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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How To Take Guitar Exams 2021 The way we take guitar exams has changed since COVID-19 has arrived. This post should give you all you need to know on how to take guitar exams in 2021. In March 2020 face to face guitar exams were cancelled due to Coronavirus. My students at the time were given the opportunity to have a refund, or do what is called a Digital Assessment. I am glad to say all of my...
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2020 Review 2020 Review Here is a review of 2020. What an extraordinary year in every sense of the word. We all remember around this Christmas time last year we started to get news of a deadly flu like strain emerging in China. I don’t think many of us ever thought it was going to reach British shores or travel the globe the way it has. Kick up the 80’s had a full diary for the year. We also had...
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