ABC is located at 9183 Katy Freeway Suite 100 (next to the 'Tall Plants' sign). Our second location is on Greenhouse Rd south of Clay.

ABC offers instruction on guitar, bass guitar, voice, piano, violin and drums. Lessons are scheduled weekly, in 30 minute sessions. Call 713-365-9154 for information or to schedule lessons.

You can schedule lesson times as early as 9 a.m. and as late as 9 p.m. depending on our teachers' availablity.

Greg Varhaug, one of our most popular and requested teachers, is now offering new morning lessons on guitar and piano, with lesson times starting as early as 9 a.m.

ABC offers a safe, professional learning environment, at two convenient locations. Andrew Burt, ABC's owner, has spent ten years accumulating some of the best teachers in Houston. All of ABC's teachers have years of real-world experience as professional musicians.

ABC's approach combines the best of traditional and modern teaching methods to provide students a solid musical education.

Lessons are tailored to the individual needs and interests of the student. Lessons can be applied to virtually any musical style, from classical to rock, and including latin, jazz, blues, country, worldbeat and alternative.

ABC offers its students a relaxed learning environment. Our teachers make you feel at home with your instrument.

• Prices are based on four 30-minute lessons per month. Monthly tuition is $100.

The Beginner's Lesson Programs are designed to show students how to play the actual parts from real songs on guitar and piano.

We often simplify parts to make them easy for beginners. It takes very little preparation to play along with simple pop tunes, old or new.

Lessons are designed to help you interact with what you hear, and to understand how parts are put together relative to the whole song.

• Play by ear. No note reading necessary, though an easy note-reading program is available.

• Power chords - the foundation for thousands of rock songs.

• Learn to play in real time with real music. Even beginner's lessons center on parts from real songs.

• Emphasize ear-training and hand-conditioning.

• You choose what music you play. We'll review songs from your music collection. Bring your iPod or CDs.

• How to match the sound of a chord or scale to a shape on the guitar neck or keyboard.

• Lessons are tailored to help you reach your musical goals.

• Covers chord accompaniment and soloing.

For Guitar

• How only 12 scales and 20 chord shapes lets you play almost any song you hear on the radio

• Introduces lead and rhythm guitar styles

• Solve your problems with chord strumming

For Piano

• How to build major and minor chords and scales in all 12 keys.

• How to Use chords, scales and bass-lines.

• How to arrange your own piano parts - Using chords, scales, fills and bass-lines to create musically meaningful parts.