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                                                                                                      About Jon

Jon Dedman
is an experienced teacher who has been playing guitar for over 16 years. He is a member of the RGT

(www.registryofguitartutors.com )

He has been teaching for about 5 years and currently teaches about 30 students of different ages and abilities (including children) .

He holds a diploma in contemporary music performance from ICMP (formerly the Guitar Institute).

He has played in several covers bands and a blues band.

He is also an accomplished solo performer ( www.myspace.com/jondedman )

                                                                                                     Jon's teaching philosophy

I believe that anyone can learn anything! There is no such thing as a tone deaf person, someone who can't sing or doesn't have

any musical ability. If you want to learn something then you can. If you are willing to put in a little bit of practice each day then i

can help you to achieve your musical goals.

I start all my lessons with a trial lesson where we outline together your learning goals. Lessons then proceed with those goals in

mind. However, I try to keep the emphasis on the fun and try to ensure that you are enjoying what you are doing and getting the

most out of the lessons that you can. I want you to look forward to your practice!

If you are a complete beginner then i will usually start you learning common chords, rhythms, and basic technique. There is no

reason you should not be playing along with your first song in our trial lesson.

I will then guide you through your first few songs helping you learn to change between chords and then through more complex

strumming and chord techniques.

As you become confident in basic rhythm guitar i will work with you on more and more songs of your own choosing. I try and get

you working on the songs that you want to learn from as early as possible.

And from here on in anything goes from fingerstyle to jazz the choice is yours!

The key to your progression though will be your own practice and I reccomend a minimum of between 15 and 20 minutes a day.

The key is to do a little bit every day rather than all in one big cramming session.

                                                                                 Styles and levels taught

I teach all ages, all styles and all levels. However there are some I specialise in more than others.

The majority of people I teach are beginners or complete beginners and I tend to start people on basic

rhythm guitar and chords.

Beyond this I specialise in acoustic guitar mainly fingerstyle and fingerpicking. I also specialise in Blues

(mainly on electric guitar).

But during my own studies I have covered every style from pop to heavy metal, country, funk, and Jazz

and am happy teaching any of these styles as well.

I can also teach music theory, sight reading, songwriting, and Improvisation.