You'll be lying if you say you haven't fantasized about learning how to play a guitar once in your life. It's considered your best companion in relieving stress and enhancing your creativity, and with Kolkata being the hub of culture, creativity and music, you'll find ample music institutes and tutors for learning how to play guitar! Whether online or offline, channel your inner Jimi Hendrix to wow everyone with your sick musical skills and sign up for these guitar classes in Kolkata.
This Is Your Sign To Become A Guitar Maestro By Enrolling At These Institutes
Northern School Of Music
The guitar unit of the Northern School Of Music offers guitar classes in many genres, including Western Classical Music, Contemporary Music, Folks, Country, Blues, Latin, Reggae, Rock n Roll, Pop, Funk, and more. The types of guitars that they teach range from classical guitar, Spanish guitar, electrical guitar and bass guitar. They offer both offline and online classes, as well as individual and group sessions. If you're feeling sceptical, you can even book a free demo with them.
Timing: 1 PM to 9 PM (Closed on Wednesdays)
Rating: 4.5
Price: Upon request
Nilanjan Mukherjee Online Academy Of Music
Founded by the renowned musician Nilanjan Mukherjee, the Nilanjan Mukherjee Online Academy Of Music offers online classes worldwide, so you can get the best of guitar lessons from anywhere across the globe! Not only does he teach guitar but also tabla and piano. His academy gives training on all three levels —beginners, intermediate and advanced. Students can choose from different music styles, like classical, jazz, rock, and Indian classical music. The courses include instrumental training, music theory, composition, improvisation, and performance techniques for a well-rounded education.
Timing: Open 24 hours
Rating: 4.5
Price: Upon request
Academy For Musical Excellence (AMEC)
An abbreviation for Academy for Musical Excellence, this institution works towards achieving the mantra of three I's: Integrity, Inspiration, and Innovation. The founder, Surendranath Majumdar, returned from the University of Music in Würzburg, Germany, to share sequential and progressive music education in Kolkata, India. Along with training students in various instruments, AMEC also trains educators for Diploma in music teacher training as per the qualification offered by the Musicea Arts and Culture Council. For guitar classes, the genres covered are rock & pop guitar, classical guitar and Bollywood music. They teach learners on nylon-string guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar or bass guitar.
Timing: Open 24 hours
Rating: 4.4
Price: Upon request
Tamsguitar
Tamsguitar was started by Tamal Ghosh, a guitarist and teacher, who aimed at teaching beginners easily how to play guitar. Tamsguitar provides offline guitar classes both in Kolkata and Pune, as well as via Skype. Not only that, but students can also receive professional quality video tutorials, pdf and backing tracks for practice at home. These types of classes include group lessons, one-to-one lessons, private lessons at your home, corporate lessons and online lessons.
Timing: 9 AM to 11 PM
Rating: 4.8
Price: Upon request
Dip Das Guitar Classes
Dip Das has been playing the guitar for 10 years now and has been a professional teacher for the last 5 years. Since the beginning, he has been committed to helping his students reach their musical goals, whether they want to learn to play a few songs or become professional musicians. His classes will include basic knowledge about guitar, notations, basic and advanced chords and strumming, shifting and changes, notation-wise scale and lead play, scale change and filler added, Staff notes knowledge and building own solo with group chords.
Timing: Open 24 hours
Rating: 4.7
Price: INR 700 per hour
Calcutta School Of Music
Calcutta School Of Music was established by the esteemed musician Dr Phillipe Sandré in 1915, a dear friend of music laureate and composer Saint Saëns. It is one of the only well-established musical schools in Kolkata, providing a wide-ranging canvas of musical disciplines covering Indian and Western classical and contemporary music, dance, drama, and speech. The examinations here are conducted by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and Trinity College London (TCL). Along with classical guitar, they also provide coaching for Plectrum guitar.
Timing: 10 AM to 5 PM
Rating: 4.3
Price: INR 430 to INR 13,000
Bickram Ghosh Academy Of Performing Arts
If you wish to learn music and guitar under the guidance of Bickram Ghosh and Jaya Seal Ghosh, then Bickram Ghosh Academy Of Performing Arts is the place to be. In addition to guitar, they specialise in Tabla, Hindustani Vocals, Rabindra Sangeet, Western Vocals, Folk songs, Sitar, and Drums. They seamlessly blend age-old techniques with modern twists and methods to teach these art forms to their students, which actually range in the age range of 5 to 50. It's never too late!
Timing: 11 AM to 9 PM
Rating: 3.5
Charges: INR 800 for four classes and INR 1,200 for eight classes
