.G.S., Sanctum, A La Carte, Kilgore, Warbride, Cold Fire, Psycho Squad, Mankind, Wicked Alliance, Marmalade Skies, Courtney Chambers, Cloud Of Hope

PERSONAL BANDS (Formed, rehearsed, song wrote and cut professional demos/CDs with)
Fade From Black, Gnashing Of Teeth, Cloud Of Hope (www.cloudofhope.com), Cloud Of Rock and Cloud Of Blue

BOOKING AGENT
Chexx nightclub in Norwalk (1year),

Florentine Gardens in Hollywood (2 years)

PRODUCER
Produced Cloud Of Hope (Raising Praise 1 & 2, Christmas Blessings), Weeping And Gnashing Of Teeth, Fade From Black and assist produced various true guitar hero and other CDs

VINTAGE MUSIC COMPANY
Rented some of the rarest and most sought after sound devices

CREDITS (on over 50 recordings; 7 are platinum)

Hyksos

Chambers

Warbride

Dokken - Tooth And Nail-1984

Dokken- Under Lock And Key-1985

Dokken- Unchain The Night-1987

Dokken-Beast From The East-1988

Lynch Mob-Wicked Sensation

George Lynch-Sacred Groove

Ozzy- Bark At The Moon

Ratt-Out Of The Cellar

W.A.S.P.-Headless Children

Life, Sex And Death

Kilgore
Ala Carte

Bill Ward-solo record (Lanny Cordolla)

House Of Lords (Lanny Cordolla)

Trouble-Manic Frustration
Riff Raff

R.A.G.S.

Warrior-Fighting For The Earth

Warrior-Ancient Future

Jake E. Lee-A Fine Pink Mist

Wicked Alliance

Static X-Wisconsin Death Trip

Marmalade Skies

Sanctum

Psycho Squad

Cold Fire

Dio-Strange Highways

Banned In L.A.-Band Together (compilation)

David Lee Roth-Your Filthy Little Mouth(Kilgore)

Diesel Machine

Rock Climbers-(Compilation)

Last Roundup

The Briefcases

D Day

Mankind/Vavoom

Courtnee Chambers

John Dingman

Tribe Of Gypsies

Courtney Chambers-Imperfect Like Me

Phantom Blue

World War Three

World War Three-When God Turned Away

Cloud Of Hope

Goaded

Rosanna Cenci

George Lynch-Behind The Player (IMV dvd)

Marcus Carman

Lynch Mob (Smoke And Mirrors)