Experienced tutor in Guitar in Berkeley, Ernie offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Ernie Mansfield is a superb music teacher. He is encouraging, thorough, and knowledgeable. He makes learning fun and exciting.

My son took keyboard lessons from Ernie and he loved the experience. Ernie excels at teaching. He shares a lot of knowledge so his students get a better understanding of the experience. Most of all, Ernie makes sure that it’s fun.

We highly recommend Ernie Mansfield for piano lessons. Our 10 year old daughter has been taking lessons for several years and she thoroughly enjoys herself. I’ve overhead them singing together loudly and playing the piano. It’s very sweet. Ernie is low key and low stress, but our daughter is learning how to read music and play the piano. He’s kind, loving, and patient — very good with kids. He doesn’t push them, but lets them learn at their own pace. The students also perform at recitals. This is entirely voluntary, and teaches them preparation and discipline. In fact, our child loves her lessons so much that her grandma has started guitar lessons!

As a child I took 3 years of piano lessons then guitar, ukulele and singing in church and school choirs. Two years singing at Glide Church was a wonderful experience! But something was missing. I could not play piano. Last year, I was lucky to find Ernie. He can PLAY and TEACH music. Not every musician can do BOTH. I am 60 years old and I have enjoyed learning with Ernie, and I highly recommend him!

When my daughter wanted to learn guitar, we knew we would need a patient, caring instructor. She was a little stage-shy, but at all of Ernie’s recitals the students have the option of playing a duet with him and that’s what my daughter always elected to do. The twice-yearly recitals were fun, rather than nerve-wracking — which they otherwise would have been. My daughter felt she had a lot of moral support from Ernie; he was never critical or impatient. He was very flexible in letting her choose the music that appealed to her when she became a teenager, and that kept her engaged. I highly recommend Ernie for anyone interested in a meaningful music lesson experience for their child.