New School Term 2019/20 New School Term 2019/20 So here we are new school term. This term I will offering guitar lessons at Brewood C of E Middle school St Johns CE (VC) First school Bishops Wood St Michael’s First School in Penkridge There will be a ” Meet The Tutors “evening held in Brewood Middle School Tuesday 10th September for pupils of this school. I hope to meet some of you there. On the evening I will be doing a short description of the lessons. I am offering, and one of my students from the school will also be...
read moreWoodworm in a Guitar CAN YOU SPOT WOODWORM IN A GUITAR? It has been known for guitar players to complain about a guitar being too heavy to use. However, that does not mean the solution is to allow woodworm to devour their way through the guitar, making it lighter to use. Woodworm is the generic term for the larvae stage of wood boring beetles. Woodworm generally emerge between April and October so it’s important for guitarists to remain alert to the possible presence of these wood boring creatures in their guitars After mating, the beetle...
read moreFIFINE K6 Dynamic Microphone FIFINE K6 Dynamic Microphone Review I was recently sent a FIFINE K6 Dynamic Microphone to review. As with almost all dynamic microphones it has a cardioid polar response pattern. This means that the microphone is more sensitive at the front. This isolates sound coming from the back of it and will give more resistance to feedback. This makes the microphone ideal for use on stage or in a loud environment. You do have to be close to this microphone for it to pick up your voice. That is way it is designed. FIFINE K6...
read moreMatrix NL212 Matrix NL212 The Matrix NL212 is a lightweight 2 x 12 Cab. NL stands for Neolight. For those who are new to the world of guitar cabs 2 x 12 means that there are two 12 inch speakers in the cabinet or cab as its called. For many years guitarists have been playing through cabs many choosing 4 x 12 cabs to play through. The weight and size of a 4 x 12 cab can cause problems. Think about turning up at a gig and the room you are playing in is up two flights of stairs. The regular weight of a 4 x 12 Cab is around 36 kg and the regular...
read moreTop 10 UK Guitar Blog Award UK Top 10 Guitar Blog Award A J Green Guitar Tuition has received a UK top 10 Guitar Blog Award. This was awarded by a panel at Feedspot.com . The panel looked at The Best UK Guitar Blogs from thousands of UK Guitar blogs on the web. Using search and social metrics. They also looked at websites that are actively working to educate, inspire, and empower their readers with frequent updates and high-quality information. Click here to see the full top 10 list. The websites also ranked based on following criteria Google...
read moreChristmas Gifts For Guitar Players Christmas Gifts for Guitar Players So here we are folks in getting close to Christmas. You may now be starting to look at gifts for the guitar player in your life. Here are a top 5 things you may want to look at and what I would recomend as great gifts for any guitar player. I have also included links where to but them from. #1 Guitar Tuner A Guitar tuner. There are lots of guitar tuners on the market. From foot pedal based tuners to clip on tuners. You will always sound better with an in tune...
read moreBack To School So here we are in September again and its back to school time. I will once again be teaching this term at Brewood C OF E Middle School St Johns CE (VC) First School Bishops wood St Michael’s First School Penkridge I will be attending a “Meet The Tutors Evening” at Brewood C OF E Middle School Thursday 13th September 2018. Hopefully I will get to meet some of you there. I will have one of my students playing on the evening. Last year I had a record number of students passing guitar exams. That is a record I will be...
read moreWhich Guitar Exam ? Which Guitar Exam ? There are lots of different exam boards these days. So how do you know which guitar exam board is best? Let me try and explain the exam boards I use for my students. Rockschool For many years I have used the Rockschool Syllabus. With Rockschool you buy a book to study from, and then for the exam. There are 2 ways to do the exam. One is known as a performance exam. This is where you will need to play 5 of the 6 pieces along to a backing track, at an examination center. Alternatively you have the...
read moreAcoustic Guitar Exams Exams in acoustic guitar are now available through video upload with The Registry Of Guitar Tutors. This takes the stress out of the exam room situation which can be very nerve racking for many people. Pictured here is Nadia Rogers aged 10 who scored 85% on her Grade one exam passing with Distinction. Nadia also passed he Initial grade earlier this year with distinction. She has been playing for around 13 months now and practises 4 to 5 times a week. Nadia practises for 20 minutes, but sometimes will do an hour....
read moreExam Pass for 74 Year Old Margaret Fantastic exam pass for Margaret my oldest student at 74 years old. Margaret contacted me around 18 months ago. After been disappointed in her progress with her guitar playing, with another guitar tutor. On her first lesson I took a look at what she had been learning. And we decided on what route we were going to take to improve Margaret’s playing. We started with some simple music reading and note values. And in no time at all she was playing simple melodies that she enjoyed over a couple of strings....
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