If you've ever picked up a guitar, strummed four chords badly, and put it down again feeling like the instrument wasn't for you — it wasn't you. No one slowed down long enough to let the basics settle into your hands. That's the one thing we do differently.
4 Years
Instructor's Experience at T-Series
1-on-1 / Group / Online
Whichever Fits Your Life
Same Calm Studio
As Our Bansuri Classes
Your Teacher
"I don't teach guitar as a list of things to memorize. I teach it the way I'd want to learn it myself — slowly enough that every chord actually feels comfortable before we move to the next one."
— Prateek Sati, Guitar & Western Music Instructor
Guitar and Western music classes are taught by Prateek Sati, who brings four years of experience as a professor at T-Series to Anhad Flute's studio at Artshala, Rishikesh Pottery Studio. An expert in Western music, Prateek also releases his own original music on Spotify and YouTube. His teaching philosophy carries over directly from our bansuri classes: technique before repertoire, feeling before speed.
See Prateek in Action
A glimpse of Prateek's playing and teaching style — straight from the studio.
What You'll Actually Learn
No rushing to "learn a song" before the fundamentals can support it. Classes start with posture and hand position, then move through:
Open Chords & Clean Transitions
The handful of shapes that unlock most popular songs, practiced until switching stops breaking the rhythm.
Strumming & Rhythm
Most beginners undervalue this, but confident rhythm always sounds better than a complicated chord played unevenly.
Basic Fingerpicking
For a softer, more intricate sound, introduced once the fretting hand is steady enough to support it.
Chord Charts & Tabs
Enough practical notation to keep learning independently between classes — no staff notation required to start.
Song-based practice runs through all of it — real songs, chosen with you rather than assigned. Intermediate students bring their own goals: barre chords, capo use, a song that's been sitting unfinished for months, the beginnings of improvisation.
Ready to stop teaching yourself and start actually improving?
Ask About Guitar ClassesWhy Learn Guitar in Rishikesh
Rishikesh has been drawing musicians longer than it's drawn tourists — sadhus and wandering musicians sat by this river with whatever instrument they carried, because the town itself seems built for quiet, daily repetition. Away from the small embarrassment of practicing where a flatmate can hear every mistake, students find they're willing to sound bad in front of themselves for a while. That willingness is most of what separates someone who learns guitar from someone who almost did.
"Students consistently tell us the environment did real work before the lessons even began — slowing their breathing, softening the grip in their hands."
Who These Classes Are For
Complete Beginners
Never played a note. Most students who walk through the door start exactly here.
Travelers & Residents
Passing through with unstructured time, or living here and wanting something for the hands that isn't a screen.
Players Who Stalled
Already play a little and want someone honest to correct the habits that quietly crept in.
Almost all of them share the same worry before their first class: too old, too uncoordinated, too late. The guitar rewards patient, regular practice far more than natural talent or age — adult beginners often progress faster, precisely because they understand why they're practicing something.
Common Beginner Mistakes, and How We Avoid Them
Almost every self-taught guitarist carries the same small habits, picked up in the first unsupervised weeks and never quite corrected.
Pressing too hard
A clean note needs precise placement, not force. Relax the hand and it gets easier and quieter.
Skipping the metronome
Rhythm, not chord accuracy, separates beginner strumming from confident strumming.
Playing songs top to bottom
We isolate the difficult bars and repeat those alone, instead of cementing mistakes with the rest.
Practicing only when motivated
Ten focused minutes most days outpaces two hours once a week. We build that rhythm from class one.
Class Formats
Classes happen at Artshala, Rishikesh Pottery Studio — the same quiet room our bansuri students have practiced in for years. No mirrors, no audience, just a teacher, an instrument, and enough quiet to hear what you're playing.
1-on-1
Personal, in-person sessions — paced entirely around you, with full attention on your hands, your ear, and your goals.
Group Classes
Learn alongside a small group of fellow students — a shared, motivating rhythm of practice.
Online
Live video-call lessons for students learning from outside Rishikesh, same unhurried approach.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need my own guitar to start?
No. You can begin on a studio guitar while you decide whether to buy one, and get an honest recommendation on what to look for when you're ready.
Can complete beginners join guitar classes in Rishikesh?
Yes. Most students start with zero experience. Classes begin with posture, hand position, and simple chords before moving to strumming patterns and songs.
Are online guitar classes available?
Yes, live video-call lessons are available for students learning from outside Rishikesh, alongside 1-on-1 and group formats in the studio.
How is this different from a typical guitar class?
Classes are unhurried and paced to the student rather than a fixed curriculum, in the same calm studio setting as Anhad Flute's bansuri classes, at Artshala, Rishikesh Pottery Studio.
Start Whenever You're Ready
There's no ideal time to start learning guitar, only the next quiet hour you're willing to give it. Message us on WhatsApp with your experience level and preferred format, and we'll help you find the right way to begin.
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