John "THE KIDD" Kuhn — Charleston, WV, USA

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Lessons are normally set to be 1HR per week with my homemade rhythm trx and an audio file entailing the lesson content included so your actually gettin about 1.5 hrs total...Ive been a local teacher here in Charleston WV. for 18 yrs teaching both Scruggs and Melodic styles...My teaching style has been greatly influenced by attending week long workshops/camps for 20yrs givin by world reknowned masters Bill Keith, Bill Evans,Pete Wernick, James Mc Kinney,Scott Vestal, Charlie Cushman and many of their guests.I DO NOT use TAB and have kind of a "Phonetic"(Hooked on Phonics/Rosetta Stone)) way of teaching Ive developed over the last 10yrs which I feel allows students to advance much quicker retaining more of what they've internalized (not memorized) longer. More like "speaking banjo"using phrasology.I did a BHO workshop last yr "Anatomy of a Banjo Break" depicting this method....Im convinced now , after seeing /hearing PROOF, if the "right tunes" are learned in the "right order", this sets the stage retaining their melodys in a more natural way rather than memorizing strings, frets, and fingers and chord shapes..WAIST OF TIME!..I HAD to find a better way after watchin so many people SUFFER 94-2000.. All I was doing was mirroring alotta of other methods that WERE NOT WORKING.. So, if your not progressing with all the Left Brain methods, give me a chance to change your perception of what should be going on in the brain... No two player's auditory and/ or physical skills are the same so why should your learning be a cookie cutter method or constrained within the walls of current instrument instruction thinking? Im set up with Webcam for SKYPE.Those interested and wanting more details can E mail me at kidbjo@gmail.com (DONT trust the PM here) or sign up with SKYPE and add me "johnkuhnmusic" (link is on my page) and leave an IM message or call me there, OR call me by phone 304-343-5839. For reference to my playing,please check out my videos and sound files to give you an idea of the styles and genres of music I cover.