Private guitar lessons for Denver kids, teens and adults, at our recording studio in southwest Denver or online from home. We also teach after-school music in five Denver schools.
Every lesson is private guitar instruction, weekly, at a time that fits your week.
Lessons can build on the student’s age, goals and taste in music.
We teach after-school music at Asbury, Bromwell, French American School of Denver, Steck and University Park.
Meet our studio and online teachers. Compare instruments, skills and rates, then get matched.
Online lessons
Acoustic Guitar • Electric Guitar
Online lessons
Guitar
Online lessons
Acoustic Guitar • Classical Guitar • Electric Guitar
Find your teacher, choose a time, and start making music.
Tell us who is learning, their experience, and the days and times that work. Leave your contact details so we can follow up with a teacher recommendation.
A person reads your answers and comes back to you with teachers who suit the student and fit the times you gave us.
Settle on a weekly time with the teacher you pick, and start at our Denver studio.
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Come to Music 4 Humans at 1111 S Pierce St, Denver, CO 80232 for in-person guitar lessons in a working recording-studio setting. Your lesson time is focused on learning the instrument; agree on a weekly schedule and lesson length with your teacher before you begin.
Take guitar lessons in a professional recording studio at Music 4 Humans in southwest Denver.
High ceilings, acoustic panelling and space to move around the instrument.
A full mixing console on the other side of the glass.
Music 4 Humans runs after-school music classes at these Denver schools this year. Private lessons are the next step for students who want more: one teacher, one student, at our studio or online.
Early guitar lessons cover holding the guitar comfortably, tuning it, pressing strings cleanly, and a first few chords with a steady strum. Then come smooth chord changes, simple riffs and picking, and whole songs you can play along to. Fingertips are often sore for the first week or two, and short, regular practice makes it easier.
Young players start on a smaller guitar, often half or three-quarter size, and many on soft nylon strings that are gentle on small fingers. Lessons keep it short and fun: a first chord or two, a steady strum, and songs they know. For a child under about 7, a ukulele is a gentle way in.
What lessons focus on
Teens usually know exactly what they want to play. Lessons can work through the songs and riffs they love, with chord changes, picking, rhythm and some theory, and help them write their own songs or get ready for a band.
What lessons focus on
Adults pick up guitar at every age, often to play the music they grew up with. Lessons start with the few chords and strumming patterns that open up a lot of songs, and build from there at a pace that fits a working week.
What lessons focus on
What to expect when you start guitar lessons in Denver.
Lessons with our guitar teachers start at $24 for a 30-minute lesson. Rates depend on the teacher and the lesson length, and each teacher’s rate is on their profile. Requesting a match is free and does not book or charge anything.
Many children start around 7 or 8, and some start at 5 or 6 on a small guitar. Guitar can be hard on young fingers, because the strings must be pressed down firmly, so look for a child who can hold a small guitar, has some finger strength, and keeps asking to play. Adults can start at any age.
Children’s guitars come in fractions of full size, and sizes vary between makers, so treat ages as a rough guide only. Half size often suits children from about 5 to 8, three-quarter size about 8 to 12, and full size from around 12, but height and arm length matter more than age, so try the guitar if you can. Seated with the guitar on their leg, your child should reach the first fret with the elbow still slightly bent. If they are between sizes, the smaller one is usually easier to play.
Yes. This school year we run after-school music classes at Asbury Elementary, Bromwell Elementary, French American School of Denver, Steck Elementary and University Park Elementary. Sign-up runs through each school, so contact us and we will tell you how it works at yours.
Yes. Every one of our teachers teaches online, so you can learn from home anywhere in Denver. Choose online in the matching form, or ask for the studio if you would rather come in.
Each is a good start. Classical guitars have soft nylon strings, the gentlest on young fingers. Steel-string acoustics are brighter and louder but harder on fingertips at first. Electric guitars have light strings and a slim neck, so many beginners find them easy to press, but they need an amplifier, and many small practice amps have a headphone jack. Choose the one that suits the music the student wants to play.
Yes. Pressing strings is hard on soft fingertips, and the first week or two usually stings. With a little playing most days, the skin toughens into calluses, for many players within two to four weeks, sometimes longer. Short sessions help most. A little tenderness is fine, but stop for a break if it really hurts.
Short sessions on most days work best, especially while fingertips toughen. Two short sessions are kinder to sore fingers than one long one. Tune first, warm up with something you know, spend most of the time on this week’s new chord change or riff, and finish with a song you like.
They can. Teacher profiles list the skills each teacher teaches, such as songwriting, music theory, improvisation and audition preparation, so you can look for a teacher who lists what you want.
The six strings, from the thickest to the thinnest, are E, A, D, G, B and E. A clip-on tuner or a tuner app tells you whether each string is high or low; turn its peg slowly until the note is in tune. Our free guitar tuner, linked in the guides below, works in your browser with your device’s microphone.
In person at our studio at 1111 S Pierce St, Denver, CO 80232, in southwest Denver, or online from anywhere in the city. Choose online in the matching form, or ask for the studio when we follow up.
Complete the four-step matching form with the learner, experience level, availability and contact details. A person reads every request and follows up with teachers who suit the student and the times you gave us.
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Complete four short steps about the student, their experience, your availability and contact details, and we will come back to you with guitar teachers who fit.
A teacher match shaped around your goals and schedule.
