Christmas Gifts For Guitarists Its that time of year again and you could be looking to buy Christmas gifts for guitarists in your life. So I am her to give you some ideas I will also include links to Amazon so you do not have to go hunting around specialist music shops to find them. Tuner First up is a guitar tuner. They will always sound better after using a guitar tuner. They are a great...
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Guitar Tutor Of The Year 2021 A J Green award winning Guitar Tutor. A J Green has been awarded the Midlands Enterprise Award for guitar tutor of the year 2021. Midlands Enterprise Awards Scheme aims to be a thorough, robust representation of the ‘crème de la crème’ of business throughout the Midlands. As they say, ‘the cream rises to the top’ and when faced with the challenges that the COVID-19...
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Jan Burton Scores 100% With London College Of Music Examination Congratulations are in order for Jan Burton for scoring 100% in London College of Music guitar exam. Jan started taking online guitar lessons with me back in February 2021 Jan has lessons on electric and acoustic guitar. Since 2004 I have given my students the option to take guitar exams to gain recognised qualifications. The...
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Online Guitar Lessons Online Guitar Lessons I have now been doing online guitar lessons for over a year. When the pandemic lockdown began I had to think quickly to keep things moving. The music business ground to a halt in terms of live performances. I did not want to do substandard lessons. So I had to do some research as this was completely new to me, and to most of my students. I looked at as...
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Acoustic Guitar Exam Changes Acoustic Guitar Exam Changes There have been a few acoustic guitar changes. Registry of Guitar Tutors (R.G.T) have now merged with London College of Music. (LCM) this has been rebranded ‘RGT@LCM’ The RGT syllabus for acoustic guitar ended at the end of 2020. RGT@LCM. In this post I will only be concentrating on acoustic guitar performance awards as this...
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EVH Striped Frankie Review Review of EVH Striped Series Frankie Eddie Van Halen signature guitar I purchased this guitar November 2020. This was just after Eddie Van Halen passed away. I have always admired Eddie as a player and guitar pioneer. So decided to purchase this guitar and set about learning all the tracks off Van Halen 1. Setting a tough challenge for myself. Arguably Eddie changed...
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