Private Music Lessons at LIVE! School of Music

NORTH MIAMI & HALLANDALE

Students learn, rehearse, and perform structured arrangements designed to develop technique, musicianship, and confidence. As part of the private lesson experience, students may participate in spotlights—our low-pressure alternative to traditional recitals—performing with a professional house band in a supportive environment.

Six music book covers from Rock School, featuring Guitar, Acoustic, Bass, Piano, Keys, and Vocals, with images of musicians and colorful titles.

OVERVIEW

Private music lessons at LIVE! School of Music offer focused, one-on-one instruction for students ages 6 through adult, supporting musical growth alongside ensemble-based learning. Our private lessons follow a Rockschool-aligned instrument curriculum, helping students build strong fundamentals while learning real music across rock, pop, jazz, blues, soul, and film repertoire.

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APPROACH

LIVE!’s professional instructors provide undivided attention during each lesson, focusing on: Instrument technique and musicianship, Rhythm, timing, and musical understanding, Confidence through structured practice and performance opportunities, through a supportive mentorship within a creative, student-centered environment

Private lessons at LIVE! are designed to support long-term musical development, whether a student is just starting or continuing their musical journey.

INSTRUMENTS

Guitar, Keys, Drums, Bass & Voice

LOCATIONS

We offer in-person private music lessons at our North Miami and Hallandale studios, as well as online private lessons for families seeking flexibility. Lessons are available for beginners, intermediate, and advanced students, with instruction tailored to individual learning styles and musical interests.

  • Our curriculum covers all the core techniques required for playing beginner rock, pop, metal, country, indie, and hip-hop basslines, to learning all five shapes of the Minor Pentatonic, advanced arpeggios, and sophisticated solo and syncopation techniques, including slap-and-pop and hammer-on styles and more.

    • Technical Exercises

    • Sight Reading

    • Improvisation & Interpretation

    • Ear Tests

    • Band and artist background info with recommended listening

    • Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track

    • Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online

    • All music theory, techniques, and instrument skills

    • Natural and pinched harmonics, two-handed tapping

    • All five shapes of the Minor Pentatonic scale. Dorian mode, Major 7th, Minor 7th, and Dominant 7th arpeggios and chords

  • Our curriculum covers fundamental techniques and core music theory for rock and pop styles, working towards mastering paradiddles, flams, triplets, four-way coordination, Texas shuffle rhythm, broken 16th-note rolls, Pataflafla, and single and double ratamacues.

    • Moving between cymbals, open hi-hats, syncopated accents

    • Single and double strokes, paradiddles

    • Time-signature changes, bass-drum doubles, polyrhythms, 6/8 trip-hop groove

    • Single and double strokes, paradiddles, ratamacues, rolls

    • Stylistic Studies

    • Playback and performance skills

  • Our curriculum covers all essential techniques and music theory for beginners picking up the fundamentals of guitar, preparing them for improvisation, chord inversions, dual-octave arpeggios, and more.

    • Technical Exercises

    • Sight Reading

    • Improvisation & Interpretation

    • Ear Tests

    • Band and artist background info with recommended listening

    • Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track

    • Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online

    • All music theory, techniques, and instrument skills

    • Whole Tone, Diminished, Altered Scales, Dominant 7♯5, Dominant 7♭5, Dominant 7♯9, Dominant 7♭9 arpeggios and chords, Diminished arpeggios and Stylistic Study

  • Our curriculum covers the fundamentals for the aspiring contemporary keyboardist through a diverse repertoire by establishing technique, posture, and playing melodies through ear training and rhythm exercises while gaining sight reading, improvisation, and interpretation experience.

    • Access to professional backing tracks

    • Downloadable audio files

    • Fact files

    • Ear Tests

    • Technical Exercises

    • Sight Reading Examples

    • Improvisation and interpretation examples

    • Chords, Double-stop slapping, changing time signatures

    • All five shapes of the Minor Pentatonic scale. Dorian and Mixolydian mode, Minor 7{b}5 and Diminished arpeggios. Dominant 7th and Minor 7th chords.

  • Our curriculum covers the essential syllabus for the aspiring contemporary vocalist, establishing safety practices like warming up the voice and maintaining good posture through a level-appropriate repertoire to expand on breathing techniques, tone, diction, and intonation.

    • Arrangements covering a range of contemporary style

    • Professional backing track

    • Downloadable audios

    • Technical Exercise

    • Quick Study Piece

    • Ear Tests