Welcome to The Music Gallery Academy Of
Guitar, Bass and Drums
We specialize in private one-on-one music instruction with lessons customized to meet the individual needs of each student - from beginning to advanced. We are also offering a group
workshop called "Rock N' Roll Boot Camp ", which is a rock music workshop that teaches the skills necessary for playing and performing music in a group setting. We have both summer and weekend sessions. Be sure to visit our FAQ page for more information.
We are proud to now offer a new lesson program for all ages specifically designed to develop the important skills for playing guitar and bass.
Upon signing up for lessons, students will receive our binder, written and published by Matt Jenkins and Dave Krater, which provides all the fundamental information needed to learn the guitar or bass. All studios have computers with digital recording studios and internet access which helps us provide the most up to date teaching methods and styles.
In the beginning the student will learn:
All parts and functions of a guitar
The musical alphabet and its application to the guitar
How to read music
How to read tablature, chord charts and scale diagrams.
Basic left and right hand skills
Open position chords
Major and Minor scales
Basic melodies and progressions used in popular music
Bar chords
At The Music Gallery Academy of Guitar, Bass and Drums, our goal is to make music education fun and exhilarating for our students, while still providing a structured learning approach that's necessary to achieve tangible results and help our students realize their musical dreams!
Be sure to visit our Music Gallery site for great deals on Guitars and related equipment.
For more information please call us at 847-432-6350
Did You Know?
Studies after studies are showing that learning music can make kids smart. When your child learns to play a musical instrument, not only does he learn how to make tunes, but he also enhances other capabilities of his brain as well:
A 10 year study involving 25,000 students show that music-making improves test scores in standardized tests, as well as in reading proficiency exams (Source: James Catterall, UCLA, 1997).
High school music students score higher on the math and verbal portion of SAT, compared to their peers (Profile of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, compiled by Music Educators Conference, 2001).
The IQ’s of young students who had nine months of weekly training in piano or voice rose nearly three points more than their untrained peers (Study by E. Glenn Schellenberg, of the University of Toronto at Mississauga, 2004.)