David Mcdonnell Bmus - Guitar Lessons

My daughter started learning electric guitar with David, dabbled with classical before going back to electric. This was all accommodated with good grace and he was always friendly and understanding. He came to our house to teach which was a plus for us and helped to prepare for her grade 6 exam with weekly lessons, sending through additional material to work with via email. She has just passed her exam with merit. David is a personable Young man and accomplished teacher who I would thoroughly...

My son was having private guitar lessons in the comfort of our own home and now online. David is a great guitar teacher by making lessons very interesting with friendly approach. After each lesson ,the lesson materials are backed up via personal tutorial/demo videos sent over are very helpful too. Tailored lessons each week aimed at pushing forward development. My son truly enjoy playing guitar and looking forward to it .I would surely recommend him.

David McDonnell has been teaching my son electric guitar for the past 4 years the 'Rock School' syllabus which covers a number of genres for example, jazz, funk, blues, country, rock and metal. The Rock School syllabus also entails many technical exercises such as scales, chords, ear training and music theory; David has helped my son with these exercises brilliantly. My son is currently preparing for his Grade 8 exam and has achieved a 'Merit' qualification in all his previous exams (from Gra...

I received tuition from David a few years ago, and he is an terrific teacher, he is patient, kind and has a very deep knowledge of music theory and is generally a nice person. I had gone from an absolute beginner who didn't even know what a chord was to a grade one merit in just under a year and have already applied for grade 2. David teaches fundamental skills and techniques like scales, barre chords, bends, improvisation and rhythm playing, palm muting etc, which really help you as an over...

Dave started teaching my daughter at school 6 years ago and now teaches all three of my children classical guitar. They all started as complete beginners at the age of 7, but have progressed through their music medals and Trinity grades, all with excellent results. Dave makes the lessons enjoyable and has been so supportive, particularly when the nerves have set in before a performance or grade exam. He will always go out of his way to ensure that they feel as prepared as possible, even answe...