FUN & EASY ONLINE GUITAR LESSONS FOR Florida HOMESCHOOLERS

We suggest that students be at least 8 years old, and there is no maximum age limit. If your student is a beginner at guitar, they can benefit from this program.

While you know your child best, in my experience they should be at least 8 years old in order to have the necessary hand dexterity and strength to be successful.

Students can learn on either acoustic or electric guitars. If using an acoustic, your student will need a guitar, guitar pick, tuner, and a device to watch the lessons on. If they want to play an electric guitar, they will need a guitar, amp, cable, guitar pick, and tuner, as well as a device to watch me on. A strap and a stand are also useful but not required.

I give a complete overview of how to choose the right guitar, along with my recommended guitars and accessories and links to purchase them, in the guitar buying guide that comes with this program.

You can get a complete electric guitar package for less than $400, and an acoustic guitar for less than $200. These costs are also reimbursable by Step Up for Students. Another option is to purchase guitars and equipment through MyScholarShop and have it deducted from your scholarship.

Lessons are $49 a month, payable via a recurring subscription on your credit card. When you choose to register, you will be taken through the ordering process. Your card will be charged automatically every month and you will be emailed a receipt for each payment. You can cancel at any time by logging in to your account and choosing the “cancel subscription” option.

This amount covers 4 lessons a month plus access to the full library of video recordings of the lessons, as well as the guitar buying guide, guitar stringing guide, guitar tuning guide, and a downloadable template for the invoice you can use to be reimbursed by Step Up for Students. You can also submit questions to be answered in upcoming lessons.

Step Up for Students is a non-profit program in Florida  that provides education scholarships for K-12 students that can be used in multiple ways, including for homeschooling. Learn more at StepUpforStudents.org.

I applied to be a provider, but was told that I didn’t have the required qualification of a B.A. degree in music. While I do have a B.A. degree, I actually didn’t study music in college. I taught myself how to play guitar because I wanted to be a musician, and was too impatient to learn the “traditional” way.

I quickly became a successful professional guitarist and now draw on the techniques and shortcuts I came up with to be a successful guitar teacher. I have been teaching guitar and other instruments for 20 years and have helped thousands of students learn to play the fun way.

I have owned Gulf Coast School of Music in Pensacola since 2009 and serve hundreds of children and adults each year along with my team of instructors. I also have experience as a homeschool parent, having homeschooled my child for 7 years.

While we aren’t listed as a provider, lessons with us are reimbursable by Step Up. In fact, I teach multiple homeschoolers at my studio who have scholarships and get reimbursed for their lessons with us.

We provide a downloadable invoice template that has all the required information you need to get reimbursed. All you have to do is fill it out and submit it along with your proof of purchase (which can be the email receipt you receive from us each month).

We also have a homeschool parent on our team who is experienced with the Step Up program and can assist you if you have any issues.

MyScholarShop is a service of Step Up for Students where you can buy educational supplies including musical equipment for your student if you have a scholarship. When you purchase items on MyScholarShop, the amount is deducted from your balance.

 Although we will upload the new video lesson at the same day and time each week, your student doesn't need to watch them then if that doesn't work for your schedule. You can watch them at whatever time works best for you. 

Each new lesson video will remain on the private course site so your student can watch it on demand, as many times as they like, as long as they are enrolled.

Lessons are uploaded every Monday morning at 10 a.m. Central/11 a.m. Eastern. The beginning guitar course started April 7, but you can enroll any time and access all the previous lesson videos to catch up, or use as a self-paced program.

Each lesson will be around 25 minutes. Sometimes they will go longer, but they will never be shorter. Your student will get about 2 hours of instruction per month.

This beginning guitar session started on April 7 and runs through the end of August. Students who want to continue on will be able to do so in a new intermediate program that will start in September.

Another beginning guitar session will also start in September for new students; existing students are welcome to repeat the course if they want. Those courses will run until February with a break for the holidays.

On the private course site, there is a form you can use to submit any lesson-related questions your student may have. I will read them all and answer them in upcoming lessons. 

Absolutely! Students can enroll at any time. They can catch up by watching the existing videos and then watch each new lesson as it's posted, or use the videos as a self-paced program.

Yes! Once the first session of beginning guitar concludes in August, we plan to launch an intermediate session that will run alongside a new beginner guitar session starting in September. When those sessions end in February 2026, we plan to launch an advanced session as well so that current students can continue to further their skills. Going forward, sessions will be March to August and September to February.

Simply click the button below to go to our course site to sign up!