Guitar Tuition - The Lessons
I teach guitar from 'Pebbleman Studios' at my house in Kirstenhof in Cape Town. Lessons are 40 minutes long, same time, same day once a week.
Lessons are taylored to the individual's needs. All material and backing tracks are provided.
These backings are an invaluable tool for teaching especially improvisation and a cool way to learn and practice scales and Licks that I provide.
All students bring a flashdrive to lessons onto which I can record part of the lesson or download relevant material. This gives the student a chance to work through with the backings and excercises at home on their own computer in their own time.
So together with the use of a flashdrive and all the resource and backing material I have recorded and collected over the years there is great scope for learning and having a good time while doing it as well.
Let's see what do we cover:
- All the good stuff.... specializing in rock and Blues
- All the basics including scales, chords, strumming, learning songs etc. etc.
- Licks tabbed out for various backings and 'riffs of the week' excercises.
- Technical guitar Excercises using alternate, economy and sweep picking styles.
- Improve your speed with Speed Picking, Arppeggios and 2 handed Tapping exercises
- Learn how to Improvise in any key and how to use what scales and notes over what backings.
- Theory and how to apply it practically to help understand and improve what you are playing.....
- Learn to play the Blues properly allowing youself to play beyond just pentatonics.
- Learn the 4 Different types of Blues and how to really solo over those I IV V progressions
- Unlock the mysteries of the fretboard.......no more 'sea of notes fretboard'.... know what notes to play in any key right across the fretboard.
- The modes, not just what they are or how to play them but how to really use modes in the real world and apply them to your playing.
- Help with song writing and construction.
- Learn how to use Harmonic minor, Spanish Phrygian and many other altered scales over backings on your Flashdrive and in your own songs.
- Learn the notes in any chord and learn Chord Construction and Theory
- Learn Target note soloing, and Chordal improvisation
- Right Hand picking excercises and altered time signature practice are among other things on the menu.
- Everything you wanted and didn't want to know about Becoming a 'Guitar Player of Note' but haven't asked yet.
- Advice and tips on playing live and getting a good stage and/or bedroom sound..... Advice on gear in general and how to tweak the gear you have.
And a whole bunch of other stuff you never needed to know ...... UNTIL NOW!!!
Well lots on Offer so pick up the Dog and Bone and give me a call on: 083 4671031 or click here to email me
Look forward to hearing from you. Adios Richard