The Guitar Bass & Drum School. Mansfield. Notts.

"A good teacher can save you years of struggling, by showing you how to do things the
best way from the start." RGT

Non Formal Course for All Guitars

Our first syllabus has been designed for people who want to learn just for the fun of it. We have put together a program specially designed for beginners one that is easy to understand, requires no music reading and most of all one that progresses at your own pace of learning.
In this course you will learn Beginners Techniques a series of chords, scales, modes, arpeggios, and Palm muting. As you progress more Advanced Techniques such as Tapping, Pinched Harmonics, etc to name just a few.
(don't let the fancy words put you off we will explain what they mean to you)
This course will help to develop your ear to understand intonation and tuning etc.
As part of the course we convert your favourite songs of your choice into TAB for you to practice and learn.
TAB is a new way of writing Guitar Music and easier to understand than normal written music.
TAB is a worldwide accepted way of writing guitar music and
today is used in many guitar books and grade exams.
You do not need to be able to read music or need any previous musical knowledge.
This is a very popular course, and has proven over the years to be a very successful one.

Formal Course for all Guitars

The second syllabus we offer is a more formal course. It was compiled by Tony Skinner of the
Registry of Guitar Tutors (RGT) for the London College of Music Examination Board (LCMB).
The RGT was formed in 1992 and produces a Directory of Registered Tutors and operates Guitar examinations around the world. They have branches in the UK, America, New Zealand and many parts of Europe.
We at the Guitar, Bass & Drum School are proud to be a part of this growing organisation. The Exams are accredited buy the Qualification and Curriculum Authority, and have been placed on the National Qualifications Framework by The London College of Music (LCM). The LCM has over 100 years experience in running graded examinations, so you can have 100% confidence in your Learning.

Nine examination Grades are available ranging from Preliminary Grade (for beginners) up to Grade 8 (for aspiring professional musicians); plus a diploma level examination
LCM. Examination sessions are held three times a year in the Mansfield area.

The RGT provide grade HANDBOOK’S to accompany each examination. They provide full explanations and examples of all the information required for each Grade. Topics covered include: Scales, improvisation and lead playing; chord and rhythm playing;
Even if you do not wish to take the examinations you can opt to take the RGT course.
Each Handbook will help you to: Develop all aspects of your guitar playing, increase your knowledge of specialist electric guitar techniques, Understand the music theory most that relates to electric guitar playing, achieve your full potential as a guitarist.

If you would like to take the RGT Examinations All Examination books are available from your tutor priced £11.99 each.

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Drum Tuition

Again We offer two courses Formal & Informal.
We have compiled our own informal syllabus for a comprehensive, easy and effective way of learning how to play the drums
We also offer the more formal LCM Drum Grades course.
Both courses are very popular but the LCM offers more in the way of a
nationally recognised qualification.
Drums by no means are an easy instrument to play but we find it doesn’t take long for a complete beginner to gain enough knowledge and skill to be playing in a band.