Michalis Michailidis

Guitar Lessons Rotterdam

Hello! I'm Michalis, professional guitarist and experienced guitar teacher in Rotterdam center. Looking for a patient and motivating guitar teacher for yourself or for your child? Picking up guitar lessons after a break or advanced and looking for ways to take your playing to the next level or learn to improvise awesome solo's? 

All Styles

Whether there's jazz, pop, blues, rock, folk World Music or latin on your favourite playlist, your welcome to learn more about my teaching style and repertoire!

Trial Lesson

I find the trial lesson always an ideal opportunity to get acquainted, to play some music, discuss your favourite styles and check our mutual availability. Feel free to contact me!

What to expect?

Relaxed atmosphere, reading music, chords, finger style - finger picking, plectrum, strumming, tabs, good posture, (Electric Guitar: software, effects, how to use pedals,) solos, accompaniments, song writing, music theory, scales, improvisation, solos.

Beginners

You'll get accustomed to rhythm, melody and harmony so that you're able to play naturally and un-forced. We will explore and come up with enjoyable ways of building up the basics of guitar-playing designed in a fashion that is unique to you.

Next level

As an advanced player you probably want to redefine your musical abilities such as technique, timing, harmonic knowledge, compositional skills and improvisation skills. We'll focus on pieces of music that you're learning, various ways to develop your knowledge of different compositions and how to become more relaxed and proficient when playing.

Lesson Location

My fully equipped studio is in the center of Rotterdam. Easily accessible wit public transport.

• Tram 4, stop Bloemkwekersstraat, 1 minute walk
• Metro station Eendrachtsplein 4 minutes walk
• Rotterdam Central Station - 10 minutes walk

Guitar Pedals and Effects

The electric guitar is an extremely versatile instrument and having this versatility allowed it to become one of the most influential instruments of the 20th and 21st century. A big contributor to this is the ability to modify the guitar sound by using effects such as reverb, delay, distortion and a shocking amount of many more sound effects. Discover how to setup your pallet of sounds by trying out and experimenting with many different pedals both in hardware and software form. Curious? Book a trial lesson!

Music Software and Ableton Live

As technology is improving everyday it is also integrating more and more into the creative process of either performing live on stage or making music at home. I am offering lessons and insights into the creative potential of Ableton Live which can be used either as recording software or a powerful effects, loops and samples unit. The lessons on Ableton can either be independent of the guitar lessons or combined alongside our guitar and music learning process.

Online Guitar Lessons

I also offer fun, comprehensive and well structured online live lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced players. Levie feedback. Book a trial lesson

About Michalis

Michalis Michailidis is a Greek guitarist and music producer based in Rotterdam. Michalis showed a knack for music in his early teens and started having lessons from several acknowledged local musicians. After graduating with merits from the Modern Music school of Thessaloniki (2007-2011) he moved to the Netherlands and completed his Bachelor of Jazz Guitar at the Maastricht Conservatorium (2011-2015) and his Master of Music degree at Codarts, Rotterdam(2016-2018).

Festivals

During his decade-long residency in the Netherlands, Michalis has performed in venues and festivals all around the world with various bands and styles of music while in the meantime developed his own music production and education studio.