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Music Lessons
🎶 Music Lessons at City Gates – Service Breakdown
Level 1: Spark (Beginner)
Goal: Build excitement, comfort, and foundational skills
Guitar: Intro to open chords, simple strum patterns, finger placement, tuning.
Piano/Keys: Basic scales, hand positioning, simple chord progressions, rhythm exercises.
Drums/Percussion: Basic stick control, simple grooves, keeping steady tempo, intro to fills.
Voice: Breathing techniques, pitch matching, warm-ups, simple melodies.
General Theory: Reading basic notation, rhythm values, understanding scales and keys.
Level 2: Flow (Intermediate)
Goal: Build confidence, creative expression, and technical growth
Guitar: Barre chords, strum variations, fingerpicking patterns, intro to improvisation.
Piano/Keys: Inversions, chord progressions in different keys, arpeggios, dynamics.
Drums/Percussion: Syncopation, intermediate grooves, basic fills, using metronome for timing.
Voice: Harmony, resonance, dynamics, range expansion exercises.
Production: Intro to DAWs (Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools), layering sounds, recording basics.
Music Theory: Circle of fifths, chord families, rhythm subdivisions, song structures.
Level 3: Shine (Advanced)
Goal: Mastery, performance, and professional application
Guitar: Advanced chord voicings, improvisation, soloing techniques, stylistic playing (jazz, rock, worship).
Piano/Keys: Complex chord extensions, modulations, improvisation, performance techniques.
Drums/Percussion: Polyrhythms, advanced fills, stylistic grooves (funk, gospel, rock), live performance skills.
Voice: Advanced control, stylistic interpretation, stage presence, microphone technique.
Production: Multi-track recording, mixing/mastering basics, arranging full songs.
Music Theory: Modes, advanced harmony, songwriting, ear training and transcription.
💡 Bonus Offerings Across All Levels:
Songwriting workshops (individual or group)
Jam sessions with other students
Recording a demo track at City Gates studio
Performance coaching for live settings
🎶 Music Lessons at City Gates – Service Breakdown
Level 1: Spark (Beginner)
Goal: Build excitement, comfort, and foundational skills
Guitar: Intro to open chords, simple strum patterns, finger placement, tuning.
Piano/Keys: Basic scales, hand positioning, simple chord progressions, rhythm exercises.
Drums/Percussion: Basic stick control, simple grooves, keeping steady tempo, intro to fills.
Voice: Breathing techniques, pitch matching, warm-ups, simple melodies.
General Theory: Reading basic notation, rhythm values, understanding scales and keys.
Level 2: Flow (Intermediate)
Goal: Build confidence, creative expression, and technical growth
Guitar: Barre chords, strum variations, fingerpicking patterns, intro to improvisation.
Piano/Keys: Inversions, chord progressions in different keys, arpeggios, dynamics.
Drums/Percussion: Syncopation, intermediate grooves, basic fills, using metronome for timing.
Voice: Harmony, resonance, dynamics, range expansion exercises.
Production: Intro to DAWs (Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools), layering sounds, recording basics.
Music Theory: Circle of fifths, chord families, rhythm subdivisions, song structures.
Level 3: Shine (Advanced)
Goal: Mastery, performance, and professional application
Guitar: Advanced chord voicings, improvisation, soloing techniques, stylistic playing (jazz, rock, worship).
Piano/Keys: Complex chord extensions, modulations, improvisation, performance techniques.
Drums/Percussion: Polyrhythms, advanced fills, stylistic grooves (funk, gospel, rock), live performance skills.
Voice: Advanced control, stylistic interpretation, stage presence, microphone technique.
Production: Multi-track recording, mixing/mastering basics, arranging full songs.
Music Theory: Modes, advanced harmony, songwriting, ear training and transcription.
💡 Bonus Offerings Across All Levels:
Songwriting workshops (individual or group)
Jam sessions with other students
Recording a demo track at City Gates studio
Performance coaching for live settings