Melbourne Guitar Lessons

Is this you?

• You’ve always wanted to learn guitar but don’t know where to start
• You’ve played guitar for a while but you feel stuck in rut playing the same old things
• You need a more focused direction in learning guitar and music
• You’ve tried learning guitar online but are unsure if you’re playing correctly
• You would like your child to discover the joy of playing the guitar and music

How I Can Help

Melbourne Guitar Lessons offer lessons by a qualified and experienced guitar teacher
dedicated to help you get results in improving your guitar playing.

Guitar lessons are available for all levels of playing from beginners to intermediate and more advanced players. All ages are covered from children to adults. These lessons and can be tailored to your musical goals.

Guitar lessons cover essential elements of guitar playing and music including:

• Technique – Using guitar picks & fingerstyle & correct fretboard fingering
• Rhythm Guitar – Chords, arpeggios & more
• Lead Guitar – Scales, modes, arpeggios, melodies, improvising & more
• Music Reading – Reading notes (not just guitar tab) helps to learn the notes on the guitar, makes you a better musician & it makes understand music theory easier
• Aural – learn how to hear chords, intervals and harmony to learn songs by ear

Guitar students have the option of enrolling for AMEB CPM (Contemporary Popular Music) guitar exams. The AMEB CPM syllabus helps guitarists to be adaptable for a range of musical styles including rock, blues, jazz, funk and more and teaches students essential guitar techniques and music theory.

So whether you want to play acoustic songs by yourself, join a rock band or learn to play the blues, guitar lessons from Melbourne Guitar Lessons can help you to develop your skills and knowledge to achieve you music goals.

Lessons are located in Melbourne's inner western suburb of Seddon between Footscray and Yarraville near the following suburbs:

• Altona North
• Ascot Vale
• Braybrook
• Brooklyn
• Docklands
• Flemington
• Footscray
• Footscray West
• Kensington
• Kingsville
• Maidstone
• Maribyrnong
• Newport
• North Melbourne
• Seddon
• Spotswood
• Sunshine
• Yarraville
• West Melbourne
• Williamstown

For more info about the lessons and                   sample guitar tuition videos                        go to the Guitar Lessons page.

Guitar Articles

Guitar Transcriptions 2011
A list of some of the songs that I’ve transcribed for students in 2011. While there are tabs for many songs online they're often not quite right and tabs only give you part of the picture. My transcriptions include chords, notes and tabs with r explanations about the theory behind the song

Beginners Tips to Buying a Guitar
When buying your first guitar you have 3 main options, nylon string acoustic (classical), steel string acoustic and the electric guitar. Each has their own pros and cons and differences in tone that makes them suit different styles of music.

Guitar Lessons for Children
Teaching guitar to kids can be quite a challenge. Initially many children think it would be cool to play guitar but then quickly discover that it’s not as easy as it looks. It requires dedication, concentration and perseverance to make progress...

Practicing Guitar
So you want to learn guitar and have played a little bit and learnt a few chords but what exactly should you practice and how often?

Why Learn Guitar
Learning to play a guitar offers a lot of benefits. If there's one thing you should learn in your lifetime, it's how to play an instrument. Here are some reasons why: