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"I had been playing on and off for 5 years and had lessons in the first year. It was only a year ago when I decided I was going to seek a music teacher - After a search on the internet I came across Grahams website and was immediately impressed. I popped down and soon learnt after a 5 min MOT test that I had learnt some very bad habits in my five years. Graham took me back to the beginning and developed my basic skills that would inevitably make the playing I was doing now so much easier but also mean I was able to tackle and succeed in learning the things I thought were impossible and only achievable by the guitar supremos! After a year of lessons I have followed a programme that has gradually seen my skills go from strength to strength, due to family/work commitments I cant practice as much as I would like but due to Grahams teaching methods I have come on a long way. Graham's knowledge of not just the guitar but music theory/engineering/business is astounding and his range of playing styles incredible, it is vary rare to see a musician with this much talent who is gigging and offers this sort of service anybody with a will to play the guitar. How a man with so much skill can be so patient (thanks G) as well is great and makes you feel you will get there in the end. I just wished I had know about Graham 5 years ago when I first started playing!"
Alex Brittain - 25.07.06 via email
"There's no doubt that my playing has improved tremendously in just the short time I spent with Graham, his help with technique and theory have moved me onto the next rung. Damn tasty player too."
Simon Gillot - SRG Websites - 24.07.06 via email
"Graham, Thanks for being a great teacher and very inspirational!"
Greg Yashpon - 2005 Xmas card
"Cannot come highly recommended enough. One of the most skilled teachers I have been taught by in any subject. Has an enormous variety of different teaching styles to suit where one is at musically, in terms of style, mood, ability and temperament. One of the things I have enjoyed about learning guitar with Graham is the variation in either planned structured lessons (i.e focusing on one technique or piece) and conversely allowing the lesson to progress freely where he detects one’s enthusiasm lies. He is also very good at picking up guitarist’s bad habits and has many strategies for nailing them. Perfect for beginners - very patient with mental (or physical) ‘walls’ to problems whilst playing. I came to Graham as a complete beginner and my confidence has built rapidly under his tutelage over the past 2 years."
Anu Goenka - via email 29.08.0
Graham,
Just to say thanks for taking up the challenge of teaching me to play the guitar. I am a 'mature' student who has never had any music lessons previously and although I knew a few chords from 'learn in a day' type books I came to you as a total beginner. It took my about a year to pluck up the 'courage' to ask somebody to teach me as I thought it would be embarrassing at my age to demonstrate my inaptitude to somebody else. After only a few lessons I feel I have come a long way fast. The teaching style is one that I relate to very well as it is based on pattern recognition and playing and not learning note by note. Graham shows great patience when I do hit the wrong fret or pick the wrong string. The method of printing practice sheets out as the lesson progresses makes it easy to remember the words when practicing at home. I also appreciate the offer to e-mail queries about to clarify understanding if I get stuck between lessons.
Most of all I am enjoying the experience very much. Thanks
Paul Trigg - 25.8.04.
Thanks for the excellent lessons that I've had.
Chris Skelton - 26.09.05
"Besides being an amazing player Graham is also a fantastic teacher who manages to explain everything in a clear and simple manner. He sorted my playing out in a matter of months.." Dave Rowe, Leeds
"Many thanks for helping me get started so quickly on the guitar. You relaxed and humorous manner means I always leave with a smile on my face and the feeling I've learnt something. Cheers.." Tony Lake, LS6
"My playing was stuck in a rut for years and you managed to turn it all around for me in a matter of months. The whole process has been both a joy and a revelation for me. I never thought it could be this easy. Thanks."
Paul Wilson, Roundhay.
"I'd like to thank you for the time and effort you put into my son's guitar and theory lessons. He has got a place on the Jazz Studies BA at the college. He tells me audition was a breeze and now that he's started the course he is better prepared than all his coursemates. Many thanks again."
Mrs. Laura Jenkins. Horsforth.
"I'd been to quite a few different teachers before I found LGS and for the larger part they were useless. When I saw how quickly and simply Graham gets results I realised I'd wasted my money. You get what you pay for.."
Name Witheld (because he's pretty well known)