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[4.94⭐ rating over 174 reviews from another lesson platform] Get where you want faster! Hi, I’m Chris, a professional guitar teacher based in Des Moines, IA. Are you struggling to break out of a musical plateau or translate the music in your head into your instrument?

​​I started playing piano and cello at age six while living in Oxford, England and later picked up my first guitar in Copenhagen, Denmark at sixteen. I earned my Associate's Degrees in Music and Liberal Arts from Santa Barbara City College. Throughout my education, in addition to practicing various instruments, I have participated in choirs, jazz bands, and combos playing guitar.

I have been teaching guitar for over 20 years and as an instructor, My teaching method comes from a curriculum I have developed which uses popular guitar driven rock tunes as musical etudes. Educating the student with valuable theory, reading, technique, and scale theory, while remaining fun.

I began playing music when I was 8 years old and started playing professionally as a teenager. I started teaching in-person lessons in 1987 and opened my own studio 20 years ago. I have also been a faculty member at a local Fine Arts Center for 14 years.

Chris Buono is a proud native of the great state of New Jersey where he lives but a few miles from the Atlantic with his wife, two sons and a cat named Maximus Decimus Meridius. A product of both private and public school systems Buono's real education came sitting across a cast of notable six-string savants.

"I'm a rhythm and lead guitarist & songwriter for multiple projects with worldwide social recognition. I graduated from San Jose State with a Bachelor's of Music in jazz guitar, and am currently teaching around 40 lessons a week to students ranging in ability from beginner to professional.

I help students who need help due to the struggles they go through with their instruments. I love teaching private lessons because I believe in spreading the word to make the great gift of playing music available to many. I started teaching with the company Take Lessons in August 2011. I've enjoyed every day of it. I have 97 reviews in my profile.

[5.0 rating over 140 reviews from another lesson platform] Music has been a lifelong pursuit for me. Having a musical family, I was exposed to a variety of styles from an early age, beginning on Piano when I was 5. From then on I spent my life playing and performing on many instruments including Guitar, Bass, Saxaphone, Vocals, and Keys along with studies on many others.

I've been teaching music composition and theory, violin, guitar, voice, and piano for the last five years. In addition to teaching, I work as a professional composer, multi-instrumentalist, and recording artist. I have been playing guitar for 19+ years and violin for 17+ years, and in 2022, I earned a Master of Music in Composition from the University of South Carolina School of…

I believe that every individual learns music skills differently. As a teacher I seek to design lessons that provide each student with the opportunities to grow in a creative and enjoyable way. Providing a customized schedule for each student is essential for engaging and encouraging musical growth.