26 years teaching experience. I teach 6 days a week (full time) at Funky Munky Music, 12710 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Shawnee, KS. Lessons on Guitar, Bass, 5-string Banjo, beginner Ukelele, beginner Mandolin. I specialize in a good complete understanding of the instrument and music!I teach most genres including: Blues, all forms of Rock (including Heavy Metal), Funky, Folk, Jazz, Classical, Country, Contemporary Christian, More! I teach ALL aspects including (but not limited to): music/tab reading, in-depth rhythm and lead, fingerpicking, flat picking, hybrid picking, modal/chordal theory, sweeping, shredding, arpeggios, much, much more!!
Earl Scruggs, Clawhammer, Chromatic, Melodic, Single, Cross string on Banjo. Standard finger style, slap and pop on Bass. I like to have fun during the lessons, which makes it a more enjoyable experience for my students, and heightens the learning process!
Business details
- Year established: 1989
Highlights and features
- Music Theory, Banjo, Guitar, Ukulele, Bass, Mandolin
Associations and certifications
- I have taught at Big Dude's Music, Raymore Music, The Music Stand, The Music Gallery and presently at Funky Munky Music.
Reviews (3) Epoch
Jul 12, 2021
Larry is the best guitar teacher I've ever had in my life. He's the only one that got me to work beyond the plateaus that I'm at and is helping me to learn theory and technique and helps me to understand my guitar and a more in-depth manor that I can understand. He has great communication skills and I understand music theory a lot better because of this man
Clint McCollam
Feb 17, 2020
Logan Coffman
Dec 16, 2013
I began taking lessons from Larry when I was 10 yrs. old. After a 6 year break from guitar I picked it up again when I was a sophomore in high school. I am now a sophomore in college and I can safely say that through the instruction Larry has given me over the last 4 years I am now not only capable of jamming on just about any type of blues and classic rock style progression, I can also play a significant amount of Jazz guitar as well as Funk and Acoustic Folk. Larry took me from squeaking out Over the Hills and Far Away to being hard on myself for not having enough variation on Santana style Jazz.
He has extensive knowledge in every category you can come up with and can imitate the likes of Hendrix, Santana, Page, Beck and Satriani with ease. I could not give a better recommendation to anyone looking for a great guitar instructor.
He has extensive knowledge in every category you can come up with and can imitate the likes of Hendrix, Santana, Page, Beck and Satriani with ease. I could not give a better recommendation to anyone looking for a great guitar instructor.
