GUITARS

Ideally, I would like all my students to have a good quality guitar that will produce a beautiful tone. 
I order guitars from a distributor in California named Ruben Flores. He sells guitars from Spain and from China with solid cedar tops in all sizes. I can give you more information on ordering a guitar when I meet you. His prices are lower than you would pay online or in a music store for a solid top guitar.
 If you would like to shop for a guitar yourself, I ask you to spend at least $100. Less expensive guitars are available, but they are hard to learn to play. Reliable name brands of guitars for children are Strunal, Yamaha, Jasmine, and Cordoba. Name brands for full size guitars are too numerous to list here, but it is best to get a guitar with a solid top. Women and teens should consider a 7/8 or "senorita" size guitar as many women classical guitarists today now prefer a smaller size guitar.

If you are purchasing a guitar, I recommend you get a classical guitar with nylon strings. Suzuki students must have a classical guitar.

Music Studio

I teach classical and acoustic guitar.  Most of my students have a classical guitar, that is a guitar with nylon strings.  My students learn to read music and play classical music.  There is a wealth of music written for guitar beginning in the 1800's and up to today, as well as Renaissance and Baroque music transcribed for guitar.  I also teach students to accompany singing while playing chords.

Suzuki Guitar Lessons

I teach guitar to children age 4 and up with the Suzuki method. With the Suzuki method, the parent helps the child practice. 

It is called the mother-tongue method because Dr. Suzuki realized that children could learn music in the same way that they learn to talk from their mothers. 

Children will learn to play guitar before they learn to read music.  Dr. Suzuki was a violinist who taught children as young as 3 years old to play violin.  Now his method has been adapted for many instruments, including classical guitar. 

Students participate in a weekly half hour private lesson and a biweekly group class for an hour.   It is important that children have the correct size classical guitar.  If you are considering guitar lessons for your child, please meet with me before purchasing a guitar.

Recommended parent reading-
Nurtured by Love by Shinichi Suzuki

 

"Music washes away the dust
of every day life."

by Sheri Hilliard Aug 3, 2010

Click here to read what a St. Lucie West mom has to say about Joette and her music studio!

Testimonial:
“Joette is an amazing guitar teacher. She is passionate about her work, sensitive and patient when teaching, and exceptionally skilled at her craft. Over the past year, she has reinforced and in some instances instilled values for my children related to music, including respect, awe and appreciation for the joy of guitar. She is also punctual, a great communicator and is very kind to her students. Anyone with access to her as a teacher is very lucky. She is one of a kind - a true gem. I recommend her unreservedly as a guitar teacher.”
Julie Mullaney, parent of 2 students
November 29, 2009

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, Most High,
To proclaim your kindness at dawn and your faithfulness throughout the night,
With 10 stringed instrument and lyre, with melody upon the harp. Psalm 9