Guitar Masterclass and Technique Workshops
Move beyond tabs and learn the mechanics of guitar playing. From speed-building legato and tapping to creative chord voicings, we break down the technique behind the music.
Our guitar faculty demonstrates a three-note-per-string legato exercise designed to drastically improve your playing speed. The lesson covers hammer-ons and pull-offs across all strings, providing a solid workout for your fretting hand.
Here, our instructor explains tremolo picking, a fingerstyle technique that makes it sound like two guitars are playing at once. The tutorial breaks down the thumb and finger patterns, starting with simple exercises and building up to playing full chord progressions.
This lesson covers two-hand tapping on the electric guitar. Our instructor shows you how to combine notes from different scale shapes using both your left and right hands to create fast, fluid, and impressive melodic lines.
If you're new to tapping, this is the perfect starting point. This video breaks down the most basic elements of the technique, showing you how to get a clean sound from your taps and pull-offs before building up speed.
Want to write your own metal riffs? This tutorial shows you how to compose a heavy riff using palm muting and the E minor scale. Our instructor demonstrates how to combine a steady, muted rhythm with melodic phrases to create powerful, head-banging guitar parts.
Learn to play chords in the creative style of Jimi Hendrix. This lesson shows you how to use your thumb on the fretboard to play major chords, which frees up your other fingers to add melodic embellishments and create variations like add9, six, and sus chords.
This tutorial demonstrates how to create beautiful variations on simple open chords by changing the bass notes. Our instructor takes a standard A minor chord and shows how moving the bass line can add a whole new melodic feel to your progressions.
We also explore scales from different musical traditions, like this Carnatic scale called Ranjani. Our guitar faculty demonstrates the scale's unique ascending and descending patterns and shows how its dark, melodic quality can be used to create powerful guitar solos, especially in metal.
We offer comprehensive guitar courses for all levels, from beginner to advanced. This image shows our global student community in a virtual class. You can learn in group or private settings, either online or at our Bangalore locations.
A shot of one of our guitarists in action. Our courses are available at convenient locations in Bangalore, including Sahakar Nagar and Richmond Town, providing flexible options for in-person learning.
About Guitar Masterclass
If you've hit a technical plateau, it's usually because you're learning shapes without understanding the underlying mechanics. Our guitar masterclasses focus on a 'Music Gym' approach, where we isolate specific techniques like two-hand tapping or tremolo picking so you can troubleshoot your own playing, rather than just copying someone else's movements.
Playing the guitar well isn't about memorizing tabs; it's about understanding the fretboard as a tool for expression. In these masterclasses, we strip back the mystery of advanced techniques. Whether you are struggling to build speed with legato exercises, trying to master the intricate, two-handed tapping made famous by guitar legends, or learning how to write heavy riffs using palm muting and specific scales like E minor or Carnatic Ranjani, we provide the framework to make it click.
We approach guitar study differently. When we teach a Jimi Hendrix-style chord variation, we don't just show you the notes—we explain why his thumb-over technique opens up melodic possibilities that standard bar chords simply can't handle. It is this analytical approach that separates 'reading' music from actually 'playing' it.
These sessions are designed for flexibility. You can join our interactive live sessions from anywhere, or visit our studios in Sahakar Nagar and Langford Town, Bangalore, for in-person guidance. You will get more than just a lesson—we provide HD recordings, digitized notes, and backing tracks to ensure you have the materials to continue practicing long after the workshop ends. We don't want you to just survive the song; we want you to understand the harmony and rhythm so you can eventually write your own. Our goal is to make you a musician, not just a guitar player.
Nathaniel School of Music
I'm Jason Zac, and at Nathaniel School of Music, we believe you shouldn't just be reading dots on a page. My team and I are here to help you get the guitar out of the way so you can finally express what you’re hearing in your head. Whether it's online or at our Bangalore studios, we’re ready to get to work.
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