Experienced tutor in Guitar in Laurel, Alan offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Alan is a great teacher because he loves to teach, just as his dad did. Alan is an incredibly talented musician, songwriter and singer. When I started lessons with Alan he asked me a lot of questions about my music interests and crafted early drills and chords that later miraculously had me playing one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. He is a genius at quickly writing out tablature for drills and songs. He can teach any age, any guitar and any type of music. Alan is funny, interesting and a great human being.

Alan is a gem of a teacher and a wonderful example of an artist who supports and nurtures other artists not simply because he's a teacher -- and that's what teachers do -- but because he "gets," what it is to be a young person with a passion for music and a desire to make that passion a part of your life.
Alan didn't just teach our child how to play guitar --although he did that like a pro -- he also taught her how to grow with and through her love of music. Alan went beyond teaching chords or reading charts and helped her expand her passion for music and her skills as a vocalist and then went further and found ways to be a mentor in support of her talent for writing music and lyrics.
It is Alan's skills a good person that makes him such a great teacher.
Luckily, Alan is also a great performer, guitarist, and artist in his own right because those experiences give him a unique insight into the reality of being a musician, the needs of each individual student to be their best, and allow him to craft an approach and program that works for them. Music isn't cookie cutter and neither is teaching it.
We couldn't recommend Alan more highly.

Alan has been giving my 8 year old son guitar lessons for almost 2 years. Alan is fantastic in every way!! We could not ask for a more effective, patient and inspiring guitar teacher for our son. Alan has inspired in our son a love of and great appreciation for music. Alan is a very skilled and experienced teacher and a wonderful musician and person! It brings us so much joy to see our son get so much joy out of playing the guitar. We are so grateful for Alan!

He is patient. He is great with girls who can be shy. As for his teaching technique he teaches songs that they like, and songs that work on specific techniques and fingerings. You can tell the quality of teacher by the quality of the recital- from beginner to super sonic good- the kids performance is always great for their level.

Alan is a true professional, with decades of experience in personalized lessons, from total beginners to advanced players looking to refine their technique.

I have been taking lessons from Alan Scott for many years. He also taught my children guitar and bass guitar. What I love about Alan is he is very patient with adults and children alike and makes lessons fun and accessible. Alan is an outstanding musician and exudes positive energy and enthusiasm during lessons. I look forward to my lessons very much. I would recommend Alan Scott to any student -- beginner or experienced -- as well as to both adults and children.

Alan is an encouraging and flexible teacher who fine tunes his lessons to the student's musical tastes and interests. My daughter loved working with him. She learned to play on both an acoustic and an electric guitar during her lessons.

Alan is a very gifted and talented musician. He is fluent in all musical genres and techniques and can convey his content very effectively. He is extremely patient and accommodating. I would highly recommend him for guitar lessons to students of all ages and skill levels.

Mr. Scott is an amazing guitarist and teacher. He crafted lessons around musical genres that interest me while relating them to important musical concepts that have helped me progress as a guitarist. He is supremely patient and kind and instilled in me a love of music and the guitar. I would recommend Mr. Scott to anyone interested in playing the guitar; there is no better teacher!

I STRONGLY recommend Alan Scott, who taught guitar to my son for several years, and who has taught me since my son went off to college. Alan teaches people of all ages - from young kids and total beginners to adults.

Alan is a fantastic guitarist, teacher, and all-around lovely person. While his own music tends towards rock and pop these days, he’s classically trained and can go in any direction your child might want.

We took lessons with Alan for almost 4 years. Being adults and not fully fluent in English, it could have been a real challenge. But Alan was so patient with us, he adapted the lessons to our objectives, our musical taste, and we really enjoyed our weekly lessons with him. He is very talented and can teach technics with a lot of serious but also fun! Perfect mix.

Alan provided bass and guitar instruction for three of our children. He does a great job of providing challenge while always remaining warm and encouraging. We can’t recommend him highly enough.

Alan Scott is a master. I took lessons from him for three years, and (despite all my deficiencies) he turned me into a guitar player. More importantly, he showed me the path to being a musician. I can never thank him enough.

In addition be being an immensely talented musician, Alan Scott is a thoughtful and inspiring teacher. Alan taught both my children in our home. He has had an especially big impact on my son, who has been composing, recording, and producing original compositions for several years.

We have known Alan for 20 years. He taught 3 of our 4 children how to play guitar and we have stayed in touch since then. All three of our children loved Alan and one of them went on to have a short young career in a band and continues to be a musician and in the music industry. Alan is gentle and wise with each child and I highly recommend him as a guitar teacher.

He is friendly, patient and not an intimidating music teacher for a child trying to learn a new skill and instrument. He encourages my son and allows him to pick his music. I highly recommend!

Alan has been my son's teacher for a few years now. He is patient and creative. He loves sharing his knowledge and talent with his students and also loves seeing them get better and better. He works hard to find music that is both challenging to learn and is also music that my son enjoys listening to and playing. He's also very reliable.

I was a guitar student of Alan's for 9 years, he is an incredible musician and teacher. Alan is a good teacher for beginners as well as more advanced players, on top of that hes an engaging person who always has an interesting story to tell.

I fully recommend Alan to anybody wanting to learn the basics or expand their skills on guitar/bass