Hello and welcome to my website. I'm Joe DeCara, and I have been teaching guitar throughout Maryland for over 25 years. I teach full time in my private studio conveniently located in the northern section of Roland Park (at the dividing line of Baltimore County and Baltimore City). In addition to offering private lessons, I have been teaching at Loyola College in Maryland since 2000.

Having played the guitar from an early age, I have played various styles such as jazz, rock, contemporary, classical, blues, standards, funk, 50's, 60's, 70's up to the present. I specialize in improvisation, fingerboard theory, repertoire and chord melody. My lifetime dedication to teaching, playing and research has led me to a tried and proven method to move a student from a beginning level to that of an advanced player in a very short period of time — regardless of one's age or experience. Within months, my students find they have an in-depth knowledge of the fingerboard. Please contact me to set up an appointment for our first guitar lesson.

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