Ryan Ogden Music Lessons
HistoryI have been teaching quality private guitar and piano lessons in the Northern Virginia area for over 4 years. I have taught students from ages 4 to 80 years old. Currently I teach over 50 students a week. I maintain my already extensive teaching curriculum through many resources of continuing education, and I strive to keep up with the most effective teaching trends.SpecialtiesPiano performance lessons: -Learn how to read and perform your favorite pieces. -All genres welcome. Classical, Rock, Pop, Movie Scores, Sacred and Holiday favorites! -Develop your technical abilities for agility, dexterity, and dynamic control. -Learn theoretical concepts including: rhythms, pitches, scales, intervals, and chord construction. Guitar lessons include performance, composition, and improvisation lessons. Performance Lessons: -Learn how to read and perform your favorite pieces. -All genres welcome. classical, rock, pop, movie scores, sacred, and holiday favorites! -Develop your technical abilities for agility, dexterity, and dynamic control. -Learn theoretical concepts including: rhythms, pitches, scales, intervals, and chord construction. Composition Lessons: -Learn to compose your own original music in the styles of rock, pop, metal, acoustic, blues, and funk. -Create memorable melodies and catchy hooks. -Build your own riffs and chord progressions. -Enhance your rhythmic abilities though rhythm training. -Improvisation Lessons: -Learn how to play music on the fly. -Create chord progressions, riffs, and solos on the fly in styles such as rock, pop, metal, acoustic, blues, and funk. -Play in various combo settings which feature a drum machine as well as myself accompanying on guitar, bass, or piano. -Hone your theoretical knowledge, and avoid writers block. -Learn countless solo techniques including: alternate picking, string skipping, and tapping.