Online Guitar And Ukulele Lessons Tailored for You
Making Every Lesson Count
See What My Students Can Play
Learning guitar or ukulele online really works! I’m proud of the progress my students make — from complete beginners to confident players. Here are just a few performances to show what’s possible when you start your journey.
Student Testimonials – Guitar & Ukulele Lessons
I’m proud of my students and their progress in online guitar and ukulele lessons. Here are a few kind words from students and parents who’ve shared their experience learning with me.
From parents
Alex, we are so happy we found you! You are such a talented teacher and our son enjoys his weekly guitar classes. You are able to keep his interest by learning the songs that he knows and wants to play. That's the secret why he willingly practice every evening too :)
very clever approach!
Ekaterina Jameson
I highly recommend Alex to anyone interested in learning guitar! He creates such an encouraging and welcoming environment for my son, Jeffrey, which helps him focus and truly enjoy his lessons. Alex keeps track of homework, shares fun musical facts, and always stays patient — making each class a wonderful experience. Thank you, Alex!
Tamina (Jeffrey's Mom)
My 8-year-old son started guitar lessons with Alex online, and I was pleasantly surprised by how effective and fun it is! He learned melodies quickly, even as a complete beginner, and always looks forward to each class. Alex is reliable, patient, and makes learning enjoyable. Highly recommend!
Sergey Peschanyy
From adults
Juliya
I highly recommend my online guitar teacher, Alex! He tailors each lesson to my interests, helping me learn the songs I love at my own pace. The online format is super convenient, and he’s always flexible with scheduling. If you’re looking for a patient and skilled teacher — Alex is the real deal!
Mark
If you want a good guitar teacher who’s also understanding and knows how to patiently teach, then Alex is the right person! If you want to play a certain song even those that are hard to learn, Alex will find a way for you to learn this song and make it sound the same if not better ! Can’t ask for a better teacher!
About Me
Hi,
Hi, my name is Alex. I'm an online guitar instructor.
In 2004, I graduated from the College of Music with a major in Guitar Performance/Instruction. While studying, I also performed in a cover band and wrote some of my own music.
After graduation, I continued performing with the band while also teaching guitar at a School of Music, where I helped students develop their skills and passion for music.
Today, I teach online lessons via Zoom, working with both children (7 years and up) and adults of all levels. I truly enjoy seeing my students grow, progress, and gain confidence as they learn to play guitar.
As a father of two, I understand that every student is unique and requires an individual approach. My goal is to make learning both effective and enjoyable.
Below you can watch me play Shape of My Heart by Sting:
My Method
Motivation is a key factor that keeps students engaged and helps them overcome obstacles, stay persistent, and fully enjoy success. The question is how to motivate students to practice every day? My solution is to figure out the type of music students are attracted to and teach them to play exactly what they like. This approach is effective. When students play what they love, they practice more, which eventually results in improved skills. Alex Guitar Lessons offers online guitar lessons tailored to each student's preferences, ensuring they learn in an enjoyable and personalized way.
After each class, a student gets homework, which usually includes a pdf file with notes or tabs, or a short video of the material studied during the class.
Doing homework daily is essential to make progress and see results.
The frequency of classes per week matters too, as it helps a student stay on track, discipline himself and master the techniques more efficiently
Lessons
The choice of what to study is flexible and customized: students express their preferences and I guide them through the process towards their goal.
Many students want to play and sing their favorite songs, and we learn chords, fingerpicking, and strumming patterns. Others want to play the melodies of their favorite artists. Some like certain performing styles as, for instance, fingerstyle - when the melody is played along with the chords. Occasionally, students are interested in learning how to improvise and play solo. In some cases, parents prefer kids to study sheet music and play classics. Others’ favorites are blues or rock… Everything can be studied and learned!
Pricing
$30 for 45 minutes guitar lesson. By the way, the first class is FREE.
During trial class we will get to know the guitar, learn about guitar parts, how to hold the guitar correctly, how the strings are named, learn a few basic chords, or a simple melody and learn how to tune the instrument.
First Chord Progressions
Guaranteed Success
No matter your level of skill or experience, you’ll gain a lot from taking my First Chord Progressions. Each class includes practical and theoretical instruction, along with plenty of time to put your new knowledge into practice. Contact me to find out about availability.
Benefits Of Playing An Instrument
In the last few decades, neuroscientists have made enormous breakthroughs in understanding how our brains work by monitoring them in real-time with instruments like fMRI and PET scanners. When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each has corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed.
But when scientists observe the brains of musicians, playing music they see the brain's equivalent of a full-body workout. The neuroscientists saw multiple areas of the brain light up, simultaneously processing different information in intricate, interrelated, and astonishingly fast sequences.
Playing a musical instrument engages practically every area of the brain at once, especially the visual, auditory, and motor cortices. As with any other workout, disciplined, structured practice in playing music strengthens those brain functions, allowing us to apply that strength
to other activities.
Besides, music is an excellent tool to develop attention, which is in absolute demand in the modern world of computers and digitalization.
Whole Brain Training
Playing music requires fine motor skills, which are controlled in both hemispheres of the brain. It also combines the linguistic and mathematical precision, in which the left hemisphere is more involved, with the novel and creative content that the right excels in. This may allow musicians to solve problems more effectively and creatively, in both academic and social settings.
Develop Attention Skills
While playing music, musicians concentrate on the correct rhythm, dynamics and accuracy of performance - this develops concentration and attention skills.
Enhance Memory Function
And, indeed, musicians exhibit enhanced memory functions, creating, storing, and retrieving memories more quickly and efficiently. Studies have found that musicians appear to use their highly connected brains to give each memory multiple tags, such as a conceptual tag, an emotional tag, an audio tag, and a contextual tag, like a good Internet search engine.
You can see more details in the video below.
Contact Me
Get in touch to book no-obligation a trial class to find out more about learning with me.
