For adults & children, beginner to advanced, enjoy one one-on-one guitar tuition in a friendly, courteous and encouraging environment. Having produced 5 albums and playing for live audiences for over 25 years I have also been a teacher in Western Australian schools for over 30 years. Qualified with a Bachelor of Education (Music Specialist), Police Clearance and Working with Children Check let me help you or your child take guitar playing to the next level.
Take it as far as you like covering Pop, Blues, Jazz Blues, Folk, Slide Guitar (upright and lap style position), Finger style, Open tunings, Rock and many more!
Unlike a piano, the guitar can be difficult to understand and access. There are no black-and-white keys, just strings and frets!
For adults & children, beginner to advanced, enjoy one one-on-one guitar tuition in a friendly, courteous and encouraging environment. Having produced 5 albums and playing for live audiences for over 25 years I have also been a teacher in Western Australian schools for over 30 years. Qualified with a Bachelor of Education (Music Specialist), Police Clearance and Working with Children Check let me help you or your child take guitar playing to the next level.
Take it as far as you like covering Pop, Blues, Jazz Blues, Folk, Slide Guitar (upright and lap style position), Finger style, Open tunings, Rock and many more!
Unlike a piano, the guitar can be difficult to understand and access. There are no black-and-white keys, just strings and frets!
Initially, we may be happy memorising a few chords and their finger placements but if we are to extend any further we need to master the neck and that takes work.
Fortunately, with the use of computers and apps we can learn to visualise the neck much more effectively. These pictograms if you like can be learned over a period of time, genuine persistence to understand and recognise them embeds them in our subconscious. No longer is playing the guitar a guessing game but we can now attack any note we “hear” confidently.
Improvisation features heavily in my approach to teaching the guitar and is something I would encourage any new aspiring musician to do. Some people play incredible pieces on guitar only to discover they are unable to communicate and enjoy music with others lacking in the most basic understanding of chord harmony and theory. In other words, they have not developed the “inner ear”.
As a teacher of music, one of my roles is to bring out your inner muse, to help you fearlessly explore and develop your own style and go beyond your own expectations.
You will find in the long run that learning complex pieces will be much easier once you have developed the ability to play what you can “hear”.