The Central Texas Bluegrass Association, incorporated in 1978 as a Texas non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, invites all bluegrass friends, fans, and pickers to become active members.
Jim Shaffer's Bluegrass Instructor's List
Here is a list of bluegrass instructors. If you would like to take lessons from any of these folks, contact them directly using the information below. Please do not contact the CTBA for lessons.
If you are an instructor, and would like to be added to this list, please email us and provide the following information:
Name
Contact information, (e.g.) phone, email, webpage (if applicable)
Teaching location, (e.g.) studio location or "will come to your home"
Ages taught
Experience levels taught
A short description of your experience, (e.g.) "10 years experience in a bluegrass band, have been teaching for 15 years." Please keep it brief though.
CTBA Bluegrass Instructors
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INFORMATION |
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512-699-8979 |
Fiddler's Green Music Shop |
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Mandolin/All Levels |
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all ages, beg/int/adv |
banjo (bluegrass only) mandolin, guitar (flat pick and travis style) |
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Southwest, or will come to your home |
all ages, beg/int/adv |
harmonica, especially bluegrass harmonica; upright bass; guitar; mandolin; singing, especially harmony. 35 years a musician, teaching as called up most of that time. One of the very few bluegrass harmonica players in the country who specializes in playing fiddle tunes. |
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all ages, beg/int |
fiddle - teaching for 18 years. I play professionally in 2 nationally touring bands. Shotgun Party and The Maybelles. I've been a professional touring musician for the last 10 years. I teach both classical and bluegrass. |
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South |
ages 12-80, be able to play a little |
fiddle guitar, mandolin, and how to play in a band. Lots of teaching material on the web site. |
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208-420-1907 |
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Beg/Int/Adv |
Fiddle - Country, Swing, Bluegrass and other Styles (play with the Asylum Street Spankers) |
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512-535-8103 |
Fiddler's Green Music Shop |
Ages 8 and up |
Bluegrass Banjo/All Levels. Bluegrass Guitar/All Levels |
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Georgetown and Austin |
9 to 90, beg/int/adv |
Mando, guitar, fiddle, bass, vocal. Bluegrass/old time country, recording/sound engineering. Randy's Rangers band. Since 1974. Emphasis on practical theory application. Learn why you play what you play and how to build on your knowledge. |
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512-218-1567 |
Round Rock |
7 and up; Adult |
Mandolin, fiddle, guitar (finger and flat picking) - Country, Old time, Bluegrass |
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512-632-7926 |
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all ages, all levels |
oldtime clawhammer banjo - Jerry Hagins has been playing oldtime 5-string banjo for over 30 years. He currently plays banjo in the Big Ernie Barn Dance Band, the Rising Gorge Boys, and Christy and Her Plowboys |
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512-906-0691 |
24th and Longview (near UT), or Parkfield Dr. near Payton Gin (north central) |
7 and up (younger if motivated), beg/int |
guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle theory - over 30 years experience teaching at UNT, St. Stephen's School, Austin Guitar School, Childbloom, and private studio |
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512-873-8925 |
North (Rundberg) |
all ages |
Fiddle - Folk, Country, Bluegrass; Suzuki |
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512-707-1030 |
South |
all ages, Int/Adv |
Fiddle - Bluegrass, Country, Cajun, Folk, Swing, Gypsy, International, Blues, Theory, Improv, Phil |
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217-766-6158 |
anywhere in Austin |
All ages |
Fiddle - Bluegrass, jazz, classical |
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512-659-8952 |
Central |
Int./Advanced |
BASS - Bluegrass, C&W, Folk, Swing, Jazz, Slap Bass technique, theory |
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North Central Highland Mall area |
Adult Beginner/Intermediate |
I teach basic, beginning violin/fiddle techniques and/or various fiddle styles/tunes |
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all ages, all levels |
rhythm guitar, bass, vocals - 25 years of professional musicianship |
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all ages, all levels |
banjo - all styles, 40 years of playing and teaching, studio musician and professional banjo player |
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512-636-2275 |
Austin School of Music-South |
5-100, beg/int/adv |
Violin, Dobro, Mandolin - Austin Lounge Lizards - 5yrs touring, Asylum Street Spankers - 4 yrs touring, Box Car Preachers - Founding Member - 2 yrs |
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512-563-9821 |
Fiddler's Green Music Shop |
Ages 8 and up |
Guitar/Beg to Advanced. Fiddle/Beg to Intermediate. |
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SW Austin, near West Gate and William Cannon, or near Far West and MOPAC |
all ages, beg/int/adv |
I have been teaching (and performing professionally) for more than 30 years. I specialize in the practical applications of music theory, enabling my students to easily pick up on any tune and play it by ear and to know how to improvise on the melody or alter the chord progression. Students who are only taught riffs get stuck in beginner mode. My students understand the way music works, and are able to play anything at any time, in any key, or create their own music. I have assembled a bluegrass band to play a few CTBA festivals in the past, and I have played in several other bluegrass bands. |
Other Links
In addition to the instructors listed above, we'd like to draw your attention to the following resources.
homespuntapes.com and Musician's Workshop - Lots of educational DVDs