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- If you are picking up the guitar for the first time and you want to be able to play your favourite songs.
- If you are frustrated with your guitar skills and you feel that your progress at guitar is too slow.
- If you are fed up with teaching yourself without success, and you wish to be able actually to play something that sounds nice.
- If you want to get better at guitar but you don’t know where to start, and you need a bit of structure and motivation.
I Enjoy Teaching Complete Beginners!
If you want to play the guitar, but you fear that it’s too late for you to get good at it or you will never be able to do it, I want to hear from you to prove you wrong;-). I have helped many guitar students in your situation to build their confidence that playing the guitar is possible. I have experience teaching guitar to adults and children. I teach both acoustic and electric guitar styles.
With complete beginners, I cover everything you need to know to be able to play the guitar such as:
- How to tune up your guitar
- How to strum or fingerpick
- How to play chords cleanly and how to change them quickly
- Learn your first songs
Playing the guitar the way you want is realistic and can be achieved much faster with the help of an experienced guitar teacher who has helped many people in your situation to reach their music goals. There is no need to learn the guitar the hard way by trying to figure things out by yourself and wasting time and money on ineffective guitar methods or trying to make sense of some random YouTube videos.
My students have found that playing the guitar is a great hobby and an enjoyable way of spending time, and I think guitar lessons need to be just as much fun. I have students of various skill levels, experience and ages, and they all have different things they want to get out of our lessons. Many of my students are a beginner and intermediate guitar players who get the most enjoyment from learning their favourite songs to play for friends or only for their pleasure at home. In their lessons, we work through their choice of songs at whatever level or speed they feel comfortable with, and it is incredible how quickly they find they have a lot of great songs to play at the next family barbecue! Quite a few do want to play in pubs and at open mic nights, and I enjoy working with them to achieve this, even joining in on some occasions! I also teach more advanced students who want to learn to improvise or improve their soloing skills or play more complicated songs and techniques. As you browse around my site, you will see some of my students playing the guitar at student events and concerts as well as in their private lessons with me.
However, I am happy to teach students at any level, and there is never any expectation that they should perform in public. I encourage all my students to play with other people because this is a fast and fun way of learning guitar, but there is absolutely no pressure to do it if you feel uncomfortable about it. I want to help you get as much enjoyment out of playing as I do, and so my lessons will be structured to fit your own goals and build your confidence until you are the guitar player you want to be!