Start your journey to playing guitar
Learn guitar from the ground up
🎸 technique, tone, and confidence with every note.
Lessons focus on:
Technique, tone, and fingerstyle foundation
Chords, scales, theory, and rhythm
Building confidence through practice and performance
Diverse Guitar Learning
Engage in tailored lessons crafted to elevate
your guitar-playing journey.
Personalized Private Lessons
Private Lessons: Tailored one-on-one sessions focusing on technique, theory, and performance, customized to each student's skill level and musical interests.
Group Learning Workshops
Interactive group classes improve skill-sharing and collaboration, providing a supportive learning environment for players at beginner and intermediate levels.
Interactive Online Learning
Delivered via video calls and our SoGG Community this service includes live sessions and recorded tutorials for flexible, self-paced learning.
Genre-Specific Mastery Classes
Focused classes exploring specific musical genres like blues, rock, and classical, designed for deep genre mastery and technique refinement.
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MEET THE instructor / founder
Ara Catchatoorian
Welcome to Strings of Grace Guitar — where my faith and my love for fingerstyle guitar come together.
I’m Ara Catchatoorian, a musician, singer-songwriter, worship leader, and lifelong guitarist who’s been playing for over three decades. What started as a personal passion of introducing and teaching guitar to my own children and relatives has grown into a calling: helping others discover the joy of playing guitar.
Over the years, I’ve focused on refining my fingerstyle technique and arranging music that speaks to both my heart and heritage — from Christian hymns and praise songs to Armenian folk, American classics and children’s music.
Whether playing for family at a holiday gathering, hanging out with friends, playing at a local open-mic night, on-stage for a large audience, on-line, or in a professional studio, it takes dedication, routine practice, courage and confidence to perform in front of others.
My greatest joy is seeing students grow in confidence as they learn to play skillfully and joyfully, while developing life-long learning skills.
At Strings of Grace Guitar, I focus on:
Building solid technique, tone, and fingerstyle foundation
Learning chords, scales, theory, and rhythm
Developing confidence through practice and performance
“Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.”– Psalm 33:3
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to have my own guitar to start lessons?
Its recommended to have your own guitar for practice, but I have spare guitars for lessons.
What ages do you teach?
Strings of Grace Guitar welcomes students of all ages from young children ages 7 and up to adults and seniors.
How long does it take to become proficient
Proficiency depends greatly on the individual's practice and dedication. Most students see notable improvements within a few months of consistent lessons and practice, but mastering the guitar is an ongoing, rewarding journey.
Can I learn to play electric guitar with you as well?
Absolutely! While I specialize in acoustic guitar, I am fully equipped to teach electric guitar and can guide you through different styles and techniques specific to playing electric.
Do you only teach fingerstyle or can I learn to play with a pick too?
It is critical to develop dexterity and control of your individual fingers early in your learning process. Lessons will typically start gradually with soft strumming, then move on to using guitar picks, fingerstyle, hybrid picking (fingerstyle while using pick), and on to thumb-pick fingerstyle.
What genre's of music do you teach?
Strings of Grace Guitar focuses on building a strong foundation on technique, tone, chords, scales, progressions, theory and rhythm, all of which can be applied to a variety of genre's including classical, folk, blues, rock, country, and bluegrass.
What is the cancellation policy for scheduled lessons?
To cancel or reschedule a lesson, please notify me at least 24 hours in advance. Once signed up, you will received automated text reminders to which you can also respond with a cancellation or reschedule request.
Do you offer any performance opportunities?
Yes, I organize seasonal recitals and local music events for students to showcase their skills.
What type of educational resources do you provide?
At Strings of Grace Guitar we believe in providing our students a variety of resources including training handouts, lesson books, training videos* and online community resources*.
*coming 2026
Do I need to be a Christian or a Believer in Christ to take lessons?
Absolutely not, but understand that as a musician that is Christian, worship leader there are certain styles or songs that I will not encourage or teach.
What does the Bible or Christianity have to do with music?
As a Believer in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and God's word as written in the Bible, musicians are called upon the Lord and mentioned in over 100 verses. Since Biblical times, musicians have been called upon as leaders, presenting music and singing as a form of worship, a way to express joy, sorrow, and praise. My favorite verse of all, Psalms 33:3 calls upon musicians to “Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.”
OpenBible.info has a great list of 100 verses that address musicians specifically.
I encourage you to visit the site here: https://www.openbible.info/topics/musicians
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"Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy."
- Psalm 33:3