Guitar Lessons

Adam Levy has been unlocking the mysteries of the guitar for students of all levels and varied interests for more than 20 years.

He is the author of Play the Right Stuff and Jazz Guitar Sight-Reading.

Dozens of his insightful lessons have been published in Guitar Player and Acoustic Guitar magazines.

His teaching experience includes several years working for the National Guitar Workshop, leading master-classes at universities and music academies, and sharing countless one-on-one guitar lessons worldwide.

Many new school students have come to Levy for private sessions as well.

Study jazz, pop, blues, music theory, improvisation, and achieve your personal goals.

Levy was the featured guitarist in Norah Jones' Handsome Band for seven years.

His playing can be heard on recordings by Joey Baron, Tracy Chapman, Amos Lee, and Jenny Scheinman.

His place is conveniently located at the Lower East Side, near F, B/D, and J/Z train lines.

Lessons are available weekly, biweekly, or as suits your schedule.

Reviews

• January 27, 2011

  

  I've been taking lessons with Adam for a couple years now, via Skype (which works amazingly well) when he's in NYC - and in person, when he's in LA, where I live.
  
  Adam's an amazing teacher. I have come to him with questions about what he's playing on his solo albums, how he created some of the great guitar parts and solos for Norah Jones and Tracy Chapman songs, how he approaches song writing, basic music theory and a zillion little things, like "what's the difference between 3/4 time and 6/8 time?".
  
  Adam is always able to give me incredibly useful and immediate answers that I think can only come from total mastery of an instrument, and just as importantly, from a great talent for teaching. He's an inspired teacher who gives you his insights, approaches and tools, so that you can immediately use them to do your own work and unlock your own investigations.
  
  Some teachers don't have Adam's mastery and professional experience, and some amazing guitarists aren't willing - or able - to share their secrets. Adam's got all that - and I can't recommend him highly enough.

  – Danny

• January 24, 2011

  

  Adam Levy is not just an incredible musician, but also an extraordinary private instructor. In our lessons Adam gives thoughtful feedback and advice on how to develop solos and comping, betters ones technique and fretboard knowledge, and how to play musically. He does so in a way that leaves me curious and inspired to work on the material we go over in our lessons. He has helped me dig deeper into my I-VI-II-V's and has opened my eyes into how to develop guitar lines among many other things. My lessons with Adam have been exceptional and have taught me how to stay true to the music.
  

  – Molly

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