Guitar Lessons

  Guitar lessons for Children

 and Adults



 Beginner Guitar Lessons:

Basic Scales

Basic Chords

Rhythm Guitar

Finger Picking

Reading Tabs

Learn the Fretboard in 3 Lessons

Advanced and Intermediate Lessons:

Learn to use Major/Minor Pentatonic scales

Blues, Rock (Electric/Acoustic), Soloing

Piedmont Fingerstyle (Doc Watson, Blind Blake),

Practical Use of Diatonic Modes

Folk Travis Picking

Bottleneck Slide Guitar

Songwriting ABC's

 The Journey...

Ron Bennett was born and raised in Philadelphia, When he was 11 years old, he met B.B. King in his dressing room at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Little did he know that it would ignite a passionate love affair with the guitar that would span five decades. He has been playing guitar for over 49 years and writing songs for over 36 years. After graduating from St. Joseph’s High School in Camden, NJ, he completed a stint in the Air Force working in Tactical Reconnaisance, attaining a top secret security clearance. He later completed a Bachelor’s degree, double majoring in Political Science and Economics at the University of South Carolina and received a fellowship to study Economics in the USC Masters Program. After graduate school he worked as a fundraiser and  congressional legislative aide for US Public Research Group and Clean Water Action Project in Washington, DC. and later worked as a Director of PR for the City of Philadelphia’s Recycling Program  for 12 years.  In 1990 he co- founded Café 90, a salon dedicated to nurturing the work of emerging artists and hosted the Open Mic at the Café de Arts on Broad St in Philadelphia. He decided to embark on a full time career in 2000 teaching and performing music. This culminated in headlining the emerging artist’s event in 2001 at the Kashmir Klub in London, England, and established Center City Philadelphia Guitar Lessons by Ron Bennett Music which has been a mainstay in the Philadelphia music community for the last 22 years.  A versatile and itinerant musician, Ron has performed his mixture of folk, rock, and blues bottleneck in Philadelphia, nationwide, and internationally in Denmark, India, England, Ireland, Mexico, Japan, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Argentina. He has also had a hand in developing the careers of many artists as a teacher, and a studio guitarist.



Teaching Approach...

My mission is to awaken the musician inside the student whether a beginner or experienced guitarist.  I teach my own lessons and value developing individualized approaches given the various needs of students. Since people are unique, I shape my approach based on each student's schedule and pacing. I want to help a student to think about music in a way they never imagined. To accomplish this, students are taught solid guitar fundamentals as well as an appreciation of the style (Rock, Blues, R&B, Piedmont Finger Picking, and Folk).  Playing by ear is important, or, the ability to instantly recognize the chord structure of a song and play what you are hearing.  This tool is well within the reach of ALL students, and I teach this to all of my students, as well as reading. Many of my students are beginners and I take great joy in watching them realize their dreams of playing simple songs of their choice. I also work with experienced musicians to develop their approach to Rock and Blues soloing, rhythm guitar, fingerpicking, and song writing. A student and player of bottleneck slide guitar for 49 years, I work with professional and beginner students to learn this craft, too (Duane Allman, Muddy Waters, Sonny Landreth, Robert Johnson are inspirations). I have worked with many local artists, as well as national touring companies like Cirque du Soleil, Philadelphia International Records, hundreds of students, and many  high schools and nonprofit organizations in Philadelphia, since 1996. If you would like to become the guitarist you envisioned you could be, contact me, and we can begin to chart out a direction.

 

    



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Contact:

ronbennettmusic@verizon.net