In person 1:1 or Skype/Zoom

My method for teaching is more holistic which includes learning to play songs you like, performance preparation, developing your style,  playing with other guitarists/musicians and theory, chords, modes, scales, arpeggios etc. 

I focus on your goals, not just walk through a published lesson book.

Each student has different goals that change quickly as they learn and adapting to that inspiration and muse is important to fining the musician inside of the student.

I have been playing guitar since a teenager, have taught for over 15 years, recorded 4 CDs available on Spotify and iTunes, wrote songs that appeared on several movie and documentary soundtracks, toured around the Texas/Oklahoma area and still perform weekly.

Contact me mkstultz@yahoo.com for a free meet & greet, assessment and custom lesson plan!

LESSONS

  • Ages 8 through 88, it’s never too late to start playing guitar.
  • Beginner through Advanced
  • Pop, Rock, Country, Surf Rock, Nuevo Flamenco, Americana, Blues, Worship
  • Customized instruction to meet your needs and goals or help you set musical goals and achieve them
  • All materials provided
  • Learn the songs you like now as you improve timing, theory, tone and technique
  • Learn how to accompany your vocals, another vocalist or play your part in a group or band
  • Lessons once per weekend,
  • Rates:
    • $20 per 30 min
    • $30 per 45 min
    • $40 per 60 min
  • Learn to play almost any song in any key by using a capo and learning just 12 chords
  • Free string changing on your guitar upon request
  • Guitar and equipment guidance selecting what you need, where to find it, help with buying, selling, trading or upgrading guitars and accessories
  • Here’s some of my CD Releases Full Music Discography Page
Basics
Parts of Guitar
Tuning
Fretboard Layout, Notes and Strings
Note vs Chord vs Triad vs Double Stop
Pick Choice, String Attack, Hand and Thumb Positioning
Major vs. minor (major 3rd vs minor 3rd)
Chord Charts/Neck Diagrams
Single Chord strumming Em to A2
Single note playing exercise 1st 4 frets
Right hand development
Left hand development
Strumming patterns
Chords in G-3 Maj 3 Min- do ra mi
4/4. and 3/4 Time
Measures of Songs
3 chord songs
Intro to tablature
Amazing Grace/Happy Birthday- tab melody
Star Spangled Banner- tab melody
Alternate Picking/Double Picking
Semitone (1/2 step) vs. Full tone (whole step)
Beats and Measures
Metronome
Changing Strings
Beginning Theory
Intro to barre chords
The CAGED system
Diagonal octave patterns
The Major Scale
Pentatonic Major and Minor scales
Triad construction across neck
Modes
Nashville Number System
Hamburger, Bun, Cheese
Chord Numbers
Bass runs and Simple Passing Chords
Fingerpicking
Fingers w/ Pick
Chords in G             Major G C D  (I-IV-V)  / Minor Em Am (vim-iim)
Chords in C              Major C F G  (I-IV-V)  / Minor Am Dm (vim-iim)
Chords in D              Major D G A  (I-IV-V) / Minor Em F#m (vim-iim)
Chords in E              Major E A B  (I-IV-V) / Minor C#m F#m (vim-iim)
Chords in A              Major A D E  (I-IV-V)  / Minor Bm Dm (vim-iim)
Acoustic Roots/Songwriter
Song Structures-3 to 6 chords
Chord Colors- sus2, sus 4
Chord Colors-7th, 9th, 11th, 13th
Open string chords
Sliding Chords-D, A2, E
Relative Minor Substitutions
Fingerpicking
Hybrid Picking
Arpeggiating Chords
Alternating Bass Runs
Dynamics, Power, Control, Damping & Syncopation
Singers Money Chords
Using a Capo to change Keys
Bass runs and Simple Passing Chords
Nashville Number System
Playing a Song in 5 Keys
Colored and Textured and Suspended Chords
Open string Chord shapes
Keys and Transposing Chords
Major Common Chord Progressions
Rock Rhythm
Bar Chords
Power Chords
Triads
Sus Chords
Hammers
Muting
R&B/Hendrix Rhythm
Blues Rhythm
Open E7 blues- shuffle
12-bar blues patterns
Chord-based blues riffs and licks
Ninths, diminished and augmented chords in blues
Double Stops
Minor key blues
Blues bass lines
Integrating lead and rhythm
Major Key Blues
Improvising
Blues scales
5 Pentatonic Major / Pentatonic Minor Scales
Leaning on the 3rd
Fluency
Phrasing
Creativity
Functionality
Techniques: Hammer On / Pull Off / Slides / Triplets
Bends: semitone / half / full
Playing lead notes out of the CAGED Chord Positions
Double Stops (4th, 4rds, 5ths)
Octaves
Using Drone Open Strings
Major and Minor Arpeggios
Stretching It Out: Sandman Arpeggios
Sing what you play
Dominant 7th arpeggios
Bends: semitone / half / full
Techniques: Hammer On / Pull Off / Slides / Triplets
Improvising
Alternate Picking / Double Picking
Key-specific improvising
Major and minor arpeggios
II-V-I chord exercises
5 Modes
II-V-I modal exercise
Chord substitution basics
Chord based improvisation
Key-based lead guitar
Vibrato on last note
Playing lead notes out of the CAGED Chord Positions
Modal improvising
Major Improvisation
Minor Improvisation
Blues Improvisation
Stylistic Improvisation
Using Drone Open Strings
Sing what you play

ONLINE METRONOME

http://www.studybass.com/tools/online-metronome/

LESSONS

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TB-000-TheBasics.php http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/guitarlessons.html http://www.zentao.com/guitar/guitar-lessons.html http://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/ http://www.justinguitar.com/en/IM-000-IntermediateMethod.php http://www.strumpatterns.com/Strums/strumsPage01.htm

GUITAR VIDEO LESSONS  http://www.youtube.com/user/martyzsongs/videos http://truefire.com/tftv/?channel=acoustic-survival-guide&videofile=mp4:guitar-acoustic-survival-guide-videos/argsg51-guitar-lessons-I-bVII-IV-part1

HIT SONGS CHORD CHARTS in ANY KEY

http://www.e-chords.com/ http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs00s.htm http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/top/top100.htm http://www.guitarmasta.net/Pop/ http://guitar.about.com/library/bleasysongs00s.htm

GUITAR TAB- HOW TO READ IT http://guitar.about.com/od/tabchordslyrics/ss/read_guitar_tab.htm http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TB-011-ReadTAB.php

TRANSPOSER TOOLS

http://www.logue.net/xp/ http://www.simusic.com/transpose.html http://www.theoreticallycorrect.com/KeySwitch-Song-Transposer-PublicBeta/index.html

CHORD CHARTS IN ALL KEYS

http://www.chordsbykey.com/ http://i-love-guitar.com/guitar-chords-major-keys.html http://www.drpsychotic.com/strike_a_chord/strikeachord.html http://worshipguitarguy.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/wgg-chords-exposed1.pdf http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazzguitar_lessons.html http://www.hobby-hour.com/guitar/chords.php

TOP 1,000 CLASSIC ROCK SONGS http://www.thedigitallife.net/top1000.htm  

TOP 500 COUNTRY SONGS http://countrymusic.about.com/library/top500/ptop500.htm

NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM http://worshipguitarguy.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/caged-system-chords1.pdf

ANY SCALE / ANY MODE / ANY KEY / NOTES SHOWN ON NECK http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/

MORE SCALES http://www.villageguitarstudio.com/category/improvisation/scales/

EXOTIC AND ALTERED SCALES http://brainphreak.net/atonal/exoticscales.pdf

CHORDS, SCALES ARPEGGIOS, MODES

http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/guitarscales/guitarscales.html

CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/chordsubstitution.html

CHORD GRID PAPER

http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/fretboard/

LESSON TEMPLATES

http://freeblanksheetmusic.org/guitar/

JAM TRACKS http://truefire.com/jam-tracks/

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