KinderGuitar

Fall 2025!

Educate the next generation of guitarists!

A wonderful picture taken by the great photographer Mieke Strand years ago while I was teaching.

I'm so grateful for the parents of my students. I just received this after our spring concert from the mom of a wonderful 6 year old who rocked it today, "Leo is a phenomenal musician with the gift of translating his skills to his students, even young children. My 6 year-old began learning with Leo 9 months ago and now has a tremendous capacity to appreciate music, sight read, and play guitar with delight. He has designed a curriculum, Kinderguitar, that focuses on the unique ability of young children to understand and learn music in an intuitive way, as a form of language. He is a flexible educator and encourages children to experiment, push boundaries and explore the world of music through the structure he creates. I highly recommend Leo for any student’s guitar learning journey!"

Charlie and I playing Sergio Assad's arrangement of Piazzolla's Zita in today's KinderGuitar Spring Concert

Zita (Piazzolla/Arr.Assad) Charlie and Leo play Segio Assad's arrangement of Piazzolla's Zita at the spring KinderGuitar concert

I just came across this picture from either around 2001 just when I had started KinderGuitar. Tomorrow we'll have our spring concert. I think it'll be our 22nd spring concert.

KinderGuitar will soon be updating licensing applications for new teachers with a streamlined version and financial aid to cover the costs of licensing/training! Stay tuned.

On Practicing for Parents.

Kinderguitar – On Practicing… Playing time should consist of a variety of activities. Depending on the amount of time spent playing each day or each week, young students and their parents should mutually agree to prepare for the upcoming lesson and to spend some time refining playing and improving skills. The positive correlatio...

NEWS! Complete Technique Video Course Launch! Six String Journal just seconds ago launched the online video course Complete Technique for Classical Guitar! To celebrate the launch I’ve discounted the course for Six String Journal readers…