Best Guitar Lessons in Santa Barbara, CA

“As a parent, I appreciate the education about how to make music a part of my child's life, while watching my child progress and gain mastery, independence, and confidence.”

“Good Times offers guitar, drums, bass, piano and ukulele lessons in Santa Barbara, CA.”

“Over the last half year Scott has given me the knowledge and skills to start experimenting on my own but also keeping me grounded in basics and drills to establish a strong base.”

“His approach is structured and with the right balance between learning about reading and understanding music and having fun at the same time which results in great progress.”

“As an experienced performer and teacher I look forward to bringing music to you. I can offer regular lessons from beginner to advanced levels, and entertainment in the form of live bands or solo performance.”

“He is not only knowledgeable on instruments, styles, gear, and music in general but he goes above and beyond with his incredible customer service skills.”

“This is a great studio for kids to learn singing, dancing, and acting.”

“All of the ladies are fabulous and after going for a good length off time I cannot recommend a better learning environment with the same skill and compassion as Karen and her crew.”

“It's not just using the blues scale like so many other teachers, but it's really teaching sax students how to learn how to play professional phrases and hear and hit all the chord changes without thinking about what you're doing.”

“WA Cs staff and Mr Benjamin, our daughter's violin teacher, have been nothing but extremely supportive-providing her fun but also challenging journey of learning the violin.”

“Laura Sokhikian is not a regular instructor but she is a professional psychologist, who knows how to connect children to the music world.”

“Scales, preferred finger placements and movement, reading the musical notes that I originally thought would never be able to decipher, and with the music theory presented with the lesson it makes you think slightly more about what you are actually do...”

“Our zoom sessions are literally like being in person, he can see everything, I am EVERYTHING my fingers do and what strings they are on so it makes me really feel great to know I am getting that same seamless experience under the circumstance.”

“Ari is such a kind and caring teacher who has provided immense support and encouragement to play and learn more about materials and practices in a way that promotes self expression and discovery rather than a prescriptive approach to drawing.”

“I've taken lessons with him for 3 years and his patient fun approach to teaching guitar has taken me from literally nothing to on my way to being a half decent guitar player!”

“I've been with him now for two years and during that time not only have I learned chords and solo techniques to play cover songs, but Jan is unique in that he encourages originals and helps you create your own songs.”

“Absolutely Fabulous the teachers all try to form strong connects with their student and really listen to what they want to learn instead of only following the ways of formal instruction”