Ovais Kareem

Passionate and experienced musician with over 8 years of on-stage performance experience with several musicians and bands. I am also adept in composing and arranging music.

I have persued my music education with respect to vocals from Prayag Sangeet Samiti,Prayagraj under Pt. Vishwajeet Chaurasiya, Pt. Ravi Shankar and Amjad khan. I have also completed my education on playing the guitar and music theory from Nathaniel School of music, Bangalore.

As a result of my music education, I have a clear grip on theoretical and practical musical concepts. I have been teaching and designing curriculum for more than 8 years now and in my classes I bring forth my motivated attitude and unparalleled love for music.

My students experience fun and joy while learning music because of the uniqueness in my teaching methodology, the base of which is actually learning to transmute emotions into their playing.

• Course Curriculum : Below are the high level areas covered in detail gradewise:

Music Theory (Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals, Drums)

Music Notation
Music Harmony
Band Knowledge
Band Analysis

Practical Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard and Drums)

Songs of all genres
Technical Work (Scales, Arpeggios, Chords, Chord Voicings and Stylistic Studies)
Ear Training (Melodic, Rhythmic and Harmonic Recall)
Improvisation and Interpretation
Ensemble preparation

• Teaching Methodology via Lesson Plans: Course curriculum and lesson wise class notes provided in PDF format. Also, below is the road map executed for a 1 hour class:

i) Warm Up - 10 minutes
ii) Technical Exercises - 15 minutes
iii) Sight Reading - 10 minutes
iv) Improvisation - 15 minutes
v) Ear Test - 5 minutes
vi) Pieces - 5 minutes

• Students’ Feedback : Students get hooked to my teaching methodology as I am proficient in developing curriculum, introducing instruments, evaluating them in their learning and showing them how fun music can be with ensemble coaching.