Experienced tutor in Guitar in Rockford, Jeff offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

I have been taking guitar lessons from Jeff for five years and during that time my skills have improved significantly and I have yet to get bored with repetition. I have been playing (or attempting to play) the guitar for several decades, starting as a young teenager, and have taken lessons on and off during that time, as life and career allowed. For me and my skill set and personality, Jeff is definitely the best teacher I’ve had.

Jeff tailors the lessons to the individual. Over the years my interests have changed and Jeff designs lessons to meet them. We have spent a lot of time on finger picking, flat picking and strumming patterns. Regardless of what we’re working on, Jeff holds me accountable (in a very nice and encouraging way) for doing the skill correctly. As he says, the quickest way to play faster is to slow down and play correctly.

Over the years, Jeff and I have covered a large number of musical styles, from rock to jazz, from 60’s pop to classic country. Jeff’s performance career lends itself to learning these styles in a practical way and in a manner the original artist played them, and not just the way the song appears in a book. The best part of any lesson is when we play together along with the artist’s recording and I can briefly pretend I’m on stage. Because of my vintage, nothing beats when Jeff and I jam to classic Beatles tunes.

Regardless of your age or skill level, it is worth your time to take lessons from Jeff.

Jeff is very patient kind and knowledgeable. He is willing to teach any aspect of playing guitar, as well as providing a student with a plethora of available music, as well as honoring a student's request for music that he will learn to help the student grow. He is truly a gift and his style is applicable to all age groups.

Jeff teaches in a way that makes it easy to get the basic chords down (and program your untrained fingers to play those chords). He finds songs you love so you can play along with at the beginning to make it enjoyable, and not a task..He then challenges your skills to take it to the next level and play the more complex chords through great chord breakdown and practice tips…fantastic teacher that gets it with trying to help beginners…we want to play songs we love straight away, and Jeff provides that!

Great guy with lots of musical experience! He's very patient and works with you at whatever level you're at.

Very knowledgeable and adapts to my musical interests.

Always finds music to keep me engaged and challenged

Jeff will learn/ make charts for any songs that you want to learn. He is a great teacher. I have been taking piano lessons from him for years.

Jeff is am amazing teacher who will push you to be a much better musician and give you a solid mastery of music fundamentals.

Jeff is extremely accommodating. I do not read music and I know very little about music theory but I want to write songs anyway (lyrics and music). Jeff was not put off by this. He and I got right to work and now I have several new songs!