aking guitar lessons with Alexander Therrien helped me develop my musical potential in a fast, simple and effective way. As an experienced guitarist who played a lot, he was able to provide me with practical exercises, and this regardless of scope. Moreover, his mastery of several styles allows him to have a broader view of the instrument. Since I know Alexander, I became a much better guitar player, I have more knowledge and I am a better musician overall. Looking back at it, I think it is my open-mindedness that has benefited the most from his teaching.
His teaching methods are modern and benefits to the student as much as the teacher. The material is presented logically and has always been oriented toward my personal goals.
Friday, 29 October 2010 05:00 | Written by Alexandre Therrien | |
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e prends des cours de guitare avec Mathieu depuis quelques semaines et, déjà, j'ai pu noter une nette amélioration dans mon jeu. Je joue de la guitare depuis plusieurs années et j'avais « de la misère » à progresser. Dès le début des cours, Mathieu m'a aidé à définir mes objectifs et m'a enseigner une méthode claire, structurée et très efficace pour m'améliorer. De fait, les résultats se sont fait sentir très rapidement. Par ailleurs, Québec Guitare offre un large éventail d'outils extrêmement utiles tels qu'un grand nombre exercices sur papier et/ou vidéo, des feuilles de théories, des trames de support (Backing tracks) et autres qui permettent de pratiquer de manière plus efficace. En somme, je suis très satisfait des cours reçus et les services de Mathieu répondent exactement à mes attentes et même plus!
Friday, 08 October 2010 14:42 | Written by Alexandre Therrien | |
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e joue de la guitare depuis plusieurs années et ce, de façon autodidacte.J'avais envie d'en apprendre davantage pour élargir mes horizons musicaux et mieux comprendre ce que je fais. Comme j'ai déjà de l'expérience de scène en interprétation, je voulais en connaitre plus sur la théorie musicale et l'improvisation. C'est ce que je réussis à trouver avec les leçons de guitare en ligne personnalisées d'Alexandre sur le site de QuébecGuitare.com. Ses leçons sont très bien bâties et elles s'adaptent facilement à nos buts musicaux. Quand on est occupé par le travail, la famille et la tournée des bars et festivals, c'est tout une alternative d'avoir accès aux cours par Internet. On peut y aller à notre rythme. La méthode d'Alexandre de diviser chaque leçon en différents modules rend aussi la tâche beaucoup plus claire pour l'assimilation de nouveau matériel.
Friday, 08 October 2010 14:42 | Written by Julie Gosselin | |
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ugo ROCHE, 10 ans :
« Je ne savais pas que la guitare était si difficile, mais avec Julie j'apprends vite et facilement. Après seulement 7 cours, j'ai pu faire une présentation devant ma classe et impressionner mes amis. Julie est patiente, très gentille et en même temps elle sait insister pour que je n'aille pas trop vite et que je prenne le temps d'apprendre toutes les techniques correctement. J'aime quand on joue ensemble, c'est le fun! »
Les parents :
« Nous avons beau chercher quelques critiques à exprimer pour être plus objectifs, nous n'en trouvons aucune! Dès notre premier contact avec Québec Guitare, ça n'a été qu'une suite de satisfactions : très réactifs, chaleureux, efficaces et conciliants. Julie se déplace jusqu'à notre domicile pour donner une heure de cours à notre garçon de 10 ans, et ça passe vite!! Les progrès sont fulgurants, le plaisir toujours au rendez-vous, et le talent de Julie une source constante d'inspiration. Ses qualités pédagogiques et sa parfaite maîtrise de la méthode McKinnon, utilisée pour l'apprentissage, savent renforcer la confiance d'Hugo et soutenir sa motivation.
Pour terminer, le système d'évaluation en ligne nous permet de suivre en détail l'évolution du cheminement, c'est excellent! »
Dès notre premier contact avec Québec Guitare, ça n'a été qu'une suite de satisfactions : très réactifs, chaleureux, efficaces et conciliants. Julie se déplace jusqu'à notre domicile pour donner une heure de cours à notre garçon de 10 ans, et ça passe vite!!
Thursday, 07 October 2010 02:33 | Written by Alexandre Therrien | |
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a formule de cours par correspondance me plaît énormément! Je reçois une leçon tous les mois qui inclut une instruction audio personalisée et des vidéos de chacun des exercices. Chaque leçon contient assez de matériel à pratiquer pour tout un mois. Alexandre a bien cerné mes besoins dès le début et je suis impressionné par sa disponibilité pour répondre à mes questions.
Wednesday, 06 October 2010 17:19 | Written by Julie Gosselin | |
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ulie est mon professeur depuis deux sessions. J'avais hâte de continuer mes cours, car j'aime la guitare et Julie me transmet sa passion de la musique. Lorsqu'elle est avec moi pendant les 45 minutes que dure mon cours, ensemble nous repassons les pièces apprises et les commentaires qu'elle me donne m'aident à progresser.
NOM: Amélie Lavoie Cloutier Membre depuis: 2009 Spécialisation: Guitare classique débutante Service: Cours privés Québec
J'ai envie de continuer à apprendre et à progresser encore et je crois qu'avec Julie j'y arriverai.
Thursday, 10 June 2010 01:34 | Written by Audrey Beaudoin | |
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yant plus ou moins de connaissance en guitare, mais une grande motivation à apprendre, j'ai décidé l'hiver dernier de suivre des cours de guitare avec Alexandre.
II m'a également transmis beaucoup d'outils afin d'être autonome dans mes apprentissages. De plus, les cours et les discussions étaient agréables et pertinentes.
Merci mille fois !
Au plaisir de partager la musique avec toi encore !
J'ai d'abord été grandement impressionnée par son talent, mais aussi par sa grande facilité à vulgariser ses connaissances et adapter ces cours aux intérêts des élèves avec qui il travail.
he Private Guitar Lesson with web support is a great way to get rid of bad habits that has taken over time. A good opportunity also to discipline one self to open up to new horizons in order to say what we say with the instrument. The Guitar Lesons are oriented towards the student's goals, and the concepts crucial to allow the musician to evolved are thought from the begining. I got rid of one of my biggest frustrations which was not to be able to translate my ideas into music. I have been through the guitar program of Alexander, the pillars you have to know in music theory and practice to lead to good improvisation skils, accompanying, composing, playing well, quickly, slowly, with the right expression are things that I acheived through that guitar program. Over time and with changes in my musical horizons, I could always find what I wanted with Alexander. The choice to take guitar lessons is in my view an essential investment for a serious musician who wishes fulfilled and see concrete results. The satisfaction to become a better musician lesson after lesson is priceless.
The Guitar Lessons with Alexander Therrien helped me take good habits in my daily guitar routine, which is priceless to me! The things being done with the right habits, I could move to a much higher level and really do what I wanted to do with that knowledge.
fter a certain period of inactivity came back to guitar. I have revisited all my guitar techniques. From A to Z! Whatever the number of hours that I could spend on the electric guitar I was doing very small progress to no progress at all. How do I know? While analysing my guitar playing in my band and trying to improve my technique without success. Now I hear clearly the sound I produce, really! In 2 weeks, I have grown much more than 2 months with the old technique. I even started to compose for my band ... I had not done it for a long time. Thanks to Alex!
All along the line, you were right. A bad picking habit kept me from progressing.
eing self-taught guitarist since age 7, I decided to inquire for guitar lessons last year but the teachers in my area had not the experience or knowledge that I was looking for. So I turned to Correspondence Guitar Lessons with QuebecGuitare.com. Alex has an excellent web support; if I have questions about the material he sent me, he will reply very quickly to all of my questions. A professional approach, oriented towards my goals, flexible enough to help me in my ever evolving goals for probably a few years.
This is by far the most comprehensive lessons and the most organized Guitar Program that I had the opportunity to receive. After only a few lessons, I could already see a serious improvement in my technique and in my theoretical understanding. The Correspondence Guitar Lessons method of teaching suits me even better than private lessons since I can review video files, audio lecture and music transcription at my own pace, anytime without having to meet a schedule.
took PrivateGuitar Lesson with web support with Alexander Therrien for almost a year while I was finishing my high school degree. I was playing, or rather ''scratching' 'a little acoustic guitar, songs I had been learning all alone up to there. Another interesting aspect of the course is that it is a very personalized approach. He worked according to my personal goals, which I found VERY stimulating.
Alexander focused on my technical flaws at first, made me work on them one by one and this is how I really made great progress.
t is a very personalized approach for students. It gave me the opportunity to greatly advance my guitar playing and compositional skils. I recommend this teaching to people wishing to realize their creative projects and also to those wishing to develop to improve their technique.
This course allowed me to structure my composition ideas. I learned new techniques on guitar, new theoretical concept and practical knowledge about music which were in line with my own projects.
uitarist since my 11th years I learned to play electric guitar selfh thought for some time. I was helped by friends and music teachers to learn about music software and the technology, but to understand the theory was alot more difficult to assimilate for me. I never was assisted by professional guitarists before 2008. Somtimes It use to take me to the wrong path and it was just simple things that prevented me from moving forward.
Generally, even when I managed to get out well with time and perseverance, I always was disapointed with my skils when I was seeing my buddies evolve faster than me and I wondered why I was not progressing as fast as them.
have been playing the guitar for a few years for pure pleasure. I enjoy playing different styles, both old classics, folk, blues, acoustic rock, classical, and finally I became interested in Flamenco. As it is a very technical style I decided to join in Alexander guitar program. I was totally satisfied! I followed a condensed session but it allowed me to have the basics of flamenco for me to practice this style and have fun in the process. Thereby, improve by myself. He taught me many basic techniques and provided me with appropriate exercises and written explanations, which helped me a lot (the guy did not have much memory, what can you do heh...). As I always I learned by myself, it also gave me some theoretical concepts to help me better understand what I was doing and thus help to improve myself even faster.
Alexander was able to understand my needs as a student, I wanted to learn but in order to have fun with it, so he knew how to push me enough to learn more but not too much to do to discourage me. He has adapted his program to my learning pace.
see more and more links to be made between violin and guitar: For example, the principles of voicing and pentatonic scales allowed me to better understand music in general and so my perception of music has improved. Thus, applying them on the violin. My approach to this instrument improves as a two for one! As a long time violinist and beginner guitarist, I came up with the idea that I could improve both technique at the same time, but also learn elements of music theory. Taking guitar lessons with Alexander Therrien has many advantages: not only the courses are personnalized to the student but also the web support is very good. Until now, my improvisation and the technical skils are the one that are most affected. Thus an approach that I recommend to anyone who wants to improve their guitar playing.
What prompted me to take lessons with Alexander was his great structural method and so far his education has exceeded my expectations. Everything he taught me on guitar, be it technical, rhythmic, or theoretical, I also of use to the violin.
reetings to all musicians who stumbled on this website by accident: you just found a unique way to facilitate your musical development! I've always been a self-taught guitarist for 7-8 years and I needed to find something to facilitate my guitar learning because it sometimes take someone to show you the right path. I found the website QuébecGuitare by searching on the internet, I have filled up the online form and then 2 days later I already had a meeting with Alex. You explain your goals to him, what you want to learn and he will build a guitar program for you by targeting problems and finding proper solutions. For my part, I was looking for theoretical concepts explanations on scales and mode that I missed and I had some constructive criticism to allow me to progress. Basically, if it tempts you to learn in a relaxed environnement with a competent teacher and passionate about teaching, I would advise you to try these lesson.
The Private Guitar Lesson wih Web Support is a great way to learn the guitar and practice from your house as if the teacher was there.
ith the website QuebecGuitare.com I finally get a customized approach that meets my exact needs. Moreover, the web support provides everthing that facilitates my task given my lack of time to travel. Alexander has quickly identify my needs and the solutions I needed to improve my guitar playing. The videos are clear and precise and they are easily integrated into my guitar routine. If you want to enrich your guitar playing effectively and rapidly, I strongly recommend you try the formula with Québecguitare.com, you will not be disappointed!
Since I started the program with this site, my playing experience have greatly improved with simple techniques that gives me autonomy and incredible improvisation potential.
Hello to every guitar aficionado guitar! Let me introduce myself; Philip Carrier, I've been playing the guitar for 7 years. I started in music as a drummer in a band in high school, then catching the wave of the 6 strings! Before taking lessons with Alexander, I had taken private lessons from an amature teacher in my neighborhood without much progress. However, the Private Guitar Lesson Program with web Support offered at QuebecGuitare.com is awesome! Alex targets your weaknesses and solutions to help you move faster towards your goals. Basically, the lessons are like a personnal portfolio that is being built gradually as the it evolves with you. Isn't wonderful? I could not ask for better!
In each private lesson, Alex monitor your practice and record live exercises with his camcorder.
racticing guitar with Alexander allowed me to release a technical impasse that lasted for years. It was good to find and isolate problems in my technique so I could fix things and move foward. He has demonstrated patience and understanding from my development. The guitar lessons with Alex has been a great help to my understanding of music theory, in composition / solos and for my technique and dexterity on the guitar. I was attending the program at a difficult period of my life in which I had little time and am irregular schedule, but I still made a big step forward in the guitar, and all thanks go to the Private Guitar Lesson with web support Program.
These lessons gave me back confidence in my music and my in ability to do something good with my guitar.
started playing the guitar a few years ago, when my sister in law kindly lent me hers. After learning a few songs by myself here and there, I felt the need to go further to deepen my knowledge in music. I tried many methods, but I was getting stuck! This is when I started looking for a guitar teacher who could give me a course suited to my goals. As the flamenco guitar attracted me, I chose to take my classes with Alexander Therrien. Flamenco technique, improvisation, music theory, rhythm and movement of fingers, I always have many things to look at when it comes to practice after my tutoring sessions with Alexander.
Fortunately, having access to my video courses also gives me the advantage to review the concepts and exercises that have been seen, greatly facilitating my learning. Alexander teaches guitar with passion and patience, which allowed me to grow and always makes me want to continue because there is still much to learn with him!
Friday, 12 September 2008 07:24 | Written by Jean Perreault | |
Name: Jean Perreault
Member since: 2003-Present Lead Guitar Technique
Flamenco Guitar
Cubase SX Production
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Why did I choose Québecguitare.com? From 1998 to 2002, before Alexander moved out from the suburb, we had the pleasure to hear him practice for hours and times in his backyard. Late summer 2003, I learned that this former neighbor who handled both the Flamenco that heavy metal was also a teacher. The only problem was that he was in very high demand for guitar lessons. So there was an initial meeting to assess whether or not he had time to help me I remember telling him then that my goal was to be able one day to move my fingers on the guitar as the letters of a text is written. Instinctively, inspired with the only concern to develop a style that goes in the direction that inspires me. I'm a member of Alex's classes ever since. And I have never ceased to improve my technique and my overall playing
This summer I even have a neighbor (a new one) who asked me if I was the one he had the plaisure to hear him play the guitar outside in from his backyard ... It's was me, from his suburban yard that was now the delight of others.
ince I took guitar lessons with Alexander Therrien I greatly improved my ability to improvise especially through tapping in pentatonic scales, tapping arpeggios and how to build solos and riffs for my band. Thanks to the mode, scale and voicing analysis (tonic + third + fifth) it helps me a lot at school for my Dixie Land Band to find good guitar arrangement for my parts.
Name : Emily Lavoie-Lepine
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Julie Gosselin - Enfants & Adultes - Québec
François Bard-Laflamme - Guitare Classique - Sillery & Lévis
François Pruneau-Réhel - Cours de Guitare Acoustique/Électrique - Saint-Sauveur - Québec
Yanick Jacques - Électrique / Flamenco / Classique - Beauport
