GEORGE KARAYIANNIS
ONLINE LESSONS
Develop Musical Thinking
Not Just Guitar Skills
Personalized lessons focused on
deep musical understanding, technical freedom, and
using knowledge creatively in improvisation and composition.
My Teaching Approach
Every student arrives with different goals, background,
and ways of understanding music.
There is no universal order, no fixed path, and no single way information should be absorbed.
My approach is built around creating a clear, adaptable framework that connects new ideas to what you already know, supported by practical musical examples and creative tasks that help each concept become truly yours.
Lessons are shaped around your current level, your needs, and the way you process information.
That way, knowledge doesn’t remain isolated, but becomes usable.
Rather than collecting material, we focus on
understanding function:
how harmony works and how chords are practiced and used, how phrasing is shaped around scales and arpeggios,
how concepts connect,
and how all of this translates into real musical situations.
The goal is not to follow a method, but to
develop the mindset needed to practice efficiently, build a solid and functional pool of knowledge, develop technical fluency, and explore
your own musical voice without fear.
To understand the music you love, express yourself freely through the instrument, and move forward with direction,
regardless of level, style, or musical background.
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From Knowledge to Music
Learning guitar today isn’t the hard part.
Information is everywhere from scales, chords and arpeggios to concepts and exercises.
The problem starts when practice becomes
unstructured with
no clear order
no framework and
no guidance
on how to adapt information to
your individual needs,
your current level,
and the mindset required
to turn knowledge into music.
Many players reach a point where they can
practice consistently and understand things intellectually,
yet improvisation and composition still feel unclear.
Μusical ideas don’t connect and
what should feel expressive ends up feeling mechanical.
This is one of the most frustrating stages of the journey.
When you put in the effort and still feel stagnant,
it’s never because of a lack of talent.
It's because information alone is never enough.
I’ve been through this process myself as a mostly self-taught player, and I’ve seen it repeatedly with students over the years, from intermediate and advanced players to
professionals and teachers.
When musical knowledge isn’t integrated into
a clear framework that combines:
deep learning, phrasing, musical examples & creativity,
it leads to confusion, wasted time, and the constant feeling that something essential is missing.
If This Way of
Thinking Resonates
You didn’t come here to collect more material.
You came here because at some point you realised that
knowing things is not the same as being able to
use them expressively with direction.
For some players, this moment arrives after years of practice.
For others, after technique is in place but musical ideas
still feel fragmented.
Sometimes it shows up when improvisation feels forced, composition feels unclear, or practice starts going in circles.
You might already play at an intermediate or advanced level.
You might be performing, writing, teaching, or working professionally with music.
If you’re putting in the effort, what you share is not a lack of talent.
You’re a musician who wants to understand how chords lead to harmony, how arpeggios and scales shape phrasing, and how rhythmic exercises develop real rhythmic awareness.
You’ve also realised that meaningful musical results
don’t come from accumulation, but from a
shift in mindset and a more mindful approach to practice.
Lessons are shaped around where you are
right now.
Your background, your goals, and the way that
you understand music today.
