Eric Williams -
Guitar

The guitar is an easy instrument to learn to play but hard to master. With one-on-one lessons I cater to each individual student and their needs. 

Most people want to strum and sing songs that they know and I can help them do that. We learn basic chords then changing chords. Then we play those songs and work on timing and counting as well as strumming patterns and style.

I like to teach the basics. Correct hand position, posture, how to hold the pick are import techniques to instill early because it is easy to get into bad habits if you don’t have a teacher to give you feedback every week. 

For older beginners I like to go through at least Book 1 of a method. I use books like Hal Leonard guitar method to teach music reading and rhythms. Younger beginners, 5 or 6 year olds, I use the FJH Guitar for the Young Beginner Series.

After the foundation is laid, I like to introduce improvisation and ear training (playing by ear) and using pentatonic melodies and scales. For this work we use a blank tab book to write out exercises, songs, riffs, chords and scales to work on, this allows me to tailor the lesson to each student. 

We also work on guitar theory (music math) which includes learning notes and intervals, how the fretboard works, triads, scales usually starting with pentatonic scales which are quite easy on guitar. 

For the last several years I have been using the Guitar Pro Tab program to make digital arrangements for students which I give them to work on. 

A lot of my job is encouraging and trying to inspire the student to develop good practice techniques. Practice is a discipline and daily practice is important. 

- Eric Williams


If you are interested in a lesson with Eric, call us at 281-259-5585 or email info@arbormusic.com