Learn something you already love!
ABOUT ME
My name is Tim. I got married in 1999 and have four awesome boys. I love God. I also love teaching guitar. I have been playing since the late 1900s and enjoy the ability to just get out my guitar and music book and play whatever song I feel like playing. I’ve enjoyed many a family event where my cousin, my uncle and myself have been asked to bring our guitars and play a few sing a long songs with everyone.
Guitar lessons are given once a week, for half an hour. I teach guitar on Tuesdays and Thursdays from an office at my home, located in Nampa, about five minutes off the freeway at 7475 E. Nottingham Lane, 83687.
I also teach lessons on Wednesdays at a location in Eagle! Please email me at timplaster@mac.com for more information.
My curriculum has been written from the ground up, by me, myself and I, based on my experience with students and what motivates people to maintain the desire to play guitar.
$35 per 30 minute lesson
- One on one instruction
- Review of last week’s practice
- Practice for the next week
- Question and answer
- Instruction on technique, styles and guitar basics
- Chord and instrument explanation
- Overcoming physical obstacles and bad habits
- We use your favorite songs to learn guitar
- Strum pattern instruction and learning rhythm
- Learn to sing and play
Guitars for girls
A lot of my students over the years have purcahsed a guitar from Luna Guitars. They have great service, made in America, and offer great products and great pricing! They have unique designs on their guitars, and some amazing colors to choose from! They have acoustic guitars that plug in (electric-acoustic), as well as ukuleles.
Here are some photos of Luna Guitars and the different styles they offer, and here’s a link to lunaguitars.com.
Guitars for anyone
While Luna Guitars does have guitars for both guys and girls, these designs aren’t for everyone. So there are some great brands for some awesome looking guitars as well. Here are some great middle of the line guitar brands that provide some great guitars.
Fender | Epiphone | Yamaha
A good rule of thumb whether buying new or used is that you get what you pay for! Feel free to text me a picture or link if you find something that you have a question on.
Top Line Guitars
These are guitars that cost in the thousands. But they play like guitars that cost in the thousands. These are great guitars that really keep their value and last a long time if well maintained! Here are some of the top brand names.
Taylor | Martin | Gibson
Remember, a good rule of thumb whether buying new or used is that you get what you pay for! Feel free to text me a picture or link if you find something that you have a question on.
Weekly schedule. Please email me at timplaster@mac.com if you have questions or would like to change your time slot for the week.
Locations
mondays in middleton
1070 W Main St. Suite C
Tuesdays in Nampa
7475 E. Nottingham Lane, 83687
Wednesdays in eagle
39391 N Triple Ridge Pl.
Congratulations on your new (or maybe old) endeavor with the guitar! Thank you for the opportunity to share with you (or your child) what I have learned through my experience in playing guitar.
I love music, and guitar, and I hope to show you how to take your love for music and give you the ability to play it anytime you want, anywhere you want, with whoever you want, and however you want.
I do have a few requirements to make things easier and to help you keep track of what you know.
1. Payment schedule – I have a certain number of 30 minute slots available during the week, and each student “reserves” that time with me by paying for that slot. Therefore, I ask that you pay for the entire month at the first lesson for the month. If you know that you will miss a lesson before paying for it, simply deduct that amount from the total and let me know that you aren’t going to make it and I will open the slot for someone else if necessary. Lessons are $35/half hour. I accept/prefer Venmo for payments.
If you are able to notify me 48 hours before an absence, you will receive a full refund on that lesson. If you can let me know at least 24 hours before your lesson, I will credit you half of the lesson cost. You will not receive a refund if it is less than 24 hours notice of your absence. I realize that may be impossible sometimes, but I have a waiting list on Wednesdays of people who are waiting to learn guitar. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
2. A three ring binder – We will print out a bunch of songs that you can add to your notebooks all the time. Please bring one three ring binder.
A guitar – Maybe you want to wait to see how much you can learn and how much you enjoy it before investing $300 plus, on an instrument. Taylor and Martin guitars are some of the best out there, but they also cost an arm and a leg. Some of the best mid-range priced and great quality guitars I’ve seen can be found at lunaguitars.com Costco also offers an acoustic and electric guitar that are great, but they are seasonal.
3. Progress – Each student will receive a progress “worksheet”, which can be filled out each week with what to work on for the week. This will assist in me remembering what homework is assigned as well as progress for parents as far as what to ask to hear their child play.
Song list – It’s important to have a list of songs that you love, to learn while we’re learning chords. Songs that will help motivate you to practice the chords and strum patterns and styles that we’re learning. Please come to the first lesson with a list of at least five songs to start with. I will use those to get you going.
4. Practice – I will give two assignments for you to work on during the week. I ask that you do each of the two assignments ten times before we meet again. Sometimes these assignments will take thirty seconds, sometimes they are four minute songs. The idea is to get you to take out your guitar a few times during the week. And it turns out that those thirty second to four minute practice times can turn into thirty minutes to an hour! It helps to leave your guitar out on a stand or somewhere that you can just grab it and play. I will also tell you about a few websites that you can visit to get virtually any song you can think of, and I’ll teach you how to find it in the right chords and print it out for your notebook.
If you have any questions before your first lesson, my cell number is 208-813-5001 and you can call me (almost) anytime. I look forward to getting together and playing music with you!!!
Tim Plaster