1-to-1 & duo (etc) lesson sessions in studio, consultancy for music professionals etc or online...(fully booked)...

I teach music (not pointless unattainable virtuosity) technique, understanding & musicianship to enable effortless expression.

Classical guitar, composition, improvisation, theory & slide guitar to & beyond diploma & post-graduate level.

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To paraphrase an old ABRSM memo:

difficult music doesn't exist; music is either impossible or easy.

The method used to move from one to the other involves familiarity, knowhow, practise...& listening (perhaps to some guidance).

For tutors teaching the current UWL LCMe classical guitar syllabus: I have identified over 25 errors in the higher grades, all of which have had responses from LCM.

If interested, I am happy to share my two-page summary of these (with possible corrections and solutions) if it might help: please just contact me & ask. The syllabus is worth the extra effort.

Sometimes asked by pupils & colleagues to name specific extraordinary musicians, I'm usually reluctant. There are so many. Any list would grow. Educators such as Arnold Schoenberg, composers from Bach (& before) through Berlioz & Howard Skempton to Björk (& beyond) would make a long list before starting on these - a few of the guitar-related musicians I admire most & recommend as worthy of listening & studying:

Adam Levy; Anika Hutschreuther; Tim Walker; Chuck Prophet (a particular favourite here); Emily Remler; Steve Cropper; Allan  Holdsworth; Grant Green; John Wetton; Sonny Landreth; Bill Connors; Bill Frisell; Mike Campbell; George Harrison; Rory Gallagher; Jeff Healey; John McLaughlin; Bob Fripp &, as guitar-playing songwriters, Chris Whitley & Alan Hull.