 | I offer lessons in:- Bluegrass Fiddle
- Acoustic Guitar
- Jazz Guitar
- Electric / Rock Guitar
- Slide Guitar
- Bluegrass Mandolin
- Basic Music Theory
- Intermediate Music Theory
- Advanced Music Theory
- Jazz Violin
I also have these skills: - Audio Engineering
- Audio Production
- Irish Traditional Fiddle
- Harmonica
- Irish Mandolin
- Ukelele
- Bluegrass Upright Bass
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Roger Ferguson | Offering private lessons in
Bainbridge Island, Washington |
Hi ~
Thanks for looking me up - I love to teach (share) and have been teaching now for over 30 years - (yes, I started young)
I grew up in a musical family from Missouri and cut my teeth on old Bill Monroe 45's. Bob Wills, Don Reno, Doc Watson and Django are some of my early influences. In 1979, I won first place in the National Flatpick Guitar Championship - "placed" in the semi-finals on mandolin. I toured nationally for two years with The Shoppe playing fiddle, mandolin, electric and acoustic guitar. We regularly opened for Country Music headliners like Merle Haggard, Doug Kershaw, and Emmylou Harris.
I have been teaching music since 1978. I teach guitar, mandolin, fiddle and bass from many styles: flatpick, country/bluegrass, Carter style, cross-picking, Travis/Atkins finger style, single-note swing improvisation, chord melodies, finger style blues, etc. (and classic rock, of course).
Many of my guitar lessons have been published in Guitar Player Magazine. One was even selected for the book, Licks and Lessons from the World's Greatest Guitar Players and Teachers -- where I'm proud to be acclaimed one of the "finest pickers and teachers on the planet" along with other contributors including; Steve Vai, Al Dimeola, John McLaughlin, BB King etc.
I teach at music camps as my schedule allows including the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, the Northwest Regional Folk Life Festival, and Sorrento Bluegrass Workshops. I still teach guitar and bass at Olympic College (Poulsbo campus) where at age nineteen - as a music major - I joined the adjunct faculty team. I play in several working bands and teach private students at my home studio on Bainbridge Island, WA. I also offer interactive internet lessons with video using the new SKYPE conferencing software (a free download) so I can teach anyone anywhere.
My musical training includes two years of classical performance, composition and analysis at Olympic College, with private instruction by Don Mock, of the Guitar Institute of Technology. Two years of Jazz improvisation with Floyd Standifer (previously w/Quincy Jones) and two years of performance with Jeff Morrison, former head of the jazz re-harmonization department at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
I have both; beginners and professional musicians as students - so feel free to contact me for more information on my teaching style and/or approach.
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FEE SCHEDULE:
$50.00 per hour.
LOCATION/AREA: North Kitsap Peninsula (short drive from Bainbridge ferry)
Poulsbo on Thursdays - at Olympic College -
Bainbridge Island on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays - at HighRez Studio
My teaching schedule remains fairly full, as I also allow time for performing and recording. BTW... I am available for recording on your CD or other project. In addition to having recorded on countless cds, I've also composed and recorded on over twenty nationally broadcast documentaries. I can record my part to your song in my studio and send it to you to be mixed. I use "Digital Performer" and can deliver in many formats.
Look forward to hearing from you,
Roger
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