Guitar Lessons Serving Wellesley, Weston, Newton, and Needham
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Our Approach to Guitar Lessons
Are you considering guitar lessons for yourself or your child in Wellesly, Weston, Newton, and Needham? At Your Door Music, your traveling music school brings the instruction to you. Our tremendously skilled teachers have the training (many have studied at Berklee) and real-world experience you’d want in a teacher. Whatever style of guitar you want to learn—from folk to jazz to classical to rock and pop—At Your Door Music can deliver.
We take a well-rounded approach to music instruction. Whatever your goals, we start by teaching proper technique and fundamentals, developing the student into a well-rounded guitarist and musician. And we do all of this in the comfort of your own home. A unique quality of the guitar is its versatility. Guitars are used in many styles and can be found all over popular and commercial music. They’re also ubiquitous in folk music across dozens of world cultures. And they appear on the finest classical concert stages, played by tuxedoed professionals backed by symphony orchestras. With this many directions for guitarists to go in, it’s easy to see how approaches to teaching the instrument can differ greatly. Our teachers cater the lesson to each individual student’s needs while ensuring proper fundamental skills are being mastered.
Guitar Lessons Should Be Fun!
We all know the feeling: you hear your favorite song come on and you can’t resist the urge to play along on your air guitar! Here at At Your Door Music, we can help you convert your musical fantasies into reality – while preserving that irresistible sense of joy you feel when playing along. We want each of our students to LOVE their musical experience with us!
Whether you come to us planning on becoming the next Jimi Hendrix or simply wanting to play songs around the campfire with your friends, our top-notch instructors will help you progress quickly toward your goals while ensuring you have fun along the way.
We Emphasize Healthy Technique
Regardless of your ultimate goals, our teachers will prioritize strong fundamentals including proper posture, hand positioning, chords, fretting, picking, and strumming. As students progress, these basics will become second nature – and serve as the foundation from which students can apply their skills across a variety of genres and styles.
We want our guitar students to be literate, well-rounded musicians. Beginners and seasoned performers alike will find value in our approach at At Your Door Music, coupling technical instruction with elements of music theory and music history in each lesson.
We Care About Your Musical Interests
Your unique interests and background will help guide your experience at At Your Door Music. We teach beginners, intermediate, and advanced students who are interested in a variety of styles – including rock, jazz, classical, pop, blues, and more. Whether you’re inspired by modern day singer-songwriters or the rockers of the 1970s, we can’t wait to get started with you!
Our seasoned instructors will draw upon years of playing, performing, and teaching experience to guide you in improving your skills and exploring the many possibilities of your instrument, and advancing toward your goals at a pace that works for you.
Our Guitar Teachers:
We know there are plenty of avenues to learn guitar, from YouTube tutorials to your friend, neighbor, or cousin who plays in a band. Why should you choose At Your Door Music instead?
The answer is simple. Every teacher in our studio models patience, enthusiasm, and kindness with their students. We are all united behind our philosophy that music learning must be both educational and enjoyable, because inspired students achieve inspired results.
Beyond that, you don’t have to worry about fighting traffic to get to a studio that’s on the other side of town—because we come to you!
Zayde Buti
Guitar
Zayde Buti is a Boston-based artist who makes perFART musicomedy – performance art, music and comedy in a blender. He holds a BFA from the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at Massachusetts
Elias Cottle
Guitar
Elias Cottle is a Boston based guitarist and music educator with a broad range of stylistic influences ranging from both European and Middle Eastern classical music to contemporary sounds, such as jazz,
WEEKLY 60 MIN
$86
Lesson
Personalized, in-home music lesson to help students develop and improve skills.
What you can expect
1. Tell us about your musical goals.
2. Match with one of our expert instructors.
3. Play music! Parents get progress reports.
Common Questions
Margaret Gallerani | Parent
“Both my sons have taken music lessons (drums and guitar) from At Your Door Music for the past six years. The quality and talent of their instructors have exceeded my expectations. The program is extremely well organized. AYDM program Director, Andrew Berke, is easy to reach, and is always thoughtful when matching students to instructors. Our experience continues to be excellent!”