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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