LARRY BURKHART

Styles:
Theory and ear training. For intermediate and advanced
students: emphasis on Jazz and Classical. For beginners:
Folk, folk/rock, blues, and light classical.

Bio:
Larry has been performing and teaching for 35 years. His
grandfather was a concert violinist and his father founded
the Jay Burkhart Jazz Cradle in Chicago.Since the late ‘60s, Larry has played rock, folk, and eventually jazz. During high school he had surpassed what the teachers there had to offer and was asked to teach guitar, basic musicianship, and (for extreme fun) organized an avant garde junk band while still attending as a student. More big band and classical studies ensued during the precollege and college years supplemented with private spot lessons and seminars. Between the two he had studies with Tommy Tedesco, Joe Pass, Dan Haerle, Bob Curnow, Art Lande, Garry Peacock, Julian Preister, and for classical guitar David Burgess to name just a few. He has performed at numerous venues from LA to Seattle concentrating on central California..

Method
Methods vary according to the individual. Since learning
takes much repetition and fingers and minds won’t always
keep pace with each other, the way to make the catch up
period as effortless as possible is through game playing and
analogy. “Having ways of discovering things for yourself is, I
believe the most rewarding thing music has to offer.”