Hernán Londoño

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11 Years Teaching on Lessonface
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Audio Recording and Music Production
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About

If you’ve been jumping between YouTube videos, learning new licks every week but still feel stuck — you’re not alone.

What I’ve learned from working with many students is this:

Most guitarists don’t struggle because they lack ability.

They struggle because their practice lacks focus, clarity and a correct pacing.

That’s what I provide.

I’m a professional guitarist, performing musician, and music producer with over 20 years of teaching experience.

My musical journey began with formal classical training — I hold a degree in Classical Guitar  — where I developed a strong technical and musical foundation. From there, I expanded into jazz and modern improvisation, and I am currently completing a Master’s degree in jazz and modern music  performance.

In our lessons, we work through real songs and solos in the styles you want to develop — whether that’s rock, pop, R&B, jazz, or a combination.

We focus on:

• Strong rhythm and groove (the foundation of all styles)
• Technical efficiency and clean execution
• Practical theory and fretboard clarity
• Ear training connected directly to the music you enjoy

Rather than collecting random exercises, you build a system that helps you understand how the music works, and develop the ability to use it creatively in your preferred style.

Progress isn’t rushed.
And it isn’t random.

Each lesson builds logically, with clear goals for your practice at home — where real improvement happens.

Teaching Style

My teaching is strategic, structured, and personalized.

At the intermediate and advanced levels, progress does not happen during the lesson alone — it happens through focused, consistent practice between sessions. The lesson provides clarity, direction, and refinement; your development happens in the disciplined work you do at home.

I begin by identifying what is truly limiting your progress — whether technical, harmonic, rhythmic, or conceptual — and design a clear plan around it.

Each lesson focuses on:

• Technical efficiency and refinement
• Harmonic understanding and fretboard clarity
• Improvisation and musical language
• Rhythmic awareness and groove
• Artistic identity and expression

You will leave every session with precise objectives and structured material to work on independently. I expect consistent practice and thoughtful engagement with the process.

While my approach is demanding, it is also supportive. We analyze mistakes carefully, build awareness, and cultivate long-term musical growth with intention.

This is not casual instruction — it is guided development for committed musicians.

Curriculum

All technical and theoric concepts are taught through songs and applied repertoire.

Rather than studying theory in isolation, we work directly with real musical material — playing songs and solos — and a few excercises targeted specifically at what the student needs. 

Every concept is connected to musical context.

Our structured development includes:

1. Rhythm & Groove
Subdivision control, internal pulse, phrasing placement, and stylistic time feel in your style.

2. Technique & Efficiency
Refined coordination, economy of motion, tension control, and clean execution.

3. Ear Training & Fretboard Fluency
Connecting what you hear to the instrument through intervals, chord recognition, and transcription.

4. Harmony & Musical Vocabulary
Scales, chords, arpeggios, and their practical application in real musical contexts.

5. Style, Phrasing & Repertoire
Developing authentic articulation and musical language through the study of songs, solos, and stylistic repertoire in jazz, rock, and R&B.

I don´t use a textbook per se  but  I draw among others from:

  • A Modern Method for Guitar – William Leavitt

  • Creative Guitar – Guthrie Govan

  • The Advancing Guitarist – Mick Goodrick

  • Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony – Joe Mulholland & Tom Hojnacki

  • Rhythm Guitar: The Complete Guide (MIT press)

  • Repertoire study may include jazz standards, rock, pop and R&B songs, solos for guitar or other instruments.

All materials are selected according to the student’s level and stylistic direction, with a strong emphasis on developing deep  control of the instrument and authentic musical feel.

 

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