{"id":101,"date":"2015-04-01T09:40:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T09:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jondedmanguitar.wordpress.com\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:22:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T10:22:36","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jondedmanguitar.com\/?page_id=101","title":{"rendered":"About Jon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jon Dedman<\/b> is an experienced, full-time guitar teacher who has been playing guitar for over 20 years. He is a member of the Registry of Guitar Tutors.<\/a>
\nHe has been teaching students of all ages and abilities for over 10 years.
\nHe holds a diploma in contemporary music performance from ICMP<\/a> (formerly the Guitar Institute) where he studied with some of the UK’s top guitarists including: Dario Cortese (Spice Girls, Larry Carlton, Brent Mason, Albert Lee); Lee Hodgeson (Stevie Wonder, Odyssey); Iain Scott (Beach boys, Frank Gambale). He has studied privately with Youtube guitar teaching sensation Justin Sandercoe (Katie Melua, The Counterfiet Stones). He also has a grade 8 with distinction in Acoustic Guitar from the London College of Music.
\nHe has played in several covers bands and a blues band as well as solo.<\/p>\n

Styles and levels taught.<\/b><\/h2>\n

I teach all ages, all styles and all levels. Beginners are very welcome.
\nCheck out my free lessons page <\/a>for complete beginners.
\nI specialise in beginners acoustic and electric lessons, Acoustic Guitar, mainly Fingerstyle and Pop. I also specialise in Blues.
\nDuring my own studies I have covered every style from Pop to Heavy Metal, Country, Funk, and Jazz.
\nI also teach music theory, sight reading, song-writing, and Improvisation.<\/p>\n

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Jon’s teaching philosophy.<\/b><\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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