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MARK CAVINESS Personalized ONLINE Guitar Lessons

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“I Can Help You Learn Guitar!” in the simplest way.My specialty is “Personalized Guitar Lessons”and I have taught thousands of Guitar Lessons in Los Angeles,CA. and Nashville ,TN. and Online too. I have a lot of patience and experience and can help you to advance much quicker than you can by yourself. (You may find that you can get a sense of what I’m about as an Instructor by reading the Reviews on this page about me from present and previous Students.) I am a former Guitar Instructor at Musician’s Institute (Guitar Institute of Technology) in Los Angeles,CA. and have also taught at numerous music stores. I am currently teaching ONLINE Only and really want to help you learn what you want to learn. I teach all styles of Lead and Rhythm Electric and Acoustic guitar including Classic Rock(Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc.) Blues, Fingerstyle (Landslide,Stairway to Heaven,etc) Country,Jazz,Folk,etc. I encourage people to suggest songs that they like.. I can listen to it and figure it out and then show you your favorite riffs or the chords and rhythm etc..I can have you playing the basic parts to “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd pretty quickly or another song or riff. I knew Ed King guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who wrote and played the great guitar parts on Sweet Home Alabama. He showed me how to play some parts of it correctly. He heard me play “I Know a Little” by Lynyrd Skynyrd and sent me a message that “my version beat his version!!”I was thrilled to get that from him!!! (You can hear me play it on this site under videos). I have Great Reviews on Thumbtack. I'm very flexible to accommodate different people’s schedules.. afternoons, evenings,etc. can be worked out..I have a lot of experience and enjoy teaching. I recommend weekly 30 minute lessons if you have not been playing long and 1 hour lessons for intermediate and more advanced players. I want the lessons to be enjoyable for both of us :) I look forward to working with you! Mark I like meeting new people.. and seeing the different ways that people learn.. sometimes theres more than one right way to do something.. I promote individuality in your guitar playing...Thanks! Mark
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Hired 3 times

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26 years in business

Business hours

SunClosedMon12:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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Services offered
Interested musical styles

Rock

Blues

Country

Folk

Guitar type

Acoustic

Electric

Work location

I work remotely (phone or internet)

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Joe R.

Jul 30, 2020

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Jeff W.

Jul 28, 2020

I considered myself a decent rhythm guitar player who liked to sing until I started taking lessons with Mark. Whether you are looking to strengthen your pick hand, learn those finger breaking chords, or finger bleeding solos, Mark can help you get there. I thought that better understanding theory would make me a better player (which it has), but Mark showed me a lot of bad habits I had fallen prey to as well. I highly recommend spending as much time with Mark as you can. If you put in the time, he can get you where you want to be with your playing.
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Jeff, your Acoustic guitar playing has Greatly improved! You get a really nice fingerpicked or picked sound on your guitar that blends very well with your excellent voice! Your musical taste is broad which always makes it a pleasure to work together! Thank you for the compliments!
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Chris G.

Jun 15, 2013

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Mark is great and his teaching style is just what I need!!!! He is a awesome guitar player and I know I will learn a lot from him. Anyone would benefit from his teaching!!!!
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Kody P.

Apr 18, 2013

Ever since I started taking lessons my plaing has improved greatly. I would highly recommend Mark to anyone wanting to play guitar.
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Lance M.

Apr 18, 2013

Finding Mark as a guitar teacher was a blessing! I had a strong desire about 2 years ago to learn guitar. I got inspired while backpacking around Central and South America. I met tons of people from all over the world with diverse cultures and languages. Seemed that everyone though shared the love and language of music. Communication through sound! I came back and got a guitar teacher. I was with him for 6 months and basically wanted to quit because of his teaching methods and energy. Then I found Mark! Mark reinvigorated my desire to learn guitar out first lesson when I hit a power cord to "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones. Mark's mellow nature gives him a lot of patience and will put any beginner at ease. He also likes to challenge me which has advanced me faster than i could have imagined. Guitar has become a full on passion for me. 2 thumbs up for my man Mark!!!
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