What You'll Learn
Every lesson is shaped around the player in front of me — but this is the ground we cover. Guitar and vocals, first chord to extreme technique, in-person in Tikkurila (Helsinki area) or online worldwide.
Guitar Lessons
Beginner
Foundation & Basics
- Guitar anatomy, posture, and tuning basics
- Open chords, power chords, and introductory barre chords
- Strumming patterns and rhythm fundamentals
- Reading guitar tablature (tabs)
- Essential scales — Major, Minor, Pentatonic
- Basic fingerpicking and pick control
Advanced
Mastery & Specialization
- Advanced articulation: sweep picking, two-handed tapping, hybrid picking
- Picking techniques: downward picking, upward picking, pick slanting
- Different methods of approaching the fretboard
- Progressive, heavy metal, and technical guitar stylings
- Navigating complex time signatures and polyrhythms
- Applied music theory: modes, chord extensions, and voice leading
- Improvisation, soloing, and song arrangement
- Various methods of recording
- Tone creation via amp modelers or VST plugins
Vocal Lessons
Beginner
Core Mechanics
- Breath control and diaphragmatic support
- Pitch matching and foundational ear training
- Vocal health, warm-ups, and cool-downs
- Identifying vocal range and natural tone
- Basic phrasing and introductory harmony
- Standard microphone technique
Advanced
Stylistic & Extreme Vocals
- Seamless blending of chest, head, and mixed voice
- Safe execution of harsh vocals — fry screaming, false chord, growling
- Specialized techniques: throat singing and Indian phrasing
- Recording techniques and building up the vocal production
- Complex rhythmic phrasing and vocal percussion (e.g. Konnakol)
- Studio recording preparation and live stamina conditioning
Where do you want to start?
No two students arrive at the same place. Tell me what you play, what you listen to, and what you want to be able to do — the first session maps the route from there.