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Shu

Price $114
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$114/h

1^st lesson free

Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Electric guitar
Jazz Guitar

Berklee Graduate / active professional guitarist in NYC here to help you learn guitar! 20 years of teaching experience. All ages and levels welcome, acoustic or electric!

Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Electric guitar
Jazz Guitar

Lesson location

- online

About Shu

Shu Odamura is a New York–based guitarist, improviser, composer, and teacher originally from Kyoto, Japan. He was the youngest finalist in the Gibson Jazz Guitar Contest, where he received the Special Jury Prize. In 2006, he moved to the U.S. to study at Berklee College of Music and graduated cum laude with a degree in Jazz Composition.

Shu has been a key collaborator on many projects, studio recordings, and live performances in New York. His collaborators include Matt Moore, Campbell Petersen, Zac Zinger, Javier Arau, Patrick Brennan, Joseph Daley, Jeff Pearring, Cheryl Pyle, Trevor Bajus, Haruna Fukazawa, Randy Pradera, Sumie Kaneko, Bruce Huebner, Watoku Ueno, Chris Ignacio, and many others.

He leads his own group, Shu Odamura Trio, and co-leads the chamber jazz ensemble Jazz Triangle 65-77, as well as the Miwa Watanabe/Shu Odamura Duo. His debut album, "Cloud Illusions", was released on What’s New Records and is available on CD and all major streaming platforms.

Alongside his jazz work, Shu has spent over a decade composing and performing with the experimental theater group Watoku-Za, contributing music to eight original productions. His compositions and arrangements also include scores for independent films, college jazz big bands, flute ensembles, and virtual theater projects.

Shu has performed at major venues and festivals in New York such as Blue Note, Nublu, Downtown Music Gallery, iBeam, La MaMa Puppet Festival, and the Queens Overground Jazz Fest, as well as nationally at Edgefest (MI), Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares (MA), Williamstown Theatre Festival (MA) and Foxwoods Casino (CT). Internationally, he tours throughout Japan and Thailand. He is an in-demand guitarist across a variety of styles—from Asian pop to jazz, experimental, Latin, and musical theater.

As a teacher, Shu has taught at the Yamaha Music Conservatory in New Jersey and currently teaches at Queens Music School as well as through his private studio.

About the lesson

Shu Odamura, an experienced music teacher and active performer, offers one-on-one guitar lessons at the student's home in the metro area, his studio in Queens, rehearsal spaces in Midtown, or anywhere in the world through virtual lessons. All ages (6+) and levels are welcome! A student concert will be held every year in November. Please feel free to contact me!

Lesson Content

︎Beginner︎
・How to choose an instrument and the essential accessories (pick, capo, chair for playing, etc.)
・Tuning
・Basic techniques (chords, playing simple melodies, right-hand strumming)
・Proper posture and instrument handling
・How to read chord charts, TABs, and basic sheet music
・Introduction to fun, beginner-friendly songs

︎Intermediate & Advanced︎
・How to play with good posture and minimal physical strain
・Reading sheet music
・Understanding the guitar’s role in a band and relevant playing techniques
・Playing in different musical styles
・Solo guitar playing
・Improvisation (jazz, blues, etc.)
・Understanding scales and the fretboard
・Music theory
・Ear Training
・Preparation for Maui exams and school auditions
・Jazz guitar techniques

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$114

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5h: $571
10h: $1141

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The first lesson with Shu will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.

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$114/h

Berklee Graduate / active professional guitarist in NYC here to help you learn guitar! 20 years of teaching experience. All ages and levels welcome, acoustic or electric!

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