Mister John’s Music’s kids’ instrument classes are designed to make learning a musical instrument fun! In group guitar or piano, your child will learn in a supportive group environment with qualified, dedicated instructors. And they get to choose the music that they want to play! Using a combination of performance skills, music theory, and composing exercises, classes at the studio boosts your child’s confidence to perform in front of a group and participate in a team. After all, a band is a team! Group classes are an inexpensive alternative to private lessons and a great way for kids to learn an instrument alongside peers who share their interests. Currently, the studio offers group classes in guitar and piano with ukulele, percussion, and choir soon to follow.
KIDS GUITAR
(5+ YEARS)
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WINTER/SPRING SESSION – 1/2-5/24/2024
(No Classes on Spring Break – 4/1-7)
“Mister John, my child wants to play guitar.” Well, here’s her/his/their chance!
Classes run 1 hour. 20-week sessions are $538/student. Payment plan options available at registration.
BEGINNING GUITAR
The most fun kid’s guitar classes! An introduction to an instrument in a non-threatening, non-competitive manner. Mister John’s motto is “Instruments are meant to be played. PLAYED not practiced!” In our very first class, we’ll explore how the guitar is constructed, how it produces sound, how to hold it, tune it, and play it. We’ll discuss the basics of music theory – notes, rests, melody, chords, dynamics, tempo, pitch – and we’ll learn about music as a group sport. We’ll compose our own songs, learn some folk standards, and pull from the students’ favorites to develop new skills and exercise our personal musical voices. It’s about the guitar, yes, but also about encouraging your child to express him or herself through the arts and to develop a lifelong love of music. While guitars will be provided at the studio, students are required to have their own 1/2 or 3/4 size guitar to play at home.
At MJM we use FJH books as part of our guitar instruction. We pre-purchase these and sell them to you at cost when you register for your class. Books are given out at the first class.
*NOTE: 5yo students must be enrolled in kindergarten (or a kindergarten equivalent home-schooling program) to enroll in MJM Kids classes.
AVONDALE CLASSES
New Beginners – MONDAYS @ 3:45PM (5-10yo) – (Mister John/TBD)
Continuing Beginners – MONDAYS @ 4:45PM (5-10yo) – (Mister John/TBD)
PARENT/CHILD GUITAR
Here’s a new thing we’re trying this year – a beginner class is for parents and their kids to take a class together! Kids should be 5+-years-old and the adults should be ready to learn at the pace of children… sometimes it’s faster than you’d think, grownups! While guitars will be provided at the studio, students are required to have their own 1/2 or 3/4 size guitar to play at home.
For a parent/child guitar class, please contact Mister John at [email protected]. Pricing varies for parent/child guitar classes.
KIDS PIANO
(5+ YEARS)
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WINTER/SPRING SESSION – 1/2-5/24/2024
(No Classes on Spring Break – 4/1-7)
Piano, the perfect instrument on which learn the foundations of music. WITH friends.
Classes run 1 hour. 20-week sessions are $538/student. Payment plan options available at registration.
BEGINNING PIANO
Where can you learn piano in a fun and social group setting here in Atlanta? So many young musicians start their journey on the piano, but it’s rare that they are given an opportunity right off the bat to learn this instrument in a group setting. Before your child graduates to individual lessons, start him or her off on the right foot in this class. A gentle entryway into all things piano, in this class no more than six students will work on musical theory concepts together through games and activities and then will have individual time at a keyboard with headphones while teachers rotate amongst the kids to give one-on-one instruction. At the end of class, the headphones come off and we’ll play and sing together again. While keyboards and headphones will be provided at the studio, students are required to have a keyboard/piano to play at home and parents must purchase required piano books – Faber Piano Adventures – Primer Level and Faber Piano Adventures – Primer Level Theory Book.
*NOTE: 5yo students must be enrolled in kindergarten (or a kindergarten equivalent home-schooling program) to enroll in MJM Kids classes.
AVONDALE CLASSES
New Beginners – WEDNESDAYS @ 5PM (5-10yo) – (Miss Ashley))