I was recently asked by a student how to play the Rock N Roll classic Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran.  

What a great song! As a guitar teacher here in beautiful Tunbridge Wells I couldn't wait to get started. Here's…

Today I want to look into the Rolling Stones classic from 1969 " You can't always get what you want". 

Its a great song for the beginner guitarist to have a go at because for most of the song it…

In todays blog I want to go over the rock classic Proud Mary By CCR. Originally released in 1968 this song has been covered by many legends including Tina Turner and Elvis.

The song comes in two parts. Firstly the…

Today I thought I'd go over the Mavericks classic " Dance the night away". It's been such a popular song for so long now and I think as with a lot of other hit songs it's beauty is in its…

I recently recorded a new video guitar tutorial on how to play Songbird by Oasis on the guitar. Its not one of their most popular songs but all the same its a great song and ideal for beginners to learn!

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 A couple of blog posts ago I wrote about how a student and I were going through a song by Pink called "Just like a pill". It involves the chord of F# minor and was proving a bit of a…

Learning a musical instrument as a child has many positive benefits in shaping your child's growth and development. However because of how versatile the guitar is in particular over some other instruments- I've created my top five benefits of children…

A student of mine recently expressed a wish for me to teach him how to play the blues as it is a style that he has always loved but has never known how to approach it. 

With that request in…

Last week a student and I were discussing what song we they would like me to start teaching for their next lesson. We talked for a short while and went through a few of their favorite songs but finally settled…

My first meeting I have with any new student is always all about finding out firstly what level they are at with the guitar. I always like to see if they can play and what they can play.

The next…