Lessons

Ben offers private guitar instruction at
Coffey Music
in Westminster, MD.
Lessons are 30 minutes once a week;
enrollment is on a month-to-month basis.
Go to the Contact page to get in touch with Ben.



Learn online with Ben at MusicDojo.com
If you can't get to Westminster, you can study online at MusicDojo.com where Ben has debuted the first course in the series "Total Guitar Improvisation." Sign up now and download lessons with music and
TAB, audio examples, play-along tracks, and weekly
live online chat.


Sample lessons,
for your amusement or aggravation:

Click on the titles to go to each lesson:

"Go With It, Go Against It" part 1- an intro to breaking out of ruts with your playing; includes chromatic scale exercises.

"Go With It, Go Against It" part 2- looking at arpeggios in a new way.

"The Things You Do Best..." - the secret to playing fast, smooth and effortlessly is...in this lesson! Includes solo licks from "You Ain't Right."

"The Rhythm Method" - learn about rhythm notation; and another lick from "You Ain't Right."

"Passionate Dynamics" - a fingerstyle lesson, plus general advice about adding expressive qualities to your playing.

"In A Mode Mood" - easy introduction to modes, part 1 of 2.

"In A Mode Mood" Part 2 - putting what you learned in part 1 into practice.