Topics Available
* Getting started & tuning
* Timing & rhythm
* Chordal techniques
* Playing with others (lead & accompaniment)
* Composition and improvisation
* Repertoire
* Music theory
* Equipment
* Instrument maintenance and set-up

* Bluegrass (Scruggs) style (banjo only)
* Melodic and single-string techniques (banjo only)

Material
Music material will be provided based on your genre or style interests.  You are also encourage to bring your own choice of music or songs to work on.  Tim can provide coaching for a performance, or help you to prepare and arrange your own original music. 

Pricing  (For gift lessons click here)
* $50 per session (1 hour long)
Lessons are weekly, and payment is due at the first lesson of the month for the entire month.  The $50/hour rate is based on a monthly commitment - therefore, you'd pay $200 for months in which there are four lesson days, or $250 for months in which there are five.  Lessons without a monthly commitment are also available, for $60/hour.  Read the Lesson Policies

Location - Tim teaches weekly out of two locations in Tucson (downtown and Catalina Foothills).  Tim is also available for lessons and workshops when travelling and performing outside of Tucson (More info about Guest Teaching here).

Scheduling - For more information and scheduling contact Tim at 520-795-4058 or email lessons@tucsonbanjo.com.

Reviews of Tim's Music and Teaching:

"Tim Wiedenkeller takes the banjo further than most. He plays chromatic banjo extraordinarily well... I loooove his banjo playing!"
-BOBBY THOMPSON, 5-String Banjo Innovator

"Milagros is a fascinating ... wonderful CD and I appreciate [Wiedenkeller's] talent."
-BOB BOILEN, All Things Considered, National Public Radio.

“Besides being a master musician, Tim is a teacher by nature.”
-BILL ROLEY, Ph.D., Saddleback College

"Milagros is really great! It's spent a lot of time in my player since it arrived. I especially like Granada Vox."
-BILL KEITH, Banjo Pioneer & Inventor

"There's a group of musicians who have redefined the banjo. People like Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, and Bill Keith... Tim Wiedenkeller is one of those musicians."
DUANE INGLISH, LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL

Tim Wiedenkeller is a professional guitar and mandolin player and virtuoso 5-string banjo performer with 30 years of experience playing and teaching. He teaches 3-finger-style banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, and voice.  His expertise covers a wide range of styles, including bluegrass, pop, jazz, blues, world, and classical.  He honed his playing alongside some of the most influential musicians of today.

Tim worked for years as a studio musician in Los Angeles, immersed in a myriad of diverse styles. He has received international acclaim for Milagros, his CD of original classical banjo compositions for the 5-string banjo.

More information about Tim can be found at www.timwiedenkeller.com