more than twenty five years of teaching experience

Nikos Tsiachris has been teaching guitar for more than twenty five years both privately and at music schools. As a result of this experience he has developed his own teaching-concepts and strategies to enable students learning flamenco guitar. Probably one of the biggest challenges for the most students is to understand the flamenco rhythms, especially the 12-beat rhythms. Through his regular experience of playing together with jazz musicians, as well as teaching to beginners over many years, Tsiachris has developed an efficient way to make both of them - colleagues and students - understand how the 12-beat rhythms work. As he started learning flamenco guitar at the age of twenty-three, he has experienced many common learning difficulties, being thus very aware of the problems that students may face out in their effort to approach flamenco.

teaching method

Simplicity, motivation and awareness are the keywords of Tsiachris teaching method. Simplicity is essential to approach complexity. Flamenco guitar is extremely complex and requires continuous effort of many years, if you want to become a professional musician. Tsiachris has developed a smart strategy of teaching in a simplified and abstract way, supporting students to learn according to their abilities. In consequence students experience more success and less frustration.

Motivation is important in the learning process. Students have individual needs and a good teacher should be able to adapt to them. Tsiachris is flexible and open-minded as a teacher and has the ability to guide efficiently most students. His unique musical style and technical virtuosity have been inspired a lot of students. 

Awareness is also very important. Perhaps the most typical beginners question is "how much time does it take to learn flamenco". Tsiachris answer is "it depends". Learning process varies greatly among students according to their perception, needs, time-dedication, ambitions etc. Tsiachris considers himself a student too; he is convinced that the learning process is continuous and endless. But, students must be aware that it might take several months / years in order to develop a powerful guitar technique and understand flamenco rhythms and sound aesthetics. 

lesson types and plans

Private lesson is ideal for learning everything you´d like to learn and is especially recommended for those who focus on soloing guitar. Advanced students can learn compositional techniques and improvisation concepts. Apart from face-to-face lessons, online lessons are offered as well, for those who don´t live in Berlin. You can schedule an online lesson via Zoom or Skype and receive the learning material (videos, music score etc.) straight after the lesson.

Group learning often delivers fast results because it allows students to learn from each other and play together ensemble pieces. Tsiachris teaches singing- and dance accompaniment in small group courses, using at the beginning audio and video recordings. Advanced students have the possibility to learn by doing, accompanying regular dance classes and interacting with professional singers.

Tsiachris supports also non flamenco musicians or students who need to understand flamenco rhythms, harmony and structure. Having studied himself classical guitar and musicology, in combination with his experience in performing regularly together with jazz musicians, he has developed an efficient teaching method for those who ´d like to learn essential elements of flamenco music and apply it to other music genres.

prices

private lesson for beginners: 45 minutes = 40 Euro / 60 minutes = 50 Euro

private lesson for advanced: 45 minutes = 50 Euro / 60 minutes = 60 Euro

If you have any further questions, please don´t hesitate to contact Tsiachris via e-mail to info@tsiachris.de or call to +49 177 4912242.