Music Lessons

The Picker's Exchange is a guitar shop for stringed-instrument players in the Chattanooga area. According to its website, it has been serving musicians since 1996 and is musician-owned. The shop carries new and used guitars, plus basses, amplifiers, effects pedals, accessories and parts. You can also bring an instrument in to sell, or have one repaired. Its repair bench handles jobs from basic setups and electronics installs to major structural work. Lessons are offered too, for complete beginners through advanced players, including bluegrass and mandolin. Call the shop for instructor availability. The website also has a newsletter with news and tips for subscribers.

Greg Nipp's Guitar Instruction is a private music teaching studio on Ringgold Road. Greg Nipp, who runs the studio, teaches guitar and bass lessons for students from beginner to advanced levels. According to his website, he has taught in Chattanooga since 1994. Lesson styles listed there include rock, blues, metal, country and pop. The site also says online lessons are available over FaceTime and has pages for lesson information, testimonials, questions and contact.

Music Trebles Piano Studio teaches piano lessons from a Jonquil Lane address in the Collegedale area. Its website describes the studio as serving Ooltewah, Tennessee. Its website describes an approach centered on learning to read music, and weekly lessons for children and teens, and says the teacher has taught students of all ages. It also says the studio is accepting new students and offers a free trial lesson. The website explains how lessons work in three steps: book a trial lesson, get a starting point for the student, then follow a simple weekly plan.

Giant Steps Music is a music store on Hixson Pike, with an online store on its website. The store features brass, woodwind and string instruments, such as trumpets, trombones, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, violins, violas and cellos, at student, intermediate and professional levels. The site has pages for instrument repairs, lessons and rentals. For rentals, it lists a rent-to-own program for intermediate and professional instruments and a rent-to-rent program for student and beginner instruments. The site also has a calendar and an FAQ page with more details.

The Bunny Hive Chattanooga is a children's class studio on Cherokee Boulevard. According to its website, it offers developmentally focused classes for children from birth through age five, with a grownup attending alongside each child. Class options include Grownup + Me classes, a program that runs from expecting parents through preschool age, and 8-week groups. Families join through a monthly membership or a class pass. The studio can also be rented for birthday parties and family gatherings. The site invites newcomers to book a class or request a studio tour.

Insane Rhythm Music Lessons is a music studio on Brainerd Road in Chattanooga that teaches private, one-on-one lessons. According to its website, the instruments taught are drums, guitar, piano, violin and viola, voice, ukulele and bass. The website says lessons are available in the studio or online, and that students can pay monthly or by the lesson. It also says the studio teaches students from age six up and that lessons can be scheduled through its website. The site says the studio was founded by its owner, who is also an instructor, and lists several instructors on a team page.