At Manchester ‘s NHTunes, we offer guitar lessons for adults, and have a lot of adult learners. That’s because we understand what adult learners want: they want to learn how to strum and play their favorite songs without the hassle of having to learn to read music, and they want to enjoy their lessons. That is exactly how we approach guitar lessons for adults; fun & relaxed, while getting a good music foundation that will ultimately allow you to learn songs on your own.

NHTunes knows how to keep adults learners happy and productive!

Can you play the guitar without learning to read music? Absolutely! Many famous guitarists have never learned to read! Reading music is an important skill for those that are considering a career in music; most adults just want to learn to play their favorite songs, and that doesn’t require reading at all.. not a single note!

So, what will your first lesson be like? We’ll first show you how to tune your instrument, then get started on learning a few chords and playing easy songs. With some practice you should be able to play some simpler songs in just a couple of weeks; songs like “This Land Is Your Land”, and “You Are My Sunshine”. Once you get a little more proficient at chord changes, we’ll introduce some classics, like “Brown Eyed Girl”, and “I’m A Believer”. Then, we introduce more chords to expand your song repertoire, and work on what may be the most challenging aspect of guitar lessons for adults: strumming.

Our #1 focus with guitar lessons for adults is to keep them casual and fun. Adults can sometimes lead hectic lives, and some weeks there is little time to practice, so in that case we can review material and get them set up for the next week. Practice times throughout the week will vary, but one fact remains: those that stick with their lessons will be successful!

If you’re considering guitar lessons for adults, we hope that you consider Manchester’s NHTunes as your music studio. If you’re interested in scheduling a lesson, please click HERE. You can also schedule a free tour by calling us t 603-660-2208, or e-mailing HERE. Thank you!

A walk through of our great music studio, located in Manchester’s mill yard, at 250 Commercial St. Manchester NH 03101! The gallery starts with the lesson rooms, then moves to our recording studio. To schedule a tour, please call 603-660-2208, or e-mail us HERE.

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What is the Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op?

The Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op is a group for songwriters and musicians of all abilities and styles to connect, share original music, and collaborate with other artists to gain new ideas and insights which will help bring their music to the next level.

Where are the meetings held?
The meetings are held at the NHTunes Music Studio in Manchester NH’s millyard: 250 Commercial, St Manchester NH, 03101. There is ample free parking in the front lot, and elevator access to the studio which is located on the 2nd floor of the building (suite 2017).

NHTunes… home of the Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op!

When are the meetings?
The Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op meets the first Thursday of each month, from 6:30 to 7:30pm.

Should I Bring Anything?
You should definitely plan on bringing a notepad to jot down songwriting ideas. If you play guitar or bass, you may want to bring your instrument (we have amplifiers for electric guitars). We have a baby grand piano in the studio that can be used for piano players.

Do the meetings cost anything?
There is a $10 cover at-the-door to cover the instructor and studio cost.

Can I bring a friend?
DEFINITELY! Please share our Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op Facebook group with friends who may be interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1600565153569213/

Who runs the Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op?
The group is lead by musician and music instructor Jessica Mimms. Jessica has been an active musician for over 17 years, first learning classical and jazz technique for clarinet and saxophone, as well as receiving formal vocal performance training. She began teaching advanced music theory, composition, and elementary woodwind, piano, and brass lessons at the age of 16. Jessica is also the instructor for our Songwriting Essentials course.

What style of music will the group focus on?
All styles will be covered! The idea of the group is to bring artists together in order for individuals to gain new ideas to improve their songwriting.

Is this another open mic?
No. Although you can (and should) perform your original music before the group, the idea is to collaborate as a group to gain insights on your music that can help you to achieve better results.

We hope to see you at a meeting of the Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op soon! If you have any additional questions, please call the studio at 603-660-2208, or e-mail HERE.

Prepare your student for a fun band experience with our High School Jazz Guitar prep program!

NHTunes is very pleased to announce a new program offering for our guitar students: High School Jazz Guitar Preparation. This program is designed for students who are considering auditioning for jazz guitar at the high school level, but is useful for any student who wants to bring their guitar skills and formal music education to the next level.

The program was designed with input from local high school music teachers as well as our instructors, and covers all of the essentials required of high school jazz guitarists. It will leave graduates of the program both competent and confident for their audition. Details of the program are below.

Scales
• The Chromatic scale
• Major scale roots E and A
• Pentatonic minor/major scales (modes 1 and 4 – root E and A)

Movable Chords
• Major, minor, major 7th, minor 7th, dom 7th chords with roots on the low E, A and D strings
• Extensions – 9th, 11th, and 13th
Chords & Progressions
• Understand & play basic jazz progressions
• Understand and play lead sheets to three jazz standards
• Basic comping skills

Notation
• Ability to play the melody line of two jazz standards
• Basic sight reading competency (to 8th notes)
Improvisation
• Improvised solo over two jazz progressions
This challenging program is for students with diligent practice habits and is provided with no additional tuition charges. We recommend that the program be started at least a year before considering auditioning for the high school jazz guitar program.

If you are interested in this program, please call the studio at 603-660-2208, or e-mail HERE.

NHTunes is pleased to offer several fun and exciting music classes in our studio this fall!!

Songwriters Co-Op

All classes held in our Manchester NH recording studio.

NHTunes is home to the Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op, which is a group for songwriters and musicians of all abilities and styles to connect, share original music, and collaborate with other artists to bring their music to the next level.
Meetings are held weekly on Thursday evenings, 6:30-7:30pm at NHTunes Music Studio, 250 Commercial St in Manchester NH. The FIRST meeting of the Manchester Songwriter’s Co-Op is Thursday October 6th at 6:30pm!!
The group is lead by musician and music instructor Jessica Mimms. Attendance fee is $10 at the door. Call the studio at 603-660-2208 or e-mail HERE for more information.

Voice Over

JC Haze shares his wealth of knowledge to help you get started in your OWN voice over career! JC will coach you through scripts and help you be the best voice actor you can be!

Learn Voice Over And More!

See our course schedule or sign up HERE .

Native American Flute

The Native American flute is a musical instrument anyone can play! No musical experience necessary. Six week beginner course starts Tuesday, September 27th @7:30pm. Call Ami Sarasvati at 603-573-5950 or email [email protected] for more information.

Learn To Record And Mix!

Learn to record and mix!

In conjunction with Manchester Community College, we offer: Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Using Modern Digital Technology! Designed for digital audio beginners & intermediates who want to improve their home recording skills or even open their own project studio someday, this 4-week course focuses on using modern technology to make great-sounding recordings. Our next course starts Monday November 7th 6pm.

See all the details HERE.

The Manchester Ukulele Club

Playing the ukulele is FUN, and it’s even more fun with a group who shares your musical interests! NHTunes is proud to be the home of the Manchester Ukulele Club! The club meets each Wednesday at 7pm in our Manchester mill yard studio. Read more about the club HERE!

NHTunes is home to the Manchester Ukulele Club!

Valentina Bashindzhagyan

Instructor Valentina Bashindzhagyan graduated from the Music Concentration School in Baku, Azerbaijan for  musically gifted youths as a pianist. She continued her musical education at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory receiving a bachelor’s and master’s degree in operatic singing. She has worked as a soloist in both the Baku State Academic Opera Theater and the Moscow State Academic Russian Chorus. In addition to voice, Valentina teaches piano.

Marie Hasty

Samantha Tramack

Chris Heffernan

Chris Heffernan is a multi instrumentalist and vocalist who has been performing since age six. He is currently pursuing a degree in Music Education from Plymouth State University on trombone. Chris plays trombone in the Symphonic Band, Big Band, Jazz Combo, and Brass Ensemble; baritone saxophone in the Sax Ensemble, and is teaching assistant for the jazz department at Plymouth State. He also plays keyboards, bass, guitar, trombone, saxophone, trumpet, and sings in outside bands.

Our music lesson philosophy is simple… mix fun & learning!

NHTunes prides itself on our student longevity, and the reason so many students are in it for the long haul is simple; NHTunes makes lessons FUN, all the while remaining productive and enhancing our student’s musical growth.

For younger students, most of the lesson time is focused on working on actual songs that they know, which helps to keep their interest in learning and practicing. There is nothing more exciting than playing a song that you know and like after just a few lessons! Understanding the importance of reading music and formal music training for younger students, we will also spend some time on those skills in the lessons so that they continue to progress in that area. If the student later decides to join jazz band in school, or perhaps even pursue a music education degree, they will be prepared!

Adult lessons don’t necessarily need to focus on reading music

For adult students, the focus is more on playing and less on the formal side. Many adults just want to learn to play and sing, and are not interested in learning to read music (which is an optional skill for most musicians; in fact, many famous musicians can’t read music at all!). So, adult lessons focus on chords and playing actual songs, with less on the theory side (unless of course the student so desires). So, if you’re an adult that’s been putting off music lessons because you don’t want to go through the pains of learning how to read music, fear no more!

NHTunes has been giving lessons for over five years in Manchester’s mill yard to students from Manchester, Bedford, Auburn, Londonderry, Hooksett, Goffstown, and other surrounding communities, and we’re proud to say that we have some students that have been with us nearly this whole time. We believe this is so because of our music lesson philosophy;  we mix fun and learning!

Read more about our affordable music lessons HERE.

NHTunes reception area.

What is NHTunes?

Located in Manchester’s historic mill yard, NHTunes is a music studio that offers music and voice lessons, group classes, and professional recording services. NHTunes is proud to have served Manchester, Bedford, Hooksett, Londonderry, Derry, Concord, Auburn, and surrounding communities for over five years.

Music and Voice Lessons

NHTunes has 11 experienced and dedicated music professionals on staff who offer private instruction for students of all ages on voice,

NHTunes offers private instruction on voice, guitar, piano, ukulele, and more!

guitar, piano, bass guitar, ukulele, saxophone, trumpet, flute, and more. Our six sound-isolated lesson rooms are well-decorated and comfortable, with A/C and security cameras in each room. We offer lessons on early evenings (Tuesday through Friday) and on weekends. Private half hour lessons are just $29.50.

Understanding that performance skills are a critical component of musicianship, NHTunes provides free monthly off-site recitals for their students.

Read more about our music and voice lessons HERE.

Group Classes

NHTunes offers group courses that cover Recording, Voice Over, and Songwriting. These courses are FUN and

NHTunes is proud to be the home of the Manchester Ukulele Club!

informative, and are designed for beginner-level students. You can read more about our course offerings HERE.

NHTunes is home to the Manchester Ukulele Club, which meets each Wednesday evening at 7pm (walk-ins are welcome!). The goal of the club is to have fun while learning the ukulele. You can read more about the Manchester Ukulele Club HERE.

 Recording Studio

Our recording studio features the best mix of analog and digital gear!

NHTunes is a professional recording studio offering recording services for bands, soloists, and for voice over projects. Our studio features the best analog and digital equipment along with two acoustically treated recording booths, and a large common recording area. Studio time is just $60/hr, and that includes an engineer! You can learn more about the studio HERE.

We also offer birthday parties in our studio. Let us host your party in our professional recording studio, and it will be a party that will always be remembered as the coolest birthday party ever! Two hour parties are just $150; you can learn more HERE.

Lessons are FUN! Learn to play TODAY!!

NHTunes offers gift certificates for music or voice lessons, and for recording time HERE. You can also sign up for music or voice lessons online HERE, and book a studio birthday party HERE.

We have several exciting courses this summer at NHTunes! Learn how to record and mix, learn more about the Voice Over field, or perfect your songwriting skills!

Audio Engineering Course

Do you want to learn more about recording and mixing? Do you record and mix and home and are looking to up your game? Check out our Audio Engineering course! Our Audio Engineering course, run in conjunction with Manchester Community College, can be thought of as a general recording and mixing course, and is perfect for musicians and non-musicians alike that record and mix at home. The 4-week course covers the entire signal chain from microphones to studio monitors, and everything in between. It covers key concepts like Insert vs. Send, compression, EQ, gating, and more. One class is devoted entirely to mixing down tracks from an actual studio session.

Voice Over Course

When you sign up for the “Introduction To Voice Over” course, JC Haze shares his wealth of knowledge to help you get started in your OWN voice over career! JC will coach you through scripts and help you be the best voice actor you can be!

You’ll learn:

• How to voice commercial copy and narrations
• Pay-to-Play websites
• How to audition
• How to dissect a script
• Multiple-person scripts
• How to build your OWN studio, for UNDER $500
• Marketing in voice overs
• What Casting Agents look-for
• What a voice over demo should sound like
• How being an ACTOR can help you be a great voice over.

And much more!

Express your creative side with a beginner course in Songwriting Essentials! Learn how to write catchy lyrics and beautiful sounding musical progressions in a 5 session long course here at NHTunes.

The class teaches what you will need to bring y our lyric ideas to life, and pair those lyrics with a basic accompaniment any musician could assist you with. Although the class won’t teach you how to play a specific instrument, it will enable you to give an instrumentalist an excellent foundation to build upon. We will talk about the different methods of writing melodies and chords, discuss what are some ways to record your song so you can get it to the people it was meant for. Lastly, we will be going over different platforms that you get your music heard both online and in public settings.

Closeup of hymn book.

Bring an eagerness to learn and an openness to share.

The class instructor is Jessica Mimms. Jessica has been playing music for over 15 years, and is an experienced competitor in vocal performance. Her experience in the field of music ranges from elementary instrumental education to advanced voice, music theory, and composition.

The Songwriting Essentials class starts Friday June 24th, 5:30-7pm, and runs for 5 Fridays, through July 22nd.  They take place at NHTunes recording studio, in Manchester’s historic Millyard!  Class size is limited to 8 students. You can sign up for the course here: http://nhtunes.biz/product/songwriting-course/

Music lessons should be FUN!

2) Learning an instrument is a great way to meet people and make new friends.

Musicians are part of a community; learn to play or sing, and you immediately become part of that community! Adult music lessons can become your ticket to socializing with an entirely new group of people, and perhaps making some lifelong friends.

The Manchester Ukulele Club

3) Learning an instrument can reduce hearing loss.

A recent study from Northwestern University shows that adult music lessons can in fact help to offset the aging processes affecting hearing loss. This is due to ear training that naturally occurs with learning an instrument or singing. What an incredible side-benefit this can be for adult learners!

4) Performing will boost your self confidence.

Performing in public, while perhaps unnerving at first, can be a real confidence booster for students of all ages, including adults! After the first few nervous recitals, students become more confident in their performances as their skill increases. This confidence often extends to many other areas outside of music; for example, with public speaking, and other general social skills.

We have free monthly recitals for our students, and are proud to see participation from all age groups; often adult performers outnumber the kids!

One of our monthly music recitals.

5) Playing and singing is FUN!

Let us not forget that music and voice lessons are fun! We try our best to make lessons fun, while making sure the student is comfortable and clear with what they should be practicing over the week. We believe that students should look forward to their weekly lesson.

Adult music lessons can have many benefits outside of being an enjoyable activity! Our Manchester NH studio is located just off of interstate 293, and is easily accessible from Bedford, Londonderry, Derry, Hooksett, Goffstown, and other surrounding communities. And best of all, music lessons are just $25 per week!

Don’t put it off any longer…  now’s the time! Sign up for your first lesson below!