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Allegro Music and Dance Academy
“All the teachers at allegro are so sweet, kind, and helpful.”
Best Guitar Lessons near Joliet, IL
These studios serve Joliet from nearby bases in towns including Plainfield, Lemont and Naperville.
24 studios listed · 19 open weekends · 23 rated 4.5+
Data verified October 18, 2026
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Edge Music Academy Homer Glen
- Confidence
- Instrument
- Adult Learner
“My daughter decided to focus on her school for right now, but if/when she decides to continue learning piano or a new instrument, it will be an easy decision to go back to Edge Music Academy”
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Happy Strumming
- Play
- Knowledge
- Teaching Style
“Monica has been super patient helping me learn and has taught me many useful techniques and practices to help me feel overall more comfortable with the ukulele.”
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The Music and Dance Suite
“Over the 5 years I've been teaching at The Music and Dance Suite, I've seen it continue to nurture and inspire its community of families and teachers the entire time.”
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Simply Music Studios
- Patient
- Adult
- Passion
“Thank you, Heather for immediately addressing our concern with having the other instructor keep his door shut while teaching (as they are all supposed to) so our son can concentrate during his lessons.”
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Fox River Academy of Music & Art
- Guitar
“We have experienced lessons with their accomplished voice teacher, patient, skillful, and endearing piano teacher, highly qualified guitar teacher, and creative and talented ensemble instructor.”
This page holds the 24 guitar studios on file for Joliet, IL. Each one sets its own mix of one-to-one and group teaching, and the star ratings beside them are pulled from public listings.
Area overview: Joliet, IL
23 of the 24 studios on this page have a rating, from 4.5 to 5.0 across 993 reviews; 9 have 50 or more reviews. When students and parents rate these studios on specific qualities, they most often praise professionalism (87%), communication (82%) and quality (82%). The topics that come up most in reviews of the studios on this page are "skills", "patient" and "confidence". 19 are open on Saturdays and 3 on Sundays. 4 have a BBB rating of A or A+. 16 have ten or more years of experience, the longest 61 years. 2 are family- or locally-owned and 2 list coupons or special offers. We have a website on file for 22 of the studios on this page; 14 publish a contact page; 14 list a public email and 5 take bookings online. We count these figures across the studios on this page; hours and prices change, so confirm the details with the studio before you enroll.
Which guitar studios listed for Joliet review well?
Ratings of four and a half or more show on 23 of the 24 cards here. Read what the reviews say rather than the number: for lessons, the useful comments are about whether the teacher turns up on time and explains what the student is working on.
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Bristol Grove Music
“Our kiddos love this place and learn quickly in this setting.”
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Midwest Music Academy
“During each lesson, he inspires me to try harder, identifies new ways to improve my technique, and challenges me to keep going.”
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Lemont Music Academy
“My daughter loves going to her piano lessons and has so much fun.”
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Music Together Classes in Plainfield
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The Music Loft Online and In Person Music Instruction
“My daughter started recently and I'm amazed at how much she learned in a amount of time.”
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Symphonix Sound Design
“His experience as a composer, performer, and teacher make him the perfect person to give lessons, as he can tailor them to exactly what you want to learn.”
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Westgate Music School
- Prices
- Fun
- Rock Band
“In a couple of months after starting piano classes, she went from knowing nothing about piano to learning the piano basics, everything including music history, theory, and reading music.”
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Evolution Music Rock Academy
- Fair
- Bands
- Kids
“Plus being a woman and a trans woman at that I'm generally used to dudes at music shops talking down to me and trying to rip me off but Alex completely made me feel respected and when I gave him my old name for my account he immediately asked me what...”
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Bel Canto Music Academy
- Piano Lessons
- Environment
- Teach
“Long story short - everything and anything I have ever learned about music in my past life, finally fell back in place and started making sense, after just a few short months at Bel Canto Music Academy...”
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Sam's Lessons
- Adult
- Goals
- Play
“Then I came across sam barsi, at first I was still a little hesitant about it, but after several lessons with sam my playing has improved he really is tuned in to what I need the most.”
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Bellas Artes School of Music
- Teach
- Musicians
- Recital
“"Bellas Artes - professional, talented instructors that make learning fun and highly individualistic to the needs of the student and under a very caring directorship.”
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Hix Bros Music
- Guitar
- Music Store
- Ukuleles
“During the past Christmas holiday, I took advantage of a Black Friday sale a big box music store was having to order an acoustic electric guitar and a fender amp.”
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Jerry Evans School of Music
“Jerry has his students join in a live performance which is great because you get to see all of the other young musicians, but more importantly, it builds confidence for these kids.”
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Westmont Music Academy
“Patrycja made signing up super easy and worked with me a bunch on scheduling changes in the beginning, With COVID in place we were able to continue lessons through zoom which was amazing and now being back in the building they do an amazing job at fo...”
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Guitar Lessons and More
- Teach
- Bass
- Ukulele
“Matt has taught me bass guitar, so I was able to play in our worship band at church, and now for the last several years we have focused on acoustic guitar.”
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Eric Mantel's Save THE Music / Music School
- Practice
- Songs
- Teaching Style
“Yes some of thier students went big time in success Dont get me wrong because i know you have to make a living for what business you go into to make a good living and profit for yourself and family but after 4 months i had a $1500 bill that i was pay...”
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Muzicnet Performing Arts Center
- Teachers
“Great music school!”
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A Sound Education
- Honest
- Trade
- Music Store
“Some places are just about wanting your money and that's it with not wanting to answer questions and anything but this place and the staff here, they answered every question that I asked any concerns that I had when I was wanting to buy an evh Franki...”
Guitar Tutoring Services in Joliet, IL Cost Estimates
Minimum cost
$91
Maximum cost
$481
National Average
$157
Avg Per Hour Rates
$70
$121
$301
Fair price range is based on 486 cost profiles
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