Experienced tutor in Guitar in Menlo Park, Ed offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

I took both guitar and singing lessons from Ed on and off for a number of years, both in person and remotely. I was an intermediate/advanced guitarist and a beginner/intermediate singer when I started lessons with him. I have had guitar or voice teachers here and there over the years, but Ed has been the most effective for me by far.

I am most impressed with how quickly and easily Ed is able to zero in on very specific areas that need to be worked on to improve. He then always seems to have a useful practice technique to address the issue. This effectiveness combined with his easy going and laid back personality make lessons with him an absolute pleasure.

Ed is super friendly, calm, and very knowledgeable. He knows how to tailor lessons to my skill level and interests, and I've made great progress in my singing and guitar playing over the past few years. You can tell how much he loves music, and he truly seems to enjoy sharing the gift of music with me. I always feel comfortable making mistakes given how supportive and encouraging he is. I'm really glad I've got Ed as a teacher!

Ed Johnson is an extremely accomplished musician while also being an extremely effective teacher. He is a true master of the guitar in wide-ranging musical styles, vocal instruction, choral arranging, songwriting, composition, music theory and music recording/production. As a teacher, is he is ambitious on his students' behalf while remaining kind and patient. Well worth the investment, you cannot work with or learn from a finer musician!

Ed is talented in many genres and can teach practically anything you want to learn on guitar: Folk, rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, finger style, flatpick, Brazilian, and so on, plus vocals and theory. He's also a master at figuring out what they're doing on a recording. And he is super kind and supportive.