Guitar Lessons · Atwater Village · Los Feliz · Surrounding Areas
In Person & Online Worldwide

Most guitar instruction teaches you what to play. Almost none of it teaches you how.

You can learn the chords online. What you can't find is a teacher who knows the theory and also understands why most students plateau. The fretboard gets taught as 10,000 dots to memorize — patterns without meaning. Here you learn to find the note, know the root, understand what you're reaching for. Rhythm, tone, and feel get the same treatment. All ages, all levels, in person or online.

10,000+
Hours teaching
42 yrs
Playing experience
Matt Rosenfeld — guitar teacher in Atwater Village, Los Angeles
"He is a top level artist. Technique, style, creativity. Matt shines on electric and acoustic — leads and rhythm. Ripping."
Adam Topol — Drummer, Jack Johnson
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Tone before gear

Where you pick changes everything. Most players are searching for tone in gear. It's been in their right hand the whole time.

Guitar is percussion

Rhythm is felt, not counted. Understanding the guitar's percussive nature unlocks groove that scale practice never will.

Foundation first

You cannot put up window treatments without a foundation. Every student, every level, starts by getting the fundamentals actually right.

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