Pro Guitarist with Over 20 Years' Teaching Experience - Guitar Lessons Ithaca (14850 and surrounding)

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The criteria for evaluating the guitar lessons goes way beyond price and location, even though those are usually the first items that prospective students ask about, only because they are the most obvious. It's simply not realistic to compare guitar lessons based on price because if teacher A charges 1/3 more than teacher B but gets you where you want to go in 1/2 the time, you save a bit of money in the short-term, and massive amounts of money in the long-term. (See the article "How to Cut the High Cost of Cheap Guitar Lessons.")

Students who have studied elsewhere typically tell us with gratitude and enthusiasm. The bottom line is how fast students reach their musical goals, and how much fun they have along the way. And if those two things are strongly in place, then ‘cost’ really means ‘a very worthwhile investment.’

Going further, the real value of learning anything can really only be measured in your being able to use it. Too many teachers do not balance short-term victories with long-term focus. Not only does Guitar Lessons Ithaca deliver things students want, but we also give them things they need but don't necessarily think of. These can include being able to implementation, integration, consistency, performance skills, ear training, etc.

Many students who come to our school who have studied elsewhere frequently have become lopsided in their overall musicianship by just learning 1 aspect of guitar, simply because they don't know that lack of skills in other areas is now holding them back. Sadly, their other teachers just never told them. We fix imbalances and install real-world, well-rounded musicianship skills directly into the mind and hands of this kind of student.

Our whole business strategy is to offer way more value than we receive in order to keep long-term satisfied customers, gain referrals, and most importantly, have the opportunity to truly change people's lives in a meaningful and productive way.