Congratulations to Congratulations to Student of The Month James Gundy for January 2013.London Guitar Academy’s student of the month showcases the very best in student talent from our London Based guitar lessons. James like us all is a big music fan and has showed consistent and steady progress through out his musical journey. Mastering rock classics such as The […]
Testimonials and Lesson Reviews √ James is amazing teacher. I can’t speak highly enough of him. I’ve learned so much from James. He has vast knowledge of music and an ability to teach that is invaluable. I always marveled at how James could just name of all the notes on the string from memory like it […]
More images The Mighty Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an African-American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list),[1] and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson’s Top 50 […]
During my guitar lessons at the London Guitar Academy,pupils often ask me what kind of music I play… when the is so much great guitar music out there is tricky to give a definitive answer!Becouse the truth is i love great songs and great songwriters….like we all do Below are some of the songs that […]
No matter which type of music you play, all guitarists want picks that feel good in their hands, don’t slip, and are durable.A guitar pick is a plectrum used for guitars. A pick is generally made of one uniform material; examples include plastic, nylon, rubber, felt,tortoiseshell, wood, metal, glass, and stone. They are often shaped in an acute isosceles triangle with the two equal corners rounded and the third corner […]
When playing rock guitar… power chords are a useful too to help create a tough authentic had rock sound.Check out the Kinks you really got Me for an excellent example of early power chord use.Guitarists can use power chords In some styles of music, particularly in rock and roll,punk & heavy metal, it’s not always necessary to play […]
The thing that always gets me about Jonny Marr is he left the Smiths when he was Twenty One! Jonny’s got some seriously musically inflammable fuel in his tank! I’ve always been a big fan of his since i heard the early Rough Trade releases.My younger brother was a little bit ahead of his time […]
It really is all about Jimmy Page…Power,subtlety,melody, RIFFS,licks,innovation & composition.I was lucky enough to meet Jimmy in my local restaurant on Lonsdale Road London a couple on months ago & what a gentleman he was.Jimmy still has a sparkle in his eyes and was more than happy to chat about all things music.Jimmy Page was […]
True guitar great Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a guitar genius of Mexican and American roots. At guitar lessons London we love Santana…he became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, Latin music and blues rock. The band’s sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin […]
