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What Makes us Better

Peter Cocolla, Guitar and music teacher, smiling sitting on a black leather chair with a red acoustic guitar across his lap, in a room with blue walls and musical equipment.

At Guitar Star Instruction we focus on making sure that each student fully understands what they are learning. It’s not just drills and you will learn why at some point. You know why you are doing each thing and why it works that way. This opens up each person to faster learning, quicker application and playing the songs you love in record time.

What We Teach

  • A young girl with red hair, crying, playing a pink acoustic guitar on a sidewalk near a stone wall, with a purple box of money on the ground.

    Kids & Teens Guitar Lessons

    Our guitar lessons for kids and teens are designed to make learning fun, engaging, and highly effective!

  • Close-up of a person's hands playing an electric guitar, with a focus on the strumming hand and fret hand, wearing a dark bracelet on the wrist.

    Adult Guitar Lessons

    It's never too late to learn guitar, and the time is now! Our guitar lessons for adults are perfect for those who have always dreamed of playing their favorite songs.

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    Bass Guitar

    Dive into the groove with our bass guitar lessons, designed to build your skills using top-quality instruction books with play-along music tracks!

  • A young girl sitting on a brown leather couch, wearing a floral dress and a wide-brimmed straw hat, playing a ukulele with a striped red and beige flag hanging behind her.

    Ukulele Lessons

    Ukulele lessons are a fun and exciting way to make music, no matter your age!

  • Person playing electric guitar with tattoos on arms, wearing a colorful shirt, with purple stage lighting.

    Soloing & Improvising

    This is for Intermediate or Advanced guitarists.

    Unlock the secrets of guitar soloing and improvisation with the Insta' Pro Guitar System, a groundbreaking method created by instructor Pete Cocolla!

Meet the Instructor

Peter P. Cocolla

With 37 years of experience, Pete has performed extensively in New England and now teaches over 30 students weekly, having delivered more than 46,000 lessons.

Peter Cocolla, Guitar and music teacher, holding an electric guitar, sitting on a black leather chair in a room with blue walls and a guitar amplifier nearby.

What Kind of Songs Can I Learn?

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 What is

Insta’ Pro Guitar System?

What People are Saying

“Guitar Star Instruction is awesome! In just three years I have learned enough to start to perform at school and even town talent shows! I started guitar in 4th grade and in 6th grade I made it into my school talent show. I performed my own song that I wrote and it was the highlight of the show! I have learned how to compose my own songs and have performed many of them. Guitar Star makes it easy to do this in a short amount of time.”

A.E., age 12, Newington

“We started taking guitar lessons at Guitar Star about four months ago. After a few weeks, we saw a tremendous improvement in our guitar skills. We are surprised at how effective the lessons are and how quickly we learned notes and chords necessary to play simple songs.

“Peter Cocolla is a wonderful teacher, he is very professional and keeps his students interested in mastering guitar by coming up with creative ways of presenting the material. He interacts well with students and helps make difficult lessons easier. We are very excited and are looking forward to progressing further in electric guitar.”

~S.H. & E.H., brother and sister, college students, Wethersfield

“For years I’ve thought of thanking you for all the wonderful guitar lessons. I played with a Moody Blues cover band for 10 years and even met the Moody Blues – all because of you. You are an awesome guitar teacher…”

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