28 May MK Guitar Tuition

1:1 Guitar tuition, online & face to face.

Hello, I’m Alex Partington,

You might be researching into which guitar teacher is going to suit you best. A better question to ask yourself could be: what style of learning would suit a beginner guitar player best?

Whether online or face to face, a beginner, intermediate or beyond, understanding the value of 1;1 guitar tuition Vs online, face to face, or tuition provided in the school is an important question to ask because there are big differences in learning styles and outcomes.

Online tuition

If you’re a learner that traditionally prefers face to face tuition, the convenience of online learning has it’s benefits because it develops an independent learning style and encourages a practice routine at home that’s reliable and delivers results.

Online learning also allows the teacher to see how the student might learn at home and whilst you do need some equipment you don’t need technical audio facilities which are beyond the basics.

• Learning the guitar online also helps to provide the confidence when you’re at home.

What’s required when learning online are: a decent enough wi-fi connection and Zoom – which is free. If you’re realising that you’re enjoying the online experience, purchasing a basic audio interface helps with audio clarity. It’s not as expensive as you might think. A ‘2i2 by Focusrite’ (for example) is about £85.

School Tuition

Schools absolutely need to provide a music tuition service and the reasons to consider school tuition might be:

• Cost effective
• Convenience
• Friends might be learning too
• It doesn’t take time away from your evenings
• You’re testing to see if your child is serious or not

1:1 private tuition (face to face).

The main benefit of learning face to face as a parent is that you’re able to sit in on the lesson and watch. This will allow you to roughly assess whether practice at home is constructive or not.

Even if lessons are engaging, progresses takes time and effort to build the strength and stamina needed to play the guitar. When starting out, the basics are the same whether you’re learning on an electric, classical or acoustic guitar.

Electric, classical, acoustic, theory.

Electric guitar grades have improved a lot over the last ten years or so. WIth Trinity Rock & Pop marketing off their back bone exam board ‘Trinity’, they’ve bridged a gap for making electric guitar grades fun and relevent. Rock School are a newer exam board who also provide a healthy competition.

Grades 1-8 – Electric Guitar

Whether you want to complete grades 1-8 with either Trinity Rock & Pop / Rock School for electric guitar or ABRSM or Trinity for classical guitar, you can achieve your grade 8 status. It’ll take time and perhaps a few years, but you’ll enjoy the rewards from a structured syllabus.

Music Theory with ABRSM is available too for grades 1-5. Their exams are completed anytime and online.

The Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Learning the guitar for your Duke of Edinburgh is a great idea. The guitar takes a life time to learn and so you might achieve grade 5 theory with ABRSM within the 12 month time frame too and or just become really efficient at perfecting your new skill set.

Learning an instrument is a social skill. It’ll not online increase your confidence but you’ll be giving yourself an identity.

As you may already know, you can complete the skills section for either your Bronze, Silver or Gold within 3 6 or 12 months.

MK Guitar Tuition TV (MKGTV)

If you haven’t quite the time for in person lessons or even if you have, MKGTV is a subscription video platform but for guitar. Song demos are demonstrated at the correct tempo with a clean setting so you can hear exactly what’s going on. If you’re able to keep up with me in the video, you’ll be able to play against the backing track and in a band situation too.

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