Lessons

I offer a flexible teaching program to suit each individual person’s needs. Some students prefer very structured teaching – a different technique or theoretical principle each week, say – whilst others prefer to learn a new song every lesson and see which technical and theoretical questions crop up.

I believe that it is very important for students to be in control of not only what they are being taught, but also how. Accordingly, I discuss teaching and learning methods with all of my students in the first lesson, and we evaluate what is going well (as well as what isn’t) on a regular basis thereafter.

Whichever method of learning my students feel most comfortable with, the experience should produce the same result: a guitarist who has developed a broad base of theoretical knowledge and technical skill to match the breadth of his or her repertoire. My knowledge and experience will enable you to achieve this. The amount of practice students are able to undertake outside of lessons will make a great deal of difference as to how quickly they improve. I therefore provide materials for students to take away with them, some of which can be found in the Resources section of this site.

I welcome students of all ages, standards and styles. Whether you are coming to the guitar completely afresh, or feeling stuck in a rut and in need of some help; whether you are an advanced player keen to develop new techniques, or simply want to learn a new song every week – I will help you get where you want to be.