Understanding
how the guitar works
and to play like your favourite artist
is a relatively easy goal to achieve. Through perseverance and practise
you will quickly see the results and within 6-12 months, be playing with
the in-house students band at one of our many shows. The key to playing
the guitar well, is understanding from day one how chords
and scales
work and why rather than trying to memorise shapes and reading tab, although
this is fine to turn to as a helping hand once in a while.
In our Guitar lessons We look at: -
Guitar Exams are available through The Royal Academy of Music and Rock School
Sponsored by Ernie Ball, D’Addario and Engl
In our Guitar lessons We look at: -
- Guitar chords and how they work
- Plectrum techniques and control along with the different varieties of plectrums
- Training the ear for perfect pitch
- Posture
- Strumming techniques
- Bass Strum technique
- Arpeggio technique
- Finger playing
- Alternate pick pattern
- Most musical Styles – Jazz, blues, rock, metal, classical, funk etc
- Reading music
- Learning songs of your choice
- Fancy techniques like pinched harmonics, palm mutes and finger tapping etc.
- The right guitar for you
- Effect units and how they work
- Amps and the right one for you
- Playing by ear
- All scales and modes
- Playing along to backing tracks
- Improvisation
- Hammer ons and pull offs
- Playing in a band and joining the in-house students band
- Stage craft
- Recording a track in the studio and click track work…etc…etc…etc
- A look into other guitarists – Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani, Steve Ray Vaughan, Kerry King, Jeff Beck
Guitar Exams are available through The Royal Academy of Music and Rock School
Sponsored by Ernie Ball, D’Addario and Engl
