Adult Lessons
You CAN start playing guitar later in life
and develop into a good guitar player
Whether you’re a total beginner, or just feel
frustrated with your progress, we can help
We offer you a unique learning experience and use innovative teaching methods to help you reach your goals faster.
When you first come to the School, we’ll take the time to discuss what you’d like to be able to do and what you need to do to get there. From there on, we’ll put together a plan to take you from your current level to where you want to be, with lessons tailored to your personal needs.
It is crucial to have someone to support you on the journey towards your guitar goals. Not only will you learn what you need to know to fulfil your goals, but you’ll have a mentor and a coach to support you every step of the way.
Yes, there will be some commitment and perseverance needed on your part, and some challenges and frustrations to deal with on the way, but the good news is that when you learn guitar at Auckland Guitar School we are in this together.
You’ll learn in a supportive environment, and discover that the things you’re finding difficult are often just the same things that every other guitar player has trouble with.
In fact, if you’ve been playing for a while, many of the things you’ve probably been struggling with are really quite simple to fix. We spend every day showing guitarists the secrets to practising, changing chords, song writing, playing faster, improvising, how music works etc.
The fact is that trying to “teach yourself” guitar will never be as effective as working with dedicated and experienced teachers – experts who will spot problems with your playing before they develop into ingrained bad habits and who can offer you hands-on, personalised guidance and support. Experts who knows how to coach and train you.
You need that personal attention, with someone who cares about your progress and is able to guide you through what you need to know to play the music that you want to play.
“The lessons are well structured and thoughtfully delivered by outstanding teachers…”
“Thanks to AGS, the bits and pieces of musical knowledge I learned in the past are now coming together and making sense. I feel inspired, focused, and highly motivated to practice. The lessons are well structured and thoughtfully delivered by outstanding teachers. Each lesson builds upon the last, cleverly reinforcing knowledge and techniques.” (Belinda Griffiths)
“I’m largely self-taught since I was 13/14 and felt I’d reached a bit of a “flat spot”, I needed something to push me along further. It might sound funny from someone who’s played guitar for many years but the lessons have given me confidence to move outside my comfort zone .. confidence to do more and understand more about what you can do with this thing… It’s just a great environment at the School.” (Peter Finlay)
“I knew other people who’ve been at AGS for a while and who had been very happy with the teachers, tutoring etc. It’s a very enjoyable, relaxed atmosphere but with a structured teaching approach, which is wonderful. I can now listen to a song, work things out and play along. I’ve got a better understanding of how songs are made up, how chord progressions work, what key the song is in. When I pick up the guitar at home now, I can play things that sound good, that I was never able to do before.” (Kai Andreas)
“I’ve learnt more in less than 12 months than in 7 years of lessons when I was a teenager – it’s fabulous. The pace of learning is excellent – I feel pushed in a positive way – challenged, but not that I can’t cope with it. I didn’t realise how much I could achieve. Having lessons motivates me to practice, and now I’ve got to the point where I’m completely addicted to practising and I can’t stop practising. I’m inspired to play and see a future where I’m a really competent musician. It’s not just the weekly lessons it’s the whole offering – it’s almost like being part of a family of musicians. You’ll feel like you’re part of something… obviously, all teachers are not created equal.” (Carren Richardson)
“I honestly thought that I was too old to go back to school – I was so wrong. I’ve enjoyed every moment, and all I can say is that if you’re thinking of learning guitar you’ve got to come to AGS. The teachers have always had a “you can do it” attitude where sometimes I’ve felt “I can’t do this” and they’ve worked me through it and been right every time. The teachers here have taken me from having no idea to reading music and playing songs successfully and it’s been a thoroughly enjoyable learning curve for me.” (Terry Saville)
“The good thing about having “real” lessons is that you can have your technique assessed and adjusted and learn to do things correctly, whereas with online lessons you’re just hoping you’ve got it right. Taking lessons at the School… my playing is just completely different from before. I’ve learnt to play properly, you learn the right way to do stuff so you don’t waste time by making mistakes and getting it wrong, and finally finding out what you should have been doing! I like the fact there’s a good structure to the lessons, and lots of variation. It makes it really interesting – it’s never boring learning to play the guitar here!” (Laura Witty)
What you get at Auckland Guitar School
Achieve your goals with inspiring and experienced teachers
Learn what you need with a well-structured, proven curriculum
Opportunities to apply what you’re learning in real playing situations
Still Have Questions?
Perhaps playing guitar has been something you’ve always wanted to do, one of those “bucket list” items you’d like to do in your life. Maybe you regret that you didn’t take lessons as a kid, or started playing and gave up at a certain point. Procrastinating and doing nothing won’t help! If you’ve loved music all your life and always wanted to try playing guitar, there’s no better time than now.
Despite all the folklore about great players who were “self-taught”, if you’ve been trying to learn to play guitar on your own you’ll have found that you just can’t get the results you want that way.
Amongst other things, there’s no structure, you leave big gaps in your playing and understanding, and jumping from one resource to another ultimately just leads to feeling overwhelmed and doubting whether you can ever play guitar the way you want to.
No matter how good the information, you can only ever get so far on your own.
Why? Because you need much more than the raw information and materials to be able to play guitar.
You can be sure that your musical heroes didn’t learn to play guitar on their computer…
Every week we see prospective students who have tried to “teach themselves” and failed.
The good news is that if you’ve tried teaching yourself and struggled, don’t worry – it’s not you, it’s the methods you are trying to use that are holding you back. We can help!
How soon could you be playing
guitar the way you want to?