The ToneWay Project (Abbott Family)
Phone: 831-423-5214
Email: music [at] toneway [dot] com
Website: http:/ToneWay.com/
Private Lessons On: no private lessons
Location of Lessons:
Housecalls?
Classes/Groups: Group lessons offered for by-ear learning for beginners
Location of Classes/Groups: Santa Cruz
Specialties: Helping complete beginners and people who don’t think they can play or sing to play music. Our unique learning method takes the mystery out of playing music and has people making music almost immediately. We use a “learn with others” model. In our view, playing music with other people—indeed, learning with other people—should be the plan of action right from the start. This is why we engineered our Get Started program to prepare folks to play with others as soon as possible. When you share the learning process with others, you learn faster, progress comes easier, and you have more fun!
Credentials:
Year began Teaching: 2001
Student Requirements: Have an instrument in good working order. Note: you can rent one from Sylvan!
Music Teachers’ Association of CA Member?
Low Income Policy?
Rates: All of our beginner instruction is available on our website, ToneWay.com, free of charge. Just grab an instrument and play the video! Parks and Rec classes are about $35 for a three-week series, plus a materials fee. Practice jams are $5-10 a session.
Other Services: Our web site (ToneWay.com) has details on our playing-by-ear approach, articles on family music, our books and CDs, as well as lyrics and free MP3s for around 400 traditional songs.
Additional Information: We began developing the ToneWay Method in written form around 2001.