Hey!

I’m Adam Rafferty – welcome to my guitar teaching website. I was born and raised in New York City, and currently spend most of my time on the road playing concerts and doing workshops.

Playing music for people is my #1 passion.

I also love teaching music to anyone who is dedicated.

Teaching music is my #2 passion.

At age 6, I started lessons with Woody Mann and learned little fingerpicking blues tunes.

Like many guitar players, I went through the phases of rock, and classical and then got deep into jazz.

I played jazz guitar throughout my 20’s and 30’s in NYC, and got to play with some jazz greats along the way – like Mike Longo (pianist for Dizzy Gillespie and my mentor), Alvin Queen (Drums for Oscar Peterson & Horace Silver), Dr. Lonnie Smith (B3 organ with George Benson), Buster Williams, Bob Cranshaw, Tal Farlow….the list goes on!

And then – in 2006 I got bitten by the fingerstyle bug fingerstyle guitar after hearing the one and only Tommy Emmanuel.

Since then – life has changed. I have toured worldwide (Bangkok, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria, Scotland, Bermuda, Singapore, Malaysia, Czech Republic), released several fingerstyle instruction DVDS, and amassed over 20 million YouTube views.

I started Study With Adam in 2014 as a way to share my knowledge. I could never have imagined that I would have the privilege to teach over 3,000 students!

Ready to take your guitar playing to the next level and finally become the guitar player you truly want to be?

With Warmest Regards,

Adam