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Richard Rabatin
- Owner/ Coordinator, Primary Instructor

Education:
A.A.S., (Suffolk County Community College); B.A. (SUNY Stony Brook); M.A. (Fordham University, Political Philosophy); J.D. (St. John's University School of Law), Composition Major, Berklee College of Music: Graduate Education Major (C.W. Post).

Professional Instruction in the following areas:
Guitar, Bass, Preparation for NYSMA and College Auditions, Ear Training, Composition, Counterpoint... Areas of Specialization

Guitar Instruction in the Following Areas:
Acoustic and Electric Blues, Slide, Traditional Fingerstyle, Blues and Contemporary Fingerstyle, 12-String Techniques, Classical, Rock, Metal, Traditional and Contemporary Jazz, Ska, How to "Comp", Chord Melody, How to Arrange for the Guitar, 75 Common and Uncommon Alternate Tunings, Fretboard Organization, Fretboard Pattern & Visualization Skills. Preparation for Jazz Lab, NYSSMA, and College Auditions and Scholarships.

Bass Instruction in the Following Areas:
Blues, Rock, Jazz, Funk, Slap, The Art of Walking Bass Lines, Improvisation. Preparation for Jazz Lab, NYSSMA, and College Auditions and Scholarships.

General Music and Learning Skills:
Music Theory, Keyboard Skills and Harmony, Diatonic (and Intervallic Ear Training), Improvisation, Soloing, How to Hear Over Chord Changes, Chromatic Melody and Harmonization, Arranging, Composition, Traditional and Contemporary Counterpoint, The Art Of Transcribing (How to Pick Out Music from CD's), Accelerated Learning, Levels of Practicing and Soloing, Listening as Practicing, Drum Machine Programming, MIDI Applications, Recording on the Computer.

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