I teach the following topics and will tailor your study to your requirements. I am DBS checked. Please contact me to discuss your specific requirements.
General – music theory, reading music, understanding harmonic (chord) construction. Key signatures, time signatures and ear training.
Guitar
Acoustic Blues – pre and post war regional blues styles, bottleneck/slide playing. Improvisation within the various regional blues styles. Open tunings (G “Spanish”, D “Vestapol” ) and other tunings, different right hand techniques, different blues forms and developing your own songs and arrangements. Transcribing songs from recordings.
Banjo
Old-Time Banjo – different banjo styles Clawhammer sometimes called “fralling” , thumb lead style, drop thumb and double thumb techniques. Different banjo tunings. Learn songs using specific right and left hand techniques. Develop your own songs and arrangements.
Jazz Improvisation
How to improvise through a jazz standards. Jazz modes of the major, melodic and harmonic minor scales, Diminished and Augmented scales. Learn to play in all twelve keys across the entire guitar fretboard. Chords sets covering the lower, middle and upper strings. How to develop your own style.