20 Acoustic Guitar courses

PROFESSIONAL GUITAR SETUP COURSE INTRODUCTION The Pro Guitar Setup course is designed for up to 6 people and the aim is to teach the art of setting up both electric and acoustic guitars with confidence. The course is both theory and practical, we discuss all the setup points and how to adjust the guitar to get the best setup out of it, we use a Gibson Les Paul and a Stratocaster to demonstrate all of these points. Not only do we discuss and show you how to adjust the finer points but we also discuss and show how to maintain your instrument, covering fretboard treatment and fret polishing. WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? The course is designed for all levels from the complete beginner looking to get the best setup out of their guitar to working techs who want to brush up or who are broadening their skills. We are confident that you will leave with the knowledge and awareness to setup your own guitars and having had the practical application of this new found knowledge, the confidence, which is often lacking with the majority of people to maintain their instruments. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? THEORY * Measure & Adjust Neck Relief: Detailed theory & practise. * Action heights: Correct Height, adjustments & discussion * Radius the Bridge Saddles * Floating Bridges: Balancing & Setting up * Intonation: Adjusting Intonation * Fretboard cleaning * Fret Polishing * Electrics: Maintaining the Pots and checking the electrics * Schematics * Pickup Heights * Re-Stringing: Gauges & how to string correctly * Cleaning: Different finishes and how best to clean PRACTICAL We then move on to putting these points in action starting with; How to assess the guitar with mind to all of the points, this is so key to gaining confidence and certainty, knowing the points to start with enables you to adjust safe in the knowledge that if you go too far with the neck relief you have a starting point and using certain increments you can be sure of how much adjustment you are making, it seems to be a common problem with people adjusting their own neck, not knowing a starting point and it is the very first thing that we check when setting up guitars.. The most important point is how much Relief is in the neck, this is measured using a Notched Straight edge for greater accuracy. We will also show you how to assess the neck relief by eye, this enables you to easily determine the relief in the neck without the use of any specific tools. Once the relief is measured we check the Action height at the 12th fret as well as at the 1st fret, this gives us a good picture of how the guitar is setup currently. With the Pro Guitar Setup Points that we give you, we are then able to look at where the guitar needs some work and then put that into action. Getting the balance between the neck relief and action heights is key to a good setup, with the guitar adjusted to where we want it we then go onto the maintenance part of the setting up. PERSONAL ATTENTION The course does have a set agenda but we often meander around topics and are happy to do so, most of us have had many different guitars and they nearly always have some curious tales and they are always good to discuss as they will bring up certain points about setup which will add to the discussion and possibly unraveling the complexity that is often misunderstood in getting your guitar setup right.

Super fun, interactive educational baby and toddler music classes with live guitar. Independently run by mother and son, Tin Pan Annie Music have been the award winning proividers of pre-school music classes in South London for nearly 30 Years. Classes are carefully written and designed to super-charge all the developmental and social skills that participating in a live music class can bring. Young children react in such a positive way to live acoustic guitar accompaniment when their world is so full of so much pre-recorded sound. Expect lots of familiar songs and Tin Pan Harry originals, written to introduce children to the shape, timbre, dynamics and rhythm of music which are so important in the development of language and speech. As well as joining in by clapping, dancing and swaying, the children also participate with rhythm sticks, percussion, and silly scarves, Lots of bright colourful props and puppets appear from Tin Pan Annie’s toy box to bring each week’s theme to life, concentration and memory skills develops and their imagination soars. Classes are the highlight of your child's week and often the grown ups too.

BATH GUITAR STUDIO Bath's Premier Guitar School Professional Guitar, Lute, Ukulele & Banjo Tuition Try a FREE 30 minute ‘taster’ lesson.   Bath's longest established Guitar School. Offering 1-2-1 Tuition from a BA Hons Qualified Tutor with over 30 years of Teaching and Performing experience, including teaching at: Prior Park College, Kingswood School, The City of Bath College, and performing in: England, Greece, Portugal, And the USA.   Tuition available, from Beginners to Advanced of all ages, in: Acoustic Guitar: All styles, both Plectrum and Fingerstyle, including Blues, Bluegrass, Bottleneck, Contemporary, Country, Folk, Jazz, Pop, Reggae, & others. Classical Guitar: Standard Repertoire plus Renaissance, Baroque, Contemporary & Flamenco. Electric Guitar: All styles, including Heavy Metal, Jazz, Pop, Punk, Rock, Rock & Roll, Soul, Slide & others. Lute: 6c Medieval through 7-10c Renaissance plus 10c transitional tunings on the cusp of the Renaissance/Baroque. Ukulele: All styles, including Hawaiian. Banjo: 5 String Bluegrass & Folk Theory and Composition. Qualification Tuition: offered in either Associated Board (Classical) or Rock School formats.   Situated in a Grade 2 Listed Georgian Terraced House in the fashionable Lansdown area of Bath, just uphill from the Royal Crescent. Free on-street and off-street parking available. Comfortable seating area for parents that wish to wait, or watch, while their children are having lessons. Complimentary Tea/Coffee available for parents. Free lollies for the young ones (and the not so young).   Please go to: www.bathguitarstudio.com [//www.bathguitarstudio.com] or phone Bath (01225) 469459 to book lessons.

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Guitar lessons in Stroud: I have 20 years experience teaching guitar in person and online from my home in Brimscombe, Stroud (Gloucestershire)! I love music, and love to find ways to help you grow as a musician too! Whether you want to improve your soloing, play your favourite songs, be able to play in jams, or write songs...

If you only want to take a few lessons, or you want to master one or more specific techniques, then the single lessons will be your best choice. We can focus on what you want to learn or where you struggle the most when playing your instrument of choice.

Ukulele lessons for Grades or just for Fun.

The Guitar Social has a recording studio and its yours to use for free (if you're a member)  We've built it to be as simple as possible to operate and in this 90 minute session you'll learn alll you need to know about which dials do what and where to point your guitar to get the best sound.  Anyone with a membership is welcome, but this induction goes well with our song writing course, or for anyone taking part in our live lounge events. 

Advanced: Next level jamming ideas for next level players - where we jam advanced level songs (songs requiring barre chords, 7ths, m7th, maj7th, 9th, m9th, sus chords, lead work and complex rhythms) broken down and rebuilt ahead of an end of term performance in front of a live audience. Highly recommended for the player with some time to practice. Working towards a performance event in front of your friends and family and other members of The Guitar Social community on Saturday 17th June An Advanced level player feels like you’ve got it. You’re looking for a challenge and can pick up and adjust to new ideas quickly.