San  Diego’s  Finest  Guitar  Lessons<sup>®</sup>

San Diego’s Finest Guitar Lessons®

• Jazz • Rock • Blues • Shred • Country • Acoustic Fingerstyle • All Levels •

What Tim's Students Say

Jim O'Neill

"I‘m getting a late start in life with the guitar (I’m 58), with no legitimate playing experience. Fortunately, I met Tim, and I’m having a great time learning to play. I am surely slower than most, with minimal rhythm and less than...

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Joanne G.

Tim Quinn is an incredibly versatile guitar teacher. His guitar playing proficiency in many genres and great love of music is clear. What is even more important is that Tim can communicate musical concepts to students at every level. I...

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Marc S.

I started playing guitar at age 13 (am now 59) and received a bachelor of arts degree in music in 1980. I was a classical guitar major. I then decided to attend law school and now have a successful business and entertainment law practice....

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In Person Guitar Lessons with Tim in His Studio

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Remote Guitar Lessons with Tim via Zoom

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Learn to Play Any Style

Specializing in most American guitar styles of guitar playing, including:

  • jazz…improvisation, chord-melody, standards, comping
  • blues…electric lead, rhythm, slide, open tunings, blues fingerpicking, and acoustic blues
  • rock…classic rock lead soloing styles, rock chording and funk rhythm guitar styles
  • shred…legato, sweep picking, tapping, speed-picking, fast arpeggios, progressive fusion, and more
  • acoustic fingerstyle…Travis style, classical technique, general fingerpicking, acoustic blues, open tunings
  • country soloing…Nashville-style twang, chickin'-pickin', pedal steel effects, hybrid picking techniques
  • classical guitar…traditional classical repertoire
  • folk guitar…songs, strumming, fingerpicking, instrumentals
  • bluegrass… improvisation, flatpicking fiddle tunes
  • general skills and playing songs…learn to play and sing any songs

Emphasizing all important aspects of musicianship for guitarists, including:

  • guitar calisthenics and exercises
  • lead soloing in any style
  • developing songs for performance
  • composition
  • ear training
  • applied music theory
  • establishing goals
  • mastering scales and arpeggios
  • rhythm
  • reading music
  • accompaniment skills
  • transcribing music
  • improving your singing
  • how to practice

Have Questions?

Whether you're a beginner just learning to play or a veteran shredder looking to take your talent to the next level, I will help you improve your skills - and have fun doing it!



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