Welcome to Mahalo Guitar!
The guitar is one if the most versatile instruments in today's modern music. It's also one of the most timeless and most popular instruments in music history. We all know someone who plays guitar.
Mahalo provides you with all the information you need to learn guitar: everything from the basics of strumming, to learning every chord, to learning the hottest hits from the past 50 years. Start your musical journey by checking out Mahalo's very first Beginner Guitar Course.
Julie Shows You Katy Perry's "California Gurls"
Julie teaches you how play Katy Perry's hit single, "California Gurls," on guitar.
Hot Mahalo Guitar Pages
Jen Rocks Out Travie McCoy's "Billionaire"
Mahalo's own rockstar, Jen, shows you the ins and outs of Travie McCoy's "Billionaire."
Ben Demonstrates How to Better Your Scale Skills
Resident expert Ben shows you the easiest way to beef up your scale arpeggio chops.
Brandon Jams Out on Some Classic Green Day
Brandon runs through one of his helpful practice videos so you can play along at home.
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Meet Mahalo's Guitar Experts
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Jen Trani
Meet Jen, one of Mahalo's guitar experts. Born and raised in Denver, Jen Trani has been playing guitar in all styles since the age of 13. Having earned her bachelor's degree in music performance from the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, Trani teaches guitar and plays lead with several bands. She also appeared in the Shirelles-inspired '60s musical ''Baby It's You,'' ''The Price Is Right,'' and is the composer for an online series of video shorts.
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Thomas Gilbert
Meet Thomas, one of Mahalo's guitar experts. Thomas is an alumnus of both USC and Cal State Northridge, majoring in music education and music composition. Thomas has collaborated with composers Hans Zimmer and Mateo Messina, and worked on such film scores as "The Dark Knight," "Gladiator" and "Juno." He taught an online advanced blues guitar course for over two years with a huge online response and is a member of rock band Radius.
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Ben Jaffe
Meet Ben, one of Mahalo's guitar experts. Ben is an accomplished recording artist and has been a professional guitar instructor since 2006. He taught large classes of aspiring guitar students until 2008, then made the transition to being a private instructor. He also records, performs and tours with the band Honey Honey.
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Julie Meyers
Music instructor Julie Meyers has been teaching bass, guitar, piano and voice lessons for nearly seven years. Meyers graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music with a degree in songwriting. She has performed in hundreds of shows across the country and currently performs, records, and tours with the band Elegant Friction.
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Brandon Slavinski
Meet Brandon, one of Mahalo's guitar experts. Brandon has been a professional guitar instructor since 2005 teaching private guitar lessons to hundreds of students. He owns a production company called Red Letterbox Productions, and has produced and written for many artists including Drew Seeley, the singing voice of Troy in High School Musical. Brandon has an extensive knowledge of recording, engineering and writing music of all kinds. He is currently working on his solo material as a singer and guitarist.
