Es To's Profile

Background:

Professional musician (live performer and teacher) based in London. I have been teaching bass guitar (all levels), guitar (beginners), double bass (beginners), music theory/harmony (all levels), music ensemble for 9 years. My study plan includes all you need to improve your skills with the bass guitar, either if you are starting from no knowledge of music, or if you are an experienced player looking forward to pass grades, exams, auditions, etc. In 1-2-1 lessons we'll cover the basic technique of the instrument (and later on advanced techniques as slap and pop, playing with a pick, palm muting, etc.), aural/ear training, solfeggio, studying and playing lots of songs (covering different music styles like jazz, pop, rock, funk, reggae, fusion, soul, blues, R&B, gospel), reading music sheets (treble and bass clef), study of walking bass lines and famous bass riffs, recording and analysing your bass lines, music theory/harmony, scales and arpeggios, composition of melodies, etc. First things to work on for a bass player are timing (ability to keep time accurately) and tone (how you produce sound and how it can change about the positioning of your hands and fingers). Guitar: I like to transform all my musical knowledge in simple steps that anyone can understand and follow even if they are new to the music language and have never played an instrument. If the student is really young, my approach will be more playful and easygoing but still following a method and exercises, with the goal to play from the first lesson easy melodies and then whole songs.