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Guitar tuition, high quality online options, various styles
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Hi, I have been playing music for nearly 34 years. I have a wealth of experience, academic, gigging, and session experience. I provide professional guitar tuition catered to your needs. If you are unable to easily travel to me, I can provide online tuition. A video of your lesson can be arranged for a charge.

Guitar is my First Instrument: There are a huge variety of styles that are possible on the guitar. I have the ability and supporting materials to help you find your preference.

I teach a variety of instruments, including the guitar (all types), Bass, Mandolin, Dobro, Lap-Steel, Tenor Banjo, Clarinet, and Piano. Along with instrumental tuition, I teach songwriting, composition, and arranging.
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If you are interested in online lessons there are a variety of ways this might be done. The easiest is Skype. However, If you are within a few hundred kilometers of my location.
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Hi, I'm Gavin and i love teaching musicians young and old to develop their abilities and competency in music
I have been playing music for nearly 34 years. I graduated with a 1st BA(Hons) Degree in Music from Salfrord University (2001) I have a wealth of experience, academic teaching ,out playing and session experience. I provide professional guitar tuition catered to your needs. If your unable to easily travel to me I can provide online tuition. A video of your lesson can be arranged for a charge.

Guitar is my First Instrument: There are a huge variety of styles that are possible on the guitar. I have the ability and supporting materials to help you find/develop your preference.

I also teach a variety of instruments. Including Guitar(all types),Bass, Mandolin, Dobro, Lap-Steel, Tenor Banjo, Clarinet ,Piano. Along with instrumental tuition I teach songwriting and composition & Arranging.

If you are interested in online lesson there are a variety of ways this might be done. The easiest is Skype however If you are within a few hundred kilometers on my location it is possible use Jamkazam.com to have lessons in sync and with higher quality audio. For this you would need a sound card with a low latency. https://jamkazam.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1292412-recommended-audio-interfaces
Education
2001 - 1st BA(Hons) - Degree in Music from Salford University (Composition and Performance)
1996 - Higher National Diploma - in Music Businesses Management - North Glasgow Collage
Experience / Qualifications
I have been playing music for nearly 34 years. I have been teaching for 15 years in UK. Working for both Schools and private institutions and individuals. Among these institutions are. Edinburgh City Counsel (peripatetic) Edinburgh Waldorf School, Most Entertaining (private tuition service) I have a wealth of experience, both academic teaching ,out playing and session experience.
Age
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
60 minutes
The class is taught in
English
Skills
Acoustic
Blues
Classical
Country & bluegrass
Jazz
Pop
Reggae & dub
Song & varieties
Ska
Rnb
Rock
Folk
Funk
Electric
Availability of a typical week
(GMT -04:00)
New York
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Online via webcam
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At student's home
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
00-04
04-08
08-12
12-16
16-20
20-24
Hi, I'm Gavin and i love teaching musicians young and old to develop their abilities and competency in music,
Do you what to compose and develop musical ideas and skills ?
If you compose on your instrument or on a computer, you may well fall in to habits that can feel to break out of.
I offer a service to empower you with the most efficient liberating skills in the modern age!
Paper and Pencil!

- You will learn to write whats in musical ideas that are in your head.
- You will learn to write music notation, this will make reading music far more comprehensive.
-You will learn to comprehend the music.
- You will learn to use you voice or inner voice you will become intimately connected to melodic and harmonic structure.


I have been playing music for nearly 34 years. I have been teaching for 15 years in UK. Working for both Schools and private institutions and individuals. Among these institutions are. Edinburgh City Counsel (peripatetic) Edinburgh Waldorf School, Most Entertaining (private tuition service) I have a wealth of experience, both academic teaching ,out playing and session experience.

2001 - 1st BA(Hons) 1st BA(Hons) Degree in Music from Salford university
1996 - HND - Music Businesses Management - North Glasgow Collage
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Hi,
I'm Gavin and I love teaching musicians young and old to develop their abilities and competency in music. The guitar is my first Instrument but I have developed a significant amount of work playing a Slide Guitar. Primarily on an instrument most commonly referred to and Dobro, it's actually called a Resonophonic Square Neck Guitar. I have been playing music for nearly 34 years. I have been successfully teaching students a variety of slide styles and instruments for 15 years.
I graduated with a 1st BA(Hons) Degree in Music from Salfrord University (2001) I have a wealth of experience, academic teaching, out playing and session experience. I provide professional tuition catered to your needs. If your unable to easily travel to me I can provide online tuition. A video of your lesson can be arranged for a charge.
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