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Guitar Courses

Beginners

Mon-Tues-Wed evenings

18:00 pm - 21:00 pm

For the beginners learn the basics from the first steps through to building a repertoire of easy songs, strumming patterns and fingerpicking. 

Blues

MOn-Tues-Wed Evenings

18:00 am - 21:30 pm

Love the blues? This is the course for you as we will explore the early styles from acoustic to Chicago electric and west coast swing. Develop the basic improvised approach and journey towards the modern styles.

Jazz Guitar

Jazz

 Tues-Wed Evenings

18:00 pm - 21:30 pm

For the more experienced player that would like to dive deep into their understanding of the fretboard, diatonic chords, secondary dominants, scales and improvisation techniques.

The Rhythm Method book 1

Fine tune your rhythm pattern recognition across the basic subdivisions. Based on pattern recognition.

Crotchets, Minims and Semi-breves. (1/4, ½ and whole notes)

Quavers. (1/8th notes)

Semi-quavers. (1/16th notes)

Rests Crotchets, Minims and Semi-breves. (1/4, ½ and whole notes)

Rests Quavers

Rests Semi-Quavers

Different Strings Workshop coming soon

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13:00 pm - 15:00 pm

Explore the concepts of alternative tunings, take your songwriting to a new level, learn some classic folk tunes and a little bit of theory to expand the possibilities.












Jazz Guitar

Jazz Guitar Book1

For the more experienced player that would like to dive deep into their understanding of the fretboard, diatonic chords, secondary dominants, scales and improvisation techniques. A complete Major Key, diatonic chords workout of the CAGED system with Chord analysis, scales and finger exercises.

Book 1 free with the Guitar Jazz course.




 

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Testimonials

Ross MacLeod

Can’t thank you enough for the lessons completely reignited my love for the instrument and changed the way I think about and approach the fretboard.

I’m easily twice the player I was – and I’d been what I thought was a decent standard for 20+ years! Brilliant mix of theory and practical and completely tailored to my needs! A+



K MacDonald

I've learnt more about playing guitar in the last month than I have in the last 20 years.

I always wanted to develop the technique of Travis style finger picking and I'm improving with every lesson.

Got some great tunes to work on.




Guitar School

ABOUT TOM ANDERSON

As a lifelong guitarist with 50 years in the game, playing everything from jazz and blues to rock, folk, and slide guitar. I’ve been lucky enough to perform across the UK, Europe, and the USA, Nashville's Basement, Mercy Lounge and Two Old Hippies with a major career highlight being a gig at The Royal Albert Hall in London—one for the memory books! I have had some very complimentary feedback from some great guitar players such as Tommy Emmanuel “Beautiful player” Jerry Donahue, “Tom can really play that guitar.” Bruce Welch. “Proper guitar player!”

Beyond performing, I’ve spent over two decades as a college lecturer, sharing my love for music performance, songwriting, and Western musical theory. I’ve also taught A-Level music technology, covering sequencing, studio recording, and production, working with software like Sibelius, Cubase, Logic, ProTools, and Ableton.

Now, I’m based in Edinburgh, the Borders, and Lanarkshire, where I teach guitar across all levels and styles while keeping busy with gigs and concerts around Scotland. Whether it's on stage or in the classroom, I love helping others find their sound and grow as musicians.

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Throughout my teaching career (CFET Oxford Brookes) I have planned, coordinated and delivered high-quality teaching in guitar, music performance, western music theory, music technology and creative media. Subjects covered a range of levels using flexible delivery methods for level 3 A levels including BTEC Nationals, Level 1 and 2 City and Guilds and Level 1 and 2 NCFE.


Learning guitar is a journey that should be both enjoyable and rewarding, and my approach to teaching is designed to help students of all levels develop their skills with confidence. Whether you’re a complete beginner looking to master the fundamentals or an experienced player aiming to refine your technique and expand your repertoire, I offer structured, tailored lessons that cater to your individual goals. Lessons cover everything from basic chord progressions and strumming patterns to advanced techniques such as fingerpicking, improvisation, and jazz harmony. I also incorporate music theory in a practical, easy-to-understand way, helping students connect what they play to a deeper understanding of musical structure. My teaching emphasises creativity, ear training, and developing a solid sense of rhythm, ensuring that students not only learn to play but also to express themselves musically. Whether you prefer acoustic or electric guitar, blues, jazz, folk, or rock, I provide a friendly and encouraging learning environment where you can grow at your own pace. Lessons are available in person in Edinburgh, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, or online, giving you the flexibility to learn in a way that suits your schedule.


As a guitarist I have worked with many artists for over 40 years including Starmaker Production – for a diverse range of musicals, Support for jazz legend Martin Taylor, Peter James Orchestra, Anthony England Big Band, Bonny Langford, Jerry Donahue, Llimal, Steven Triffit (Frank Sinatra) Matt Holland (Van Morrison) Matt Condon (Katie Melua) King Cats, Rhythm Bro, Fat Chance, Richard O’Brien, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Solent, Performances at The Royal Albert Hall, Cafe Royal, 100 Club, Reading Jazz festival, Twyford Festival, Seven consecutive years at the Wallingford Blues festival and Bunkfest, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Leith Jazz n Blues Festival. Televised BBC Film Critics Awards, composition for Edinburgh Green Belt Trust and Hands on MIDI. David and Victoria Beckham, Sarah Jane-Buckley (Eva Cassidy tour). Walk Like a Man tour.

Overcome stage fright with tried and tested techniques to play the way you play at home live on stage.

The inner game of music
Timothy Gallwey,
Barry Green

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