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I've been taking blues guitar lessons as an absolute beginner with Pete for over a month now and I love it. Pete has a great song-based teaching style - I love learning what I'm listening to. He...
Pete Madsen
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801 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
Pete Madsen is a renowned guitar educator based in Berkeley, CA, offering a wide range of classes and resources for aspiring blues guitarists. With a focus on acoustic blues guitar, Pete's classes cover various techniques, including fingerpicking, slide guitar, and improvisation. His online classes provide comprehensive instruction on topics such as pentatonic scales, playing styles of influential blues artists like Robert Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt, and the CAGED system for navigating the fretboard. Pete also conducts in-person classes at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, where students can learn about chord inversions and blues fingerpicking. Additionally, Pete has authored a book, "A Guide to Acoustic Blues Guitar Volume II," featuring forty songs and exercises to enhance one's acoustic blues repertoire.
With a dedication to guitar education, Pete Madsen's expertise and passion for blues guitar shine through in his classes, providing students with valuable knowledge and skills to excel in their musical journey.
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5.08 reviews
Matt V.
6/18/2013
I have been playing and taking lessons from various guitar teachers for about 6 years. Pete is by far the most well rounded instructor I have come onto so far. Very well organized, sends audio...
Art R.
7/28/2010
I'm a beginning guitar player and have been Pete's student for a few months and wanted to write him up here because I couldn't imagine having found a better teacher. I tried a few other people...
david w.
2/2/2015
Pete really helped jumpstart my guitar playing career. When you're starting out you have so many questions that just can't be answered on the internet - you need an experienced instructor to help...
Oren L.
1/31/2016
I have taken group lessons with Pete. AWESOME! My friends who have lots more experience playing the guitar have taken private lessons and love it!
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