Guitar Lessons · Atwater Village · Los Feliz · Glendale · Surrounding Areas
In Person & Online Worldwide

Most guitar instruction teaches you what to play. Almost none of it teaches you how.

You can learn chords online. What you can't find is a teacher who understands why you've plateaued — or why group classes, rigid cookie-cutter programs, and app-based curricula eventually stop making a player better.

The fretboard gets taught as 10,000 dots to memorize — patterns without meaning. Here, we fix that.

Whether you're taking your first steps on the instrument, a long-time player who feels stuck, or a young student outgrowing introductory group lessons — starting right means you won't spend years unlearning the wrong things.

You work directly with me every week, not a rotating staff assigned for the semester. All ages, all levels, in person or online.

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Matt Rosenfeld — guitar teacher in Atwater Village, Los Angeles
"He is a top level artist. Technique, style, creativity. Matt shines on electric and acoustic — leads and rhythm. Ripping."
Adam Topol — Drummer, Jack Johnson
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Tone before gear

Where you pick changes everything. Most players are searching for tone in gear. It's been in their right hand the whole time.

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Guitar is percussion

Rhythm is felt, not counted. Understanding the guitar's percussive nature unlocks groove that scale practice never will.

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Foundation first

You cannot put up window treatments without a foundation. Every student, every level, starts by getting the fundamentals actually right.

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