Guitar & Keyboard Classes in Noida Extension (Sangeet)
Galaxy vega, Techzone 4, Noida Phase-2, Amrapali Dream Valley, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201306, India
In the rapidly expanding skyline of Noida Extension—where new towers announce themselves almost every month—Sangeet stands out not as concrete and glass, but as wood, melody and calm. Enter through the modest gate near Gaur City Mall and the construction-site drone instantly drops away; bougainvillea arches over a small courtyard where you can already hear arpeggios spilling through a half-open door.
The ground-floor studio is built around sound rather than square footage. Two large rooms, each roughly 300 sq ft, are lined with recycled pine panels that absorb treble and soften bass reflections. Instead of rows of chairs there are two concentric circles: the inner ring of stools for students, the outer ring of instruments. Six acoustic guitars—Enya, Yamaha and a single handmade cutaway by Delhi luthier Arjun Singh—hang on magnetic mounts so they can be lifted and replaced without a squeak. Two 88-key weighted keyboards—Yamaha P-145 and Kawai ES-120—stand back-to-back so teacher and student can play simultaneously; he hears your left hand while watching your right. A third corner hosts a Nord Electro for those chasing vintage organ sounds or synth pads.
Classes run from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. Beginners get a six-week foundation that balances ergonomic posture with ear training—day one is spent only on clapping subdivisions and silently shifting between Em and C shapes. Intermediate batches move into Travis picking, diatonic modes and keyboard voicings à la Bill Evans. Theory is woven in through composition: by week eight each student co-writes a 32-bar piece, records it on a Focusrite Scarlett setup, and takes home the session file to self-produce using Reaper (licence included in course fee). No exam sheets, just an end-of-semester recital under fairy-lights in the same room, now rearranged café-style with rugs and DIY gobos to mimic a small club.
Admission starts any Monday after a 15-minute aptitude chat; fees are Rs 2,400 monthly for one instrument, Rs 3,500 for concurrent guitar-keyboard enrolment. Beyond the scheduled lessons, students can drop in during “open floor” (noon–2 p.m.) to practice under instructor Suraj Venkat’s ear; he’ll drift over, point out a b5 substitution, then disappear behind the kettle-and-cello-books counter.
Sangeet also hosts a free Sunday jam at 11 a.m.; apartment kids duel grunge riffs against uncle-level Hindustani alaaps while new parents toss coins for biryani in the sunshine. It’s not a retail outlet disguised as a school—there’s no shop counter, no branded picks pushed on Day 1. Instead, you get a small shelf where graduates leave handwritten sticky notes: “Trust the metronome,” “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast,” “Your pedalboard won’t fix your timing.”
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- Published: July 29, 2025
