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- Hourly rate £35
- Response Time 24h
£35/hr
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David - Abbots Langley - Guitar
Lesson location
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At David's house: Bournemouth
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at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 20 km from Bournemouth
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About David
- What kind of experience do you have?
I have extensive experience teaching music in schools in this country and in South America, where I lived for 5 years and worked in a specialist guitar academy. I currently work as a guitar teacher for Hertfordshire Music Service.
I have 30 years experience as a private guitar teacher.
I am the founder and organiser of the London Jazz Guitar Society where I run weekly jazz guitar workshops for adults and organise master-classes with internationally renowned jazz guitarists . The website is (concealed information)
- Do you have an up-to-date DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service, formerly CRB) Certificate?
Yes
- Where and with whom did you train?
I studied jazz guitar with the New York guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and with Phil Robson and Dave Cliff in the UK.
I studied classical guitar with Denian Arcoleo and Richard Hand.
- Tell me about some of your current students.
Here is some feedback from students attending my London Jazz Guitar Society workshops ((concealed information)
"Really informative and interesting workshop. David is a great teacher. Thanks for organising these events." - James (London Jazz Guitar Society member)
"Great workshop highly recommended. David runs an informative well paced lesson, concentrating on often overlooked - and really useful - areas such as rhythmic awareness (including displacement and rhythmic independence) triads and their inversions over the whole neck. Including practical examples showing how to apply these skills in a clear and easy to remember way" - Trevor (London Jazz Guitar Society member)
"Hi David, excellent lesson, really enjoyed the workshop last night. Covered different rhythms, modes of the major scale, conceptualising triads from the major scale over various chords and different harmonisations of triads." - Arthur (London Jazz Guitar Society member)
"Excellent - a really enjoyable session, with valuable tips and plenty of stuff to go away and practise! Looking forward to next week....." - Chris (London Jazz Guitar Society member)
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I am a professional guitarist and qualified teacher. I have been playing guitar for 40 years and teaching both privately and in schools for more than 25 years.
- Which subject(s) do you teach?
Jazz Guitar - Improvisation, Jazz Theory, Ear Training, Sight Reading, Technique, Transcription, Acquisition and Personalisation of Jazz Vocabulary, Articulation, Harmony, Rhythm, Comping. Preparation for LCM diploma exams
Classical Guitar - ABRSM and Trinity/Guildhall exams
Rock/Pop guitar - RGT graded exams
- Tell me about your qualifications.
I am a qualified music teacher with a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance (MMus) with Distinction from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in music from Leeds University.
I hold both ALCM and LLCM diplomas in Jazz Guitar Performance from the London College of Music.
I have ABRSM Grade 8 Classical Guitar.
- How much do you charge?
£35 per hour at my home.
I also teach Skype lessons at £25 per hour.
Discounts available for block booking of lessons.
- Where do you teach?
I teach from my studio at home.
I also teach a weekly jazz guitar workshop in Acton, London - details at (concealed information)
- When are you available?
I have teaching hours available most days but students need to agree and book lessons in advance as I have a fairly busy schedule.
- Which ages and levels do you teach?
I teach jazz guitar to students who already have some guitar playing ability but are either new to or are seeking to improve their jazz guitar playing.
I teach classical and rock/pop guitar to all levels
- Which qualifications do you prepare your students for?
I prepare students for the ABRSM and Trinity/Guildhall graded exams, the RGT Rock, Electric and Acoustic exams and the DipLCM, ALCM, LLCM and FLCM jazz guitar diplomas.
- Describe your arrangements for online tutoring.
I teach via Skype. Payment is made via Paypal.
- Do you have a personal message for students?
I have many years experience as a teacher, however I am first and foremost a student of music. I always will be. There is no end to the path. The more you know the more you discover there is to know.
I believe the job of the teacher is to guide the student to finding the right path. The only difference between student and teacher is that the teacher is further along the path. There are many blind alleys along the way and a student can easily get lost and waste precious time. A good teacher helps the student stay on track and make the best progress possible. Most of the learning takes place outside the lesson in the student's own practice room so it is essential to know how to practise effectively.
Learning jazz guitar takes hard work and dedication. There are no short cuts but with the right guidance you can make noticeable improvements in a few months.
I treat each student as an individual with different strengths and weaknesses. I create a structured a practice schedule that is specific to each student and is based on the student's preferred learning style.
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Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
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Really informative and interesting workshop. David is a great teacher. Thanks for organising these events.
Great workshop highly recommended. David runs an informative well paced lesson, concentrating on often overlooked - and really useful - areas such as rhythmic awareness (including displacement and rhythmic independence) triads and their inversions over the whole neck. Including practical examples showing how to apply these skills in a clear and easy to remember way
Hi David, excellent lesson, really enjoyed the workshop last night. Covered different rhythms, modes of the major scale, conceptualising triads from the major scale over various chords and different harmonisations of triads.
Excellent - a really enjoyable session, with valuable tips and plenty of stuff to go away and practise! Looking forward to next week.....
Excellent, very challenging. David Morris is a wonderful educator who ensures his pupils get the knowledge and techniques as required to be better musicians.
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Rates
Hourly rate
- £35
Pack prices
- 5h: £175
- 10h: £350
online
- £35/h
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