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Personalized Guitar Lessons for the Greater Vancouver/ Portland Area

Join the vibrant community: Anyone can learn, no matter your age or experience—from beginners chasing riffs to pros honing techniques.

Meet Christian Engleman: a passionate musician and teacher with over 10 years of mastery. He's cumulated a wealth of knowledge to teach to you through tailored lessons that build confidence, refine style, and fuel your unique sound.

Your way: At his residence near downtown Vancouver, or in-home sessions in which he can drive to you, Christian can work with you to book your first today!

Turn Music From a Mystery to a Language

Master Any Genre or Style

Christian is able to master any subject within days and can effectively teach it immediately thereafter

Hone Your Technique

Each genre has their own techniques. Discover how to practice and conquer all of them

Methods That Suit You

Everyone learns differently, and Christian adapts his teaching to the method that works best for you

Pricing

To schedule one or more lessons click here.

$40 - 1 hour lesson
$180 - 5x 1 hour lessons

$35 - 45 minute lesson
$160 - 5x 45 minute lessons

For lessons at your location
$20/hr. - for travel time to and from your location

Structure for a typical lesson

• Warm up 5-10 minutes
• Review of previous lesson
• Practice scales
• (Optional) Soloing to a song

• Main lesson
• (Optional) Learn a song
• (Optional) Jamming

Beginner

Music Basics

Guitar anatomy/ basic music trivia/ fingerboard yoga
Chord charts/ power chords/ Em, G, D
Am, C, Bm/ barre chords
Major scale/ basic jamming
Pentatonic scale/ pentatonic jamming
Capo/ keys

Intermediate

Intro to Theory

Prerequisites - knowledge of barre chords, major scale, and pentatonic scale

I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii/ intervals
Mb5/ diminished chords
Alternate chord shapes/ seventh chords/ complexifying songs
Hammer-ons, pull-offs, sliding, bending
Tremolo picking, tapping, economy picking, vibrato
Extended pentatonic/ minor pentatonic
Modes/ soloing around the fretboard

Advanced

Difficult Techniques and Tricks

Prerequisites - knowledge of modes, seventh chords, and common soloing techniques

Chromaticism/ harmonic minor
Palm muting, hybrid picking, ghost notes, string skipping
Natural harmonics, tap harmonics, pinch harmonics, picked harmonics
Arpeggios/ legato, staccato
Sweep picking
Complex chords/ cadences
Alternate tunings
Thumping, slap
Ear training

When I started taking guitar lessons from Christian, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had never played guitar before, and I was nervous about starting something new. But Christian was a great teacher. He was patient with me as I learned the basics, and he was always encouraging. I never felt like I was struggling or that I couldn't do it. After a few lessons, I was starting to get the hang of it. And now, after taking lessons from Christian for a while, I'm really happy with my progress. I would recommend him to anyone who wants to learn guitar. He's a great teacher, and you'll be happy with your first lesson.