David

Rate $80
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Number of students David has taught since their arrival at Superprof

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Experienced tutor in Guitar in Ojai, David offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Guitar
Bass guitar
Sitar

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- At David's house: Ojai
- online
- at your home or a public place : will travel up to 20 mi. from Ojai

About David

Hi, my name is Dave Cipriani.

I have come to firmly believe that music is, or can be MEDICINE to heal our soul/mind/body. It is the way to release our pain - and our joy! - and to access deeper parts of ourselves that we may not be able to, or feel comfortable with, accessing in our everyday life. It is a way for us to connect with our hearts - and with other people’s hearts, to find solace, to find comfort, and to find our joy that we may be forgetting to connect with.

It is a way to find wholeness and acceptance for our entire experience — good, bad & ugly, and I believe it can be a great force for change and good in the world. As I have progressed as a musician and a teacher, I have really loved watching my students connect with parts of themselves they had moved away from. It is truly beautiful!

Now as for what I teach from a "technical" point of view, because I love the diversity of what I can teach, and I want you to know about it:

I teach beginner to advanced (pro level) guitar, ukulele, beginner to intermediate piano, bass and vocals.

For guitar, I can teach you how to read music, improvise in ANY style, strum chords, play beautiful classical guitar pieces, even write songs, compositions and lyrics. I work with Piano & voice students as beginners to intermediate, as help with songwriting, learning popular songs, etc.

I’ve worked with students from 6 to 75, all levels, including students that are recording albums themselves. I have helped people find their creative spark to write instrumental pieces or songs (even a 9 year old!), to get past performance anxiety, or even to learn how to just sing in tune and find their voice.

I teach most styles, including a few you probably haven’t heard of: jazz, rock, folk, classical, blues, African, Celtic/Irish, Balkan (Eastern European), and North Indian Classical.

(If there is something you are interested in that’s not on the list, let me know, I can probably help!)

I will work with you (or your child) to find a balance between fundamentals of good technical development and working on music that really will inspire you to practice.

I often use concepts from Indian music in particular to teach melodic and rhythmic ideas that I think they have worked out the best - I always teach Indian rhythm if you want to learn to play Funk for example!

I also teach Indian slide guitar (Mohan Vina), Indian music for western instruments, and basic Indian (raga) vocals.

For the last year, i have done bi-annual Online Recitals, which will continue as I have students in several states and Brazil. The last few have been alot of fun.

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Guitar lessons offered by David are tailored to each student's needs and level. Lessons can also be held online. Lessons are also available in Ojai. The first lesson is free to define learning goals and methodology.

Experienced tutor in Guitar in Ojai, David offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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Experienced tutor in Guitar in Ojai, David offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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