Introducing Guitar for Teens

Group Course for Beginners

Comments from Students
Teacher
Schedule & Fee
Enrolment

Introducing Guitar for Teens Want to learn acoustic guitar through the music you like? Designed especially for teen beginners, this 10-week course takes a practical, enjoyable approach to acoustic guitar tuition. The style is hands-on, contemporary and seriously fun. Skills are developed using chord and riff examples from today’s top groups. You will also gain such essential musical knowledge as song structure, tab notation, scales, rhythm and metre, intervals, chord shapes and strum patterns, and techniques such as muting and string bending. By the end of the course you should have an impressive grasp of guitar fundamentals and a solid understanding of how songs are put together.

Participating students will need to have an acoustic guitar to bring to class and to practice at home. If you do not already have an instrument for this course, please note that Waltons music shops offer suitable instruments, some of which are available on payment plans, for students at the New School. Go to Recommended Instruments for more information.

Introducing Guitar for Teens is one of our group courses for beginners. Private, partner, group and intensive guitar lessons are also available for students at all levels, from beginner to advanced. Go to Departments & Faculty - Guitar & Bass for more information.

Comments from Students

'All together I would give the course 10 out of 10 – great teacher, great staff, great facilities – Waltons has it all.'
– L. Clancy

'Excellent teacher. I had so much fun learning to play guitar in a fun and relaxed environment. I will definitely come back.'
– L. Hopper

'A great introduction to guitar and will be something I'll continue into the future.'
– J. Keating

'I learned loads and really feel like I have a good general knowledge of guitar.'
– D. Shine

'John is a fantastic teacher and mentor and is a great role-model for his students.'
– O. Martin

John Sweeney, Teacher

John Sweeney John comes from a musical family and has been studying and playing guitar and bass for over thirty years. He works in many different styles, including traditional, rock and jazz, and has performed and recorded with a number of Irish groups, gigging extensively throughout Ireland, Canada, the UK, the US and Spain. He began teaching in 1988 at the Scarborough School of Guitar in Toronto, Canada, where he also studied composition and flatpick technque. He has also studied flamenco guitar with Miguel Escudero Lopez in Seville, Spain and traditional music at St. Enda’s Folk Park & Museum, and he continues to develop techniques of both melody and rhythm accompaniment for Irish music. John has taught at the New School since 2003 and also teaches our Introducing Guitar for Adults and Trad Guitar Basics courses, co-facilitates our Inside Rock outreach workshop and teaches outreach guitar classes in our In-School Music Programme.

2013-2014 First Term Schedule & Fee

To be confirmed.

Enrolment

Enrolment for this course requires a completed enrolment form and full payment of tuition fees. (Go to Enrolment & Booking Form Downloads for a 2013-2014 General Enrolment Form.) Places are available on a first-come, first-served basis, based on the date of enrolment. Early enrolment is recommended, as places are limited to eight.

Purchasing this course as a gift? Go to Enrolment & Booking Form Downloads for a Gift Certificate Booking Form.

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