Frustration Free Guitar Lessons

I’ve been receiving lessons from Alasdair for the past 12 months now. For anyone looking to learn the guitar from scratch (as I did) or as an improver I can’t recommend Alasdair highly enough. He is friendly and very supportive but what impressed me most was his ability to identify techniques to help me overcome particular stumbling blocks I may have encountered along the way which unlocked my learning and moved me along on my improvement curve. Alasdair offers support outside of the tuition time with learning materials online specific to me. He is extremely talented and will without question help you on your path to learning to play the guitar. Thank you Alasdair.

As an adult learner who previously had a few false starts in picking up the guitar, I couldn’t be happier than to recommend Alasdair. I have found him to be a most patient, knowledgeable teacher who really cares about my progression on the instrument. He has always been able to answer my questions, and is always able to give demonstrations of any techniques, in the context of any musical genre. I always look forward to our lessons as an opportunity not only to increase my own proficiency, but also to absorb Alasdair’s obvious enthusiasm for music in general. I wish that I had started lessons with him years ago!

In my 40 years of playing I have never heard nor seen this concept. The breakdown and explanation are so thorough and easy to understand. I would have expected to pay for such a valuable lesson. I’m most grateful for this! Thank you

I’ve watched 100s of hours of guitar YouTube in the last year and frankly, if someone wanted me to boil it down to my top 5 or so, this would be in it. I knew about chunking, but you’ve laid it out so plainly and simply that now I feel I can use it much more effectively.

Our 16 year old son has progressed hugely over the past few years with Alasdair’s excellent teaching and guidance, both in terms of his playing ability and his growing confidence. Alasdair’s boundless encouragement, enthusiasm and patience has allowed our son to progress beyond any of his or our expectations and he has gone from being reserved and unwilling to play anywhere other than his bedroom into someone who has now performed numerous times in front of sizeable audiences and who is now enrolled onto a music performance course at college. Alasdair’s technical ability and holistic approach to teaching mean that we would have no hesitation in recommending him to others.

This is a brilliant example of how to translate state-of-the-art understandings from Neuroscience into applied guitar practice! Well explained and presented and all required aspects covered. I find it very motivating when there is an idea about why certain advice would work and how exactly it would work. I’ll try it out immediately and hope to see more content from you on that basis. Thanks a lot!

Wow, you’ve opened my eyes. I’ve been playing for decades. I didn’t know what you’ve been teaching until today. Thanks a whole lot.

Our eldest son Alex has been having guitar lessons from Alasdair for a few years now, he has been brilliant. Aside from the fact that Alex has improved immeasurably, Alasdair’s encouraging approach and the way that he makes it enjoyable has been fantastic. More recently he has also started giving Alex bass guitar lessons. Can’t recommend any more highly.

Alasdair has been my guitar teacher every week for nearly 4 years now. He communicates clearly, encourages when necessary, sticks to the brief, and backs up the lessons with additional support. As a result, an old passion has been rekindled and my guitar playing has come on in leaps and bounds. He is an excellent teacher and I can thoroughly recommend him.

One of the most outstanding and HELPFUL educational guitar videos i’ve ever seen!!!! thank you!