My Teaching Method

When you come to the Australian Guitar Institute you are treated as an individual. I listen to what you’re goals and needs are, and then create a program to get you up to speed.

Your tuition is based on my own experience in Los Angeles studying at the Musicians Institute and over 20-years or professional teaching in Perth.

Lessons will cover the following main areas of guitar playing and tuition.

Beginner Guitar Lessons

We’ll start at the very beginning, and learn about the first steps that need to be taken (like buying an instrument) and what to expect on this lifetime journey of playing the guitar.

Rhythm Guitar Lessons

An introduction to rhytmic structures and harmony as it is applied to the guitar fingerboard.

Harmony and Theory for Guitar

Musical notation and diatonic structures, including rhythmic values, time signatures, natural minor scales and key signatures, harmonized minor scales diatonic seventh chords, and key centres.

Lead Guitar (Improvisation)

An introduction to the fundamentals of guitar playing, including picking styles, performance techniques, and fretboard organization. The five-pattern scale concept is applied to major and minor diatonic scales and triad arpeggios in various keys.

Reading for Guitarists

Develop the fundamentals of music reading in open position and the middle of the fretboard; including counting and reading basic rhythmic figures and rests in double and triple meters as well as chart-reading symbols and terminology.

Ear Training for Guitarists

An introduction to Ear Training as it applies to popular music. Areas of focus include matching pitch, major scale melodies, and melodic intervals in the context of examples drawn from contemporary popular music.

Other Techniques, Styles and Lessons

  • Acid Jazz Guitar
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Advanced Electric Guitar Styles
  • Advanced Groove Concepts
  • Afro-Cuban Guitar
  • Alternative Guitar Heroes
  • Applied Metal Guitar
  • Applied Rock Improvisation
  • Applied Technique
  • Blues
  • Blues Rhythm Guitar
  • Blues Lead Guitar
  • Blues Listening
  • Brazilian Guitar
  • >
  • Chord Melody
  • Classic R&B
  • Classic Rock
  • Classical Guitar
  • Contemporary R&B
  • Country Guitar
  • Country Rock
  • Developing the Art of Two-Line Improvisation
  • Eclectic Electric Guitar
  • Funk
  • Funk Guitar
  • Fusion
  • Fusion Masters
  • Guitar EFX
  • Guitar Heroes of the ’60s and ’70s
  • Guitar Maintenance and Repair
  • Guitar/Vocal Accompaniment
  • Hard Rock
  • Hip-Hop
  • Jazz Guitar
  • Jazz Listening
  • Jazz Workshop
  • Jimi Hendrix Rhythm Guitar
  • Latin
  • Melodic Soloing
  • Metal
  • Metal Guitar
  • Modern Rock
  • Odd-Meters
  • Playing Techniques for Guitar
  • Punk
  • Recording Guitar
  • Reggae
  • Rock Lead Guitar
  • Rock Rhythm Guitar
  • Rumba Workout
  • Shred Guitar
  • Slap, Pop, and Beyond
  • Slide Guitar
  • Surf/Spy Guitar

Get a Free Lesson

Get a free 30min lesson and review of what you need to learn to achieve your musical goals.

Beginner or advanced, 6 or 60. I’ll tailor a program just for you. Call me on:

Australian Guitar Institute

Get a Free Lesson

Get a free 30min lesson and review of what you need to learn to achieve your musical goals.

Beginner or advanced, 6 or 60. I’ll tailor a program just for you. Call me on:

Australian Guitar Institute