Popular Music Course

Share your creativity and passion and become the performer you always wanted to be!

The Yamaha Popular Music Courses (PMC) aim to develop musical and technical abilities and shape students into cool artists or great band players. Whether you want to play the Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, the Ukulele, the Violin, or to sing, the PMC will help you to start with the right track taught by highly dedicated and qualified teachers.

PMC key features
PMC key features
Students will learn how to play different musical genres while developing their listening, singing and reading abilities. With the unique backing tracks, lessons become more interesting and enjoyable.

Yamaha's Unique Program

  • 01. Lesson material
  • 02. Wide variety of lesson style
  • 03. Yamaha Grade Exam
  • 04. Concert

Acoustic Guitar

Yamaha’s curriculum and qualified teachers will guide you through an exciting musical journey from the basics of the acoustic guitar to high standards of performance as well as fundamental aspects such as sound projection, proper posture and other techniques.

Course Contents

  1. Strumming Exercise
  2. Finger Picking
  3. Scales
  4. Melody Exercise
  5. Chord Exercise

Details

Target Students
12 years old and above

Course Setting
Individual or group lessons

Lesson Duration
30 or 60 minutes

Course Materials
Acoustic Guitar Books 1-3
Audio materials

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Electric Guitar

Needless to say, the electric guitar is the most iconic musical instrument for all popular music genres. Join the well-structured course and you can master step-by-step Electric Guitar techniques while learning broad repertoires of various styles.

Course Contents

  1. Chords
  2. Rock Guitar Phrases and Riffs
  3. Scales
  4. Etudes

Details

Target Students
12 years old and above

Course Setting
Individual or group lessons

Lesson Duration
30 or 60 minutes

Course Materials
Electric Guitar books 1-3
Audio materials

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Electric Bass

The Bass Guitar course is a fun course, with enriching content for students who enjoy different styles of music, like Pop, Rock, Jazz and Blues.
Students are encouraged to form bands together with other instrumentalists, in order to share and develop their musical sensitivity and performance ablities.

Course Contents

  1. Scales and chords
  2. Muting and plucking and finger techniques
  3. Various Styles and Beats
  4. Creating Bass lines

Details

Target Students
12 years old and above

Course Setting
Individual or group lessons

Lesson Duration
30 or 60 minutes

Course Materials
Electric Bass books 1-2
Audio materials

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Ukulele

The ukulele is a simple but very interesting instrument that brings you lots of fun. With its compact size and 4 strings structure, you can learn different styles of music in a fun and easy way.

Course Contents

  1. Chord exercises
  2. Melody exercises
  3. Solo exercises

Details

Target Students
10 years old and above

Course Setting
Individual or group lessons

Lesson Duration
30 or 60 minutes

Course Materials
Ukulele books
Audio materials

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Violin

Start an exciting musical journey with the guide of our special curriculum and share the joy of solo and ensemble playing.

Course Contents

  1. Bowing and finger exercise
  2. Scales and arpeggio
  3. Articulation exercise

Details

Target Students
8 years old and above

Course Setting
Individual or group lessons

Lesson Duration
30 or 60 minutes

Course Materials
Violin 1-3 books
Audio materials

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