Take Your Guitar Playing Beyond What You Think Is Possible
- Have you been playing guitar for a while but you are stuck?
- Do you want to jam with others but you are too nervous?
- Want to improvise lead guitar but you get lost and have no ideas?
- Want to write songs but you don't think you are creative?
- Are you afraid to play songs to others?
You have been playing guitar for a while. You can play some songs, some chords, scales and other things. You have learned some basic guitar techniques. But now you are stuck, you don't know where to go from here.
You know some things but you do not feel like a musician. You can't play in front of people because you are afraid of making mistakes and sounding bad. You don't know how to jam with other people and you are too nervous to think about it. This is frustrating to you.
When you do play you don't think you sound good like your favourite guitarists. You may want to write songs but you don't think you are creative. If you try to improvise you play the same thing over and over and get lost. You may have been doubting yourself for quite some time.
If this sounds anything like you, I understand exactly how you feel. Many people including myself have felt the exact same way. Even the people you look up to once felt like this.
How You Can Take Your Guitar Playing To The Next Level...
What I have found is that you need a trained guitar teacher who can take you to the next level. Picture being able to jam with other people and make it look easy. How amazing would it be to be able to write songs and improvise freely? Imagine playing guitar for your friends and seeing the impressed look on their faces.
This will happen if you take guitar lessons for intermediates with me in Exmouth.
"I tried self-teaching using online material and books for 6 or 7 months with very little success. The lessons are well structured and at a pace to suit the pupils. I feel like I've gained confidence, I know my way around the fretboard a lot more than I did before.
Consistency is something I have massively improved on, I know much more about my favourite guitarist's style and how they play and wrote their music. If you want to improve your guitar playing, or you are just about to start and you want to enjoy it I recommend this teacher to you."- Colin student for 29 months
But What Makes You Think You Can Help Me?
1- I am receiving guitar teaching training so I can help you in the fastest way possible. In 2018 when I attended the Guitar Teachers Super Summit International event.
2- In 2017 I attended the Total Guitar Mastery event.
3- In 2018 I attended the Songwriting Mastery Lab event.
4- In 2019 I attended the Ultimate Creativity And Guitar Soloing Mastery Event.
5- I have helped people improve their guitar playing.
This Is What You Experience When You Take Guitar Lessons With Me
1- Learn what how to practice so you can improve every time. This is key to getting to the next level.
2- Learn how to confidently jam with others so you can play at jam nights. You can't do this without guidance.
3- Learn to figure out any song you hear on guitar. You will never improve with incorrect tab online!
4- Be able to play freely across the whole guitar neck. This will also make every part of your playing easier.
5- Learn how to be creative so that you can creatively improvise. Playing the same licks all the time gets boring.
6- Be able to play in time so you can play in a band or jam with others. You will screw up without this.
7- Get multiple ways of writing songs and solos so that you won't get stuck when writing music.
8- Avoid and correct bad habits. Bad habits cause bad playing, once you have done your playing improves.
9- Learn to play cleanly and faster. With bad technique your guitar playing will also sound bad.
10- The number one skill which all great guitarists have in common. I will help you develop that skill.
Frequently Asked Questions
1- What styles do you teach?- I teach rock, metal, neoclassical, blues, pop and acoustic fingerstyle.
2- I am 40+, am I too old to improve my playing?- No. I have helped people in their 60’s or over improve their guitar playing.
3- Do I need natural talent to play guitar the way I want?- No you don’t. You can improve whether you have natural talent or not.
4- Are my hands too big or small?- There are great guitarists with big and small hands so don't worry.
5- Can't I just improve on my own?- If you are here you know how hard it is to teach yourself. Many students have come to me after struggling for years.
6- I'm pressed for time, how long do I need to practice to learn guitar?- I will help you maximise practice time and get more out of practising. So if you can fit 5-20 minutes in you can learn to play guitar.
7- I know someone cheaper and closer, why should I take lessons with you?- Most guitar teachers have no guitar teaching training, wing every lesson, or they use a plan that doesn't work. You will make more progress much faster in lessons with me. This is cheaper and quicker in the long run.
"If you are looking to play guitar from the beginning or to further your guitar playing skills this teacher is someone I would recommend!"
Chris- student for 2 years
"I reached the point where I couldn't teach myself, and I needed a push in the right direction. My guitar playing flows more, I can sit there for 10-20 minutes quite happily playing guitar and there is more of a continuity to it.
Pete
I am so confident that I can help you play the guitar, that I want to set you up with a free introductory session. I can meet you, assess where you are at, help you improve, then I will build a strategy to help you overcome your challenges and play the way you want to play.
Click the button below to tell me about what you want to do on the guitar and your current challenges, so we can schedule your free introductory session!
"The wrong place to start is self-teaching, but this teacher knows what's going on. This teacher gets music theory, technique, and songwriting across very easily. He has helped me with communicating with other musicians.
This teacher observes you and makes sure you are doing everything correctly, it's easy to do it yourself thinking it's right until you're in a situation that shows you need work. This teacher gets things across to people in a straightforward manner, which is fun, not too complicated, and done in a way suitable to the student's way of learning. Devon Guitar Lessons is where you want to be, this teacher is one of the best teachers you can have."- Joseph student for 3 years