NEW: Interactive Online Courses

Blue Bear now offers select online music courses for guitar! It's the same high quality interactive instruction as Blue Bear's on-site classes, but with added flexibility that benefits students in numerous ways.

Why take music classes online?

• Take a class at your own pace. Start anytime.
• Never worry about missing a lesson. No need to get a babysitter, or stress out about missing a class if work sends you out of town.
• Access high-quality music instruction no matter where you are: all you need is a high speed internet connection and a computer with a web cam and microphone.
• Access the lessons and materials anytime, with interaction and feedback from your teacher throughout the course.
• It's more than just watching videos or a DVD: Blue Bear's online classes are interactive, personalized, hands-on courses that enhance your music knowledge and skills - all from the comfort of your own home, or virtually anywhere!
• Want to learn guitar with family or friends in another town, state or country? Now you can! Sign up together, and share Blue Bear with your family and friends around the globe.
• Online classes are good for your health and the health of the planet. Reduce your carbon footprint by not having to drive across town to take your lessons. Imagine no more parking fees or tickets. Online classes enable you to save money, time and reduce stress. Spend your time learning, not commuting.

Blue Bear is partnering with Ashbury Music Hall, a new collaborative online educational platform, on this exciting new program. In addition to offering supplemental online material for our on-site guitar classes, Blue Bear is introducing online offerings of our popular Beginning Acoustic Guitar classes as well as engaging new online-only courses for intermediate/advanced level students. With nearly 40 years of experience in providing superior music education to aspiring musicians of ages and skill levels, Blue Bear is building on the traditional classroom experience to create an interactive global environment for music education. How does this work? Check out the video clips below!

Beginning Acoustic Guitar Online

This class covers the same materials as our on-site Beginning Acoustic Guitar classes. You will learn to play basic chords and to play songs in both folk and rock styles. Also covered: tuning, guitar care, and basic strums. No prerequisites, but an acoustic guitar is required. This 10-week course can start anytime. FAQ >>>
Cost: $215 for 10-week course
Materials available online for 12 weeks
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Beginning Acoustic Guitar Online Upgrade

This online course supplement is designed for students enrolled in Blue Bear's Beginning Acoustic Guitar classes, to help you increase your learning speed. Upgrades for these classes will be offered on a weekly basis. This upgrade is available only to students enrolled in Beginning Acoustic Guitar classes at Fort Mason Center (info).
Cost: $35 for 10 weeks
Materials available online for 12 weeks
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Acoustic Guitar III Online Upgrade

This online course supplement is designed for students enrolled in Blue Bear's Acoustic Guitar III classes, to help you increase your learning speed. Upgrades for these classes will be offered on a weekly basis. This upgrade is available only to students enrolled in Acoustic Guitar III classes at Fort Mason Center and Lennon (info).
Cost: $35 for 10-weeks
Materials available online for 12 weeks
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Hot Rod Lincoln: High Speed Pickin'
NEW - Offered Online Only!

This course will enable you to add that rockabilly twang and super fast double picking to your guitar-playing! Using three different versions of Hot Rod Lincoln, as well as the original Hot Rod Race that started it all, the lessons will focus on your right and left hand technique. This intermediate/advanced level two-week course can start anytime. FAQ >>>
Cost: $125 for two-week course
Materials available online for five weeks
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Pentatonic Scales 101: Soloing Over Rock and Blues
NEW - Offered Online Only!

In this course you'll learn the different registers of the guitar, as a place to explore when generating riffs, basslines, hooks, catchy licks, rhythmic accompaniment, or chord/melody soloing. Using examples from rock and blues classics, the lessons will help you become proficient in switching scales, combining scales and chords, and moving around the neck. This intermediate/advanced level six-week course can start anytime. FAQ >>>
Cost: $250 for six-week course
Materials available online for eight weeks
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