Best Guitar Lessons in Fresno

Fresno Music Academy & Arts brings almost 20 years of experience to guitar students throughout Fresno. The center teaches close to 200 music lessons every week, and students can start guitar learning via private lessons anytime during the year with no need for a long-term contract. Students are regularly encouraged via trophies, certificates, and award wristbands after musical exams and also get to perform at a minimum of three recitals. The school also offers lessons in bass, drums, fiddle, voice, piano, and mandolin, a Music Fun Time program for young children, and summer camps for kids and adults. Fresno Music Academy & Arts was formerly known as The Voice Shop Music Academy, and its reputation attracts local students as well as those who travel from outside areas to learn with the school's instructors.

Patrick's Music Etc. has been teaching students to play the guitar in Fresno for over 35 years. Private lessons focus on making learning guitar fun for the student so that progress comes rapidly and smoothly, and qualified instructors are also available for flute, clarinet, violin, piano, saxophone, and other instruments. All ages and levels are welcome, and the Patrick’s Music lesson coordinator makes sure each hand-selected and vetted teacher is a perfect fit for the student. The store offers instruments, hardware, accessories, method books, and sheet music as, and students can also rent various instruments listed on the company's website. Patrick's is open on Sundays by appointment only, and the owner is involved with the East Fresno Kiwanas as well as other nonprofit organizations in the area.

The Reedley School of Music has been teaching guitar to Reedley students for almost 40 years. The team is dedicated to helping students learn the art of music and follows the motto of "All people are musical.” Private lessons are available for guitar as well as for piano, violin, and voice, and individuals need to contact the school for additional information. Parents can also sign children up for weekly group lessons such as Toddler Tunes, Harmony Road, Young Musician, and Top Floor Singing Class, and full descriptions can be found on the center's website. The Reedley School promotes music instruction as a way for children to improve reading skills as well as math and science scores and as a way for students to learn to be more creative and expressive as well.

SAM Academy offers guitar instruction in the Sanger area. Both children and adults can benefit from affordable guitar lessons as well as lessons for piano, keyboard, and drums, and children in need are provided lesson time and instruments through the Emilio's Music Kids Program. SAM is a nonprofit group that gives students access to after-school, in-school, weekend, and summer learning in science, art, and music with community-based programs based on the belief that all children can succeed in STEM and the Arts if given the opportunity. Additional programs include tutoring, the Sanger Children's Choir, computer science, coding, and robots, a Young Artist Studio, parent workshops, birthday parties, festivals, and family science nights. SAM's website is available in Spanish as well.

Simba School of Music has been a Fresno guitar learning center for 15 years. The school teaches close to 100 students via private and group classes in guitar as well as violin, viola, cello, piano, drums, and flute, and private, semi-private, and group classes are available. All instructors are professional musicians with degrees and experienced teachers, and family members can attend lessons to observe and possibly even participate. Various materials and books are required including a notebook for both the teacher and parent to write notes in, and students typically are able to participate in an annual recital as well as in honor group performances and festivals. Simba School of Music also has a Summer Music Camp each year.

United Conservatory of Music in Fresno offers guitar music lessons from highly qualified instructors for students of all ages and experience levels. Its teachers use various guitar method books and traditional conservatory styles to help students learn chords, simple songs, sight-reading, and theory. Its weekly guitar lessons include learning different genres of music, such as rock, blues, metal, and country on acoustic or electric guitars. For added benefits, the United Conservatory of Music also offers group guitar lessons.