Teaching

Create and express your musical ideas.  Goat Music's comprehensive approach helps develop creative, instrumental and music industry skills through studies in guitar, songwriting, composition, improvisation, arranging, theory and ear training in both popular and classical genres. 

The studio is located a two-minute walk from Lawrence station on the Yonge subway line.  There is free parking on Lawrence Avenue and neighbouring streets.  The studio is equipped with piano, amplifiers, sound system and large writing table.

Private lessons in guitar, songwriting, composition, improvisation, arranging and theory are $60 per hour and $40 per half hour.  Lessons are scheduled monthly with payments in advance.

The Goat's 3 volume guitar method is designed to introduce the guitar and its music in a graded course covering basic techniques in folk, rock, blues, jazz and classical styles.  Theory sections explain scales, modes, chords and progressions as well as materials for improvisation allowing students to discover and pursue their musical goals.

Available in pdf for $15 per volume/$40 per set.  

Paper copies are available for $40 per volume.

Book 1 introduces notes in first and second position; basic guitar techniques in rock, folk, blues and classical styles; and the music theory of scales, intervals and chords.

Book 2 introduces new keys, chords, scales and techniques as well as theory to enable the student to work up the neck and develop improvisational skills.

Book 3 completes fingerboard knowledge with studies and repertoire in all types of music.  Movable scales, modes, arpeggios, chord progressions and solo playing are developed.

Volume 1 Blues in E introduces blues in the guitar friendly key of E, following its development from chant to 12 bar form and its variations in both major and minor modes. Scales, chords, theory and soloing techniques are explored through a series of exercises and repertoire to prepare the guitarist as soloist, accompanist or band mate.

Volume 2 Blues in A transposes these scales, chords and techniques to the key of A utilizing the unique qualities of this key on the guitar.

Volume 3 Blues in G transposes these materials to the third most guitar friendly key enabling the blues guitarist to play in any key through position changes.