Teach guitar online in English

Most guitarists learn their first chords from a video, a book of tabs or a friend, and a lot of them stall in the same places: the change from C to G that never gets fast enough, the F chord that buzzes however hard they press, a thumb clamped so tightly behind the neck that the forearm aches. A video shows what a chord looks like. It cannot see that a student's wrist has collapsed, or hear that the third string is muted by the side of a finger.

That is where a tutor earns their place: spotting the one habit that holds everything else back, and giving the student a way to practise past it. The instrument covers a lot of ground, too. A classical player reading from notation, a singer who wants to accompany themselves on an acoustic and someone who wants to solo over a blues on an electric all call it guitar, and each needs something different from a lesson.

Why we are looking for guitar tutors who teach in English

Clasora shows students the tutors who teach in the language they use the site in. A student reading Clasora in English is shown tutors who teach in English, so if English is your teaching language, those are the students who find you.

Guitar comes with more vocabulary than beginners expect: barre chords, hammer-ons, palm muting, alternate picking, “the low E string”, “down, down-up”. A student who grew up with crotchets and quavers may never have heard of quarter and eighth notes, or the other way round. When your words match the ones the student already knows, lesson time goes on playing rather than on decoding instructions.

Clasora does not employ tutors, and this is an opening rather than a job. You work independently: you set your own prices and hours, and you teach as much or as little as you like. Some tutors fit a few lessons around gigs, studio work or another career. Others teach enough hours for it to take the place of a job.

What teaching guitar online on Clasora looks like

This opening is fully remote. Every lesson happens online, and you teach from wherever you live.

Students book from your calendar. They only see the times you have marked as free, shown in their own time zone, and you decide how much notice you need and how far ahead people can book.

Lessons run in the browser, with nothing to install on either side. On guitar the camera matters more than in most subjects. Set it slightly to one side at the height of the neck, far enough back that both hands are in shot, and ask your student to do the same. Background blur keeps your room private, but it can smudge the end of the neck, so switch it off when that detail counts.

Every video call carries a delay, so playing together in real time is impractical: you never land on the beat at the same moment. Take turns instead: you play a phrase, the student plays it back. For timing, the student plays along with a metronome or a backing track on their side while you listen. Headphones stop your guitar echoing back through the student's speakers, and an external microphone gives a truer picture of tone than a laptop one. Noise suppression on many computers also cuts off the tail of a ringing chord, which is worth knowing before you judge a student's sustain.

The first minutes often go on tuning. You cannot turn the student's pegs, so show them early how to use a tuner app. Screen sharing puts a tab or a page of notation in front of you both, from a program such as Guitar Pro or MuseScore. The in-call chat is handy for a chord name or a link to a song.

Between lessons, each student has a conversation with you. They can send a short recording of their practice, which shows their picking hand better than a live call does, and you reply with a tab or a note on what to fix. Messages, files and shared links sit next to the sessions they belong to. Your arrangements can live in your personal file area, and documents can come across from Google Drive. Google Calendar can sync with your Clasora calendar.

What students usually want help with

First chords: open shapes such as E, A, D, G, C and A minor, pressed cleanly, and changing between them without stopping the strum.

Barre chords: the F chord, the movable shapes built on it, and the tension that makes them hurt.

Strumming and rhythm: common patterns and staying in time with a metronome.

Fingerpicking: arpeggios, Travis picking and classical right-hand technique.

Reading tab and notation: what the numbers mean, and how rhythm is written.

The fretboard: the notes on the neck, and the major and pentatonic scales.

Lead playing: bends that reach the right pitch, vibrato and alternate picking.

Improvising: soloing over a blues or rock backing track with phrases, not just scales.

Theory on the guitar: how chords are built, keys, and using a capo to suit a voice.

Getting ready for an audition, a performance or an exam: pieces, sight-reading and nerves.

Who we are looking for

You play the styles you offer well, and you can demonstrate slowly and cleanly, not only at full speed.

You explain clearly in English and can break a movement into small steps.

You can hear what is wrong through a laptop microphone: a buzzing fret, a muted string, a beat that rushes.

You stay patient with sore fingertips and slow chord changes, which every beginner goes through.

You might teach guitar already, have studied music, be a music student, or play for a living on stage or in the studio.

You have a computer with a camera, a microphone and a steady internet connection, and a way to place the camera so it shows both hands.

You are 18 or older.

Teaching experience helps, but it is not required.

What you get

No commission. Clasora takes nothing from the price you set.

Free to join and to publish. There is no subscription and no listing fee.

Your own prices. You set a price for each session length, and you can offer a free first session.

Your own hours. You choose your weekly hours and days off, the notice you need and how far ahead students can book.

A public listing page. Your listing is a page of its own that search engines can find, shown in the language each visitor reads, with your photo, an intro video, what you teach, the languages you speak and your price for each session length.

Reviews on what matters. Students rate you on knowledge, clarity and engagement.

Checked qualifications. You can add music degrees and teaching qualifications to your profile, and a moderator checks them.

How to start

Create an account with the button on this page.

Publish a listing for guitar, saying which styles you teach.

Open your calendar and mark the hours you are free.

It takes a few minutes. You accept the terms when you become a tutor, and a moderator checks your listing before it goes live.

Questions tutors ask

Do I need a music degree?

No. You need to play the styles you offer with confidence and explain them clearly. If you do hold a music degree or a teaching qualification, add it to your profile and a moderator will check it.

Can my student and I play together during a lesson?

Not in real time. The delay on any video call puts you out of step. Take turns instead, or have the student play along with a metronome or a backing track while you listen.

Can I teach only one style, such as classical or electric?

Yes. Your listing says what you teach, so you can offer a single style or several.

How do I get paid?

Card payments are not switched on yet. For now a booking is confirmed without a card, and you and the student settle payment directly between you. Clasora takes no commission on what you charge.