First chords & first songs
Hold, tune and strum the guitar with confidence. Learn your first open chords, change between them smoothly and play complete songs.
- Tuning
- Open chords
- Chord changes
- Basic strumming
- First songs
Four levels take you from "how do I hold this?" to confident, creative playing. Each live lesson is shaped around you, so you can skip ahead, slow down or take a detour into your favourite song.
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Hold, tune and strum the guitar with confidence. Learn your first open chords, change between them smoothly and play complete songs.
Tighten your timing, unlock barre chords and power chords, and start fingerpicking. Your playing begins to sound like the record.
Learn the pentatonic and major scales, bends, slides and vibrato, and start understanding how the fretboard fits together.
Practical music theory, improvisation, arranging songs and developing your own voice on the instrument, in whatever style you like.
Acoustic, electric or nylon-string: bring your guitar and your favourite songs.
Campfire classics to today's hits. Chords, strumming, capo and singing while you play.

Riffs, power chords, palm muting, alternate picking and getting a great tone from your amp.

Shuffle rhythms, the 12-bar form, expressive bends and soulful licks.

Travis picking, arpeggios and solo arrangements that sound like a full band.

Posture, rest strokes, free strokes and beautiful repertoire on nylon strings.


Every session follows a simple rhythm, so you always leave knowing exactly what to practise next.
Acoustic, electric or classical. Any guitar works, and we can help you choose one too.
A phone, tablet or laptop. Point it at your hands so we can see what you're doing.
A stable connection for Zoom or Google Meet. Wi-Fi or 4G/5G is fine.
Short, regular practice beats long, rare sessions. We'll show you how to make it count.
30 minutes, 1-to-1. We'll check your level, set goals and send you home with a practice plan.