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Designed for experienced players, this course focuses on advanced gospel chords, substitutions, turnarounds, and improvisation. You’ll develop the tools needed to play fluently in church, bands, and live worship settings.
Advanced Gospel Guitar Course
This beginner guitar course will help new players learn basic chords, simple strumming patterns, and essential techniques to start playing songs with confidence.
Introduction To Music Theory
This course introduces the basic building blocks of music, including notes, scales, intervals, rhythm, and key signatures.
Guitar Beginners Course
This ear training course develops the ability to recognize pitches, intervals, chords, and rhythms by ear. Students will strengthen their listening skills to play and learn
music more accurately.
Ear Training Course
This course covers the essential skills every pianist needs, including proper technique, basic chords, scales, rhythm, and simple songs.
Piano Essentials 1
Online courses you can follow anytime, anywhere.
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Live Masterclasses
Join our live performances and masterclasses to learn from experienced musicians.
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Guided Video Lessons & Tutorials
Follow NMS’s structured learning curriculum that is proven to get results.
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1-on-1 Feedback
Get individual feedback on your playing to improve faster and stay motivated.
Your Instructor
Joshua Samuel Nichols
Nashville, TN
🏫 Founder & CEO, Creator of the NMS System™
🎸 Professional Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from a 2-Time Grammy Award-Winning Family
👨🏫 Taught 500+ Clients Worldwide
⭐️ 5-Star Rated Music Instructor
🎓 Diploma in Music and Performance from Nashville School of the Arts
💻 MBA in Data Science and developer of the full suite of music tools on this platform, designed for daily musical practice: digital guitar tuner, piano and guitar chord apps, metronome, ear training tools, music theory quizzes and more…
4.9 stars by over 500 students worldwide.
Joshua is an excellent music teacher. He uses a creative and effective method to help people learn. We highly recommend it, especially for students of all ages to improve their skills.
— Hannah
Geneva, SwitzerlandThere's nothing one dimensional about learning the guitar with Joshua! Classes with him go far beyond pure technique & musical mechanisms. It's a love story that I feel he wants his students to embark upon: to learn the guitar is to learn about and grow to love a guitar's nature itself! Discovering this new world & harnessing a deep respect and fascination for this noble instrument of such beautifully infinite & wonderful possibilities means that every second of my classes with Joshua is charged with musical energy, information & passion. I am so excited for this journey!
— Stephanie Money
Gex, FranceIt is very rare that a musician of this caliber is even available to teach others. Joshua Nichols' practical application of music theory combined with his versatile background as a performer has taken him all across the globe. Definitely a top notch, 5 star guitar instructor.
— Travis Settles
Nashville, USA
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