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Samuel
- Rate $50
- Response 1h
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Number of students Samuel has taught since their arrival at Superprof
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$50/h
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1st lesson free
- Guitar
- Acoustic Guitar
- Blues guitar
Experienced tutor in Guitar in Chicago, Samuel offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Guitar
- Acoustic Guitar
- Blues guitar
Lesson location
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At Samuel's house: Chicago
- online
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at your home or a public place : will travel up to 20 mi. from Chicago
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Recommended
Samuel is a respected tutor in our community. They have been highly recommended for their commitment and the quality of their lessons — an excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Samuel
I obtained my teaching certificate in 2006 and gradually discovered that providing private instruction is my supreme element. I also discovered that I'm a hands-on learner - more so than I am a visual or auditory one.
Hands-on learners make up a rather small percent of the population - one whose needs are easy to overlook. I make it my job to support students who need to do something in order to understand it and I do this by way of having you imitate what I do.
Though imitation and repetition are my most obvious pieces, I make my lessons fun and exciting as well. Everyone can be (and already is) an actor, a musician, a skilled cook, and a proficient photographer. My job is simply to help you discover these things (which are in you already) and provide them a little guidance so that you can allow them to flourish.
More than just about anything else, I enjoy instilling a sense of confidence. Many of my students begin lessons with a sense that being proficient is just not for them.
We are ALL music and ALL of us can create it. Learning how to do it is really a matter of enthusiasm, dedication, and (mostly impotantly) letting go and letting it move through you. I especially value witnessing students let go of negative self-assumptions and simply being one with the music they love.
I've been maintaining a profile on Takethis website since 2013 - largely in response to wanting to build a private practice. In general, I'm more effective one-on-one and with small groups than I am in front of twenty or more at one time. I decided to pursue work in that vein.
I'm a certified K-8 classroom teacher. I also have a related Master's degree.
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
Lessons begin with my asking you to identify a single goal. It could be anything from baking challah bread to releasing a chart-topping single. Whatever the goal, I tailor the curriculum around it providing frequent and encouraging feedback all along the path.
I've worked with all ages - young and old. I've taught children and adults. There are various pluses and minuses to working with just about any age bracket. I have no specific preferences.
Be clear about your goal(s) - even if its simply to play "Kum Ba Ya" around the campfire. No goal is more or less worthier than any other - just be precise (both with yourself and your teacher) about what you specifically want to be able to do.
In August of 2016, I became an uncle. That's a very exciting thing.
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Review
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5 (2 reviews)
Perfect! I like how he is very friendly and kind when teaching me how to play guitar. Also he helped make a lesson plan to make me good at certain skills I wanted to learn which is nice in letting me have a little bit of control in what I want to accomplish.
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Recommendations
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1
We tried a few different guitar teachers for our two young daughters, but they learned the most with Sam. He is one of those rare individuals with a gift for working with children, and has made a career for himself in teaching. He has a strong presence in the space that keeps children very focused on the music. I highly recommend.
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Rates
Rate
- $50
Pack rates
- 5h: $250
- 10h: $500
free lessons
This first lesson offered with Samuel will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
online
- $50/h
Details
$40 for 30 minutes
$50 for 45 minutes
$60 for 60 minutes
I can also arrange a sliding scale. Sliding scales are case-by-case and vary according to your needs.
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