Roy Lev-Ari

Electric Guitar, Guitar

Lesson Fees
from $35.00 / 30 Minutes

About

         Roy Lev-Ari was born in Nairobi, Kenya where he attended the Italian school of Kenya and then finished his high school studies in the International school of Kenya. Roy started playing music in his early teenage years when he fell in love with the guitar and heavy metal music.  That combination allowed Roy to spring his passion for music and ever since then he has studied and enriched his knowledge of music.

       After graduating high school with honors in music Roy decided to continue his studies as a musician and pursue an education in music from the prestigious Berklee College of music in Boston Massachusetts.  In his years in Boston Roy studied with some of the greatest teachers and learned many secrets of music graduating and receiving a bachelor’s with honors in performance, composition and Music Production.  In his Time at Berklee Roy also studied many different styles of music such as Blues, Jazz, classical, Funk, World Music, Rock, Bossa Nova, Samba, Tango and much more. Roy also began picking up other instruments to further augment his knowledge such as drums, piano and bass.  Roy has been playing guitar and bass together ever since.

​    After graduating from Berklee, Roy relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music.  In his time in Los Angeles Roy’s talents have placed him many endorsements with companies such as Ibanez guitars,  Peavy amplifiers,  Earnie  Ball strings, Line 6, In Tune Picks, Mental Case and Laney Amplifiers. Roy’s musicianship talents have also allowed him to tour the world, and share stages with many artists such as Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Korn, Rob Zombie, Limp Bizkit, Green day, Alice in Chains,  Avenged.

   Roy has also ventured in composition, production, mixing and mastering and ventured in creating music of many different styles and has had placements on tv shows such as Duck Dynasty, Dukes Of Haggle, Honey Boo Boo, Alien Mysteries and more. 

 

Technique 

  • Tuning the guitar ;) & string notation

  • Guitar Terminology 

  • Permutations ( Beginner to Advances exercises to strengthen fingers and finger Independence )

  • Finger style plucking 

  • Beginner to Advance picking techniques  alternate - down-stroke - economy 

  • Right ( or left ) hand Rhythm techniques

  • Lead guitar Techniques - Pull off - hammer on - slide - sweep picking - legato - bending

  • Tempo and groove articulations

​Theory

  • Sight reading notation and tablature - notes and rhythm 

  • Odd time signatures

  • Scales - major - minor - augmented - diminished pentatonic - world music scales

  • Modes ( the study of playing a scale all over the fret board )

  • Chords - beginner to advanced concepts

  • Music Theory - Beginner to advanced 

  • Music theory application on guitar

  • Improvisation over keys using the relative chords and scales

​Styles

  • Rock - Metal - Pop - Alternative

  • Blues - Funk

  • Classical ( Finger Style ) - Jazz ( Chord Solos )

​​Songwriting

  • Arranging

  • Keys and modulations

  • Chord relativity 

  • Melodic themes

  • Form structure

​Production

  • Mixing

  • Production

  • Plug ins

  • Loops

  • Editing

  • Mastering

Bachelors Degree in music from Berklee College Of Music.

Ibanez Artist

Hello, my name is Roy Lev-Ari. I am a guitar player / teacher located in Los Angeles and have been teaching guitar for over 20 years. I have my bachelor's degree in music from Berklee College of Music in Boston. I have plenty of experience teaching online and it is something I really love doing. I have experience teaching guitar technique, theory and application at all levels from beginner to advanced and a wide variety of ages from young children to senior adults. The styles that I teach include rock, metal, pop, blues, funk, jazz harmony, finger style picking in various styles and more.

 

 

"Roy is an outstanding teacher with great credentials. He has taught me how to read music, understand rhythms and techniques, and how to play the guitar and sing at the same time. Roy has remained very dedicated to my growth as a musician, teaching me new material that is consistently more advanced as we move forward."

~ Sandra T.

"Roy has been teaching my son guitar, bass and music production for about nine years. They started when my son was 4 years old. I recommend Roy to anyone who is seeking a very experienced and knowledgeable instructor capable of working with children and being able to communicate music in a very professional and fun manner. In this time my son has already released an album, received music scholarships, won talent competitions, and is currently writing his next album. Roy has been alongside him all throughout his musical journey."

~ Michael R.

 

Private instruction, 4 degrees in harmony study, 4 degrees in ear training study, Advanced rock guitar performance techniques, Jazz/Rock improvisation guitar, Classical guitar repertoire and performance, Performing solo guitarist, Guitar chord soloing, Polyrhythm's for guitar, Slide guitar, Funk guitar, Jazz guitar, Advanced teaching techniques in: heavy metal, rock, blues, classic rock, Fusion, popular, world music and RnB. 

 

 

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