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Tony do Rosario

Tony do Rosario

Jazz Guitar

In just his first year as a guitar instructor at the Old Town School, Tony
has made his encyclopedic knowledge of the fingerboard an essential element
of the guitar program. Though his emphasis is on a strong theoretical
foundation to playing the guitar, his ideal student is not strictly the
jazzophile or the technical specialist. Rather, Tony imparts the tools
anyone needs to understand why the music he or she loves and aspires to play
works the way it does, so that the student can more effectively express
himself or herself. Jazz and Bossa Nova are certainly his strong suits, but
he is no less adept at cranking the amp to demonstrate rock standards and
classic electric blues styles.

Tony's classes and private lessons cover a basic introduction to jazz
guitar, including harmonizing major and minor scales, chord melodies, and
common chord changes. More advanced students cover arranging and soloing.
Even Tony's colleagues benefit from his knowledge; his class roster often
includes a few OTS guitar teachers.

Tony grew up and learned to play guitar in the Atlantic City area of
southern New Jersey, influenced heavily by the music of his parents' native
Brazil. After moving to L.A. in the early 1990s, Tony played and hosted
workshops with some of the greatest living names in jazz guitar: Pat
Martino, Howard Alden, Peter Bernstein, Phil Upchurch, John Pisano and Ted
Greene, to name but a few (and to omit the post-Police Andy Summers). You
can read more about his performing and teaching experience, as well as
sample his recent CD on Dreambox, "The Welcoming," at www.tonyguitar.com."

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8-Week Classes for adults are $160, unless otherwise noted in the class description.

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