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I teach students of all ages and abilities. A few words about my teaching style...
For the joy of bass For players who are taking up the instrument for fun, I have found it more engaging for the student to teach them "by ear" at first... simply learning songs that they want to play (once a few 'playing basics' have been covered). Once we have learned an easy song by ear, then we can start exploring little fills and riffs - and that is where the learning really happens! If we then start to look at WHY these fills and riffs work and try to use them in other songs, we can then introduce and understand music theory in action - rather than just learning a load of scales from the start. For more advanced students, we can pick things up wherever you like or return to something that you never really got the hang of. |
A graded approach
For students that would prefer to take graded music exams, I generally prefer to teach the Rockschool syllabus as I find that it dovetails with my teaching approach very well - using fun and engaging songs as a canvass to learn music theory, technical exercises and sight reading. Rockschool graded exams are accredited by the qualifications regulators of England (OfQual), Wales (DCELLS), Northern Ireland (CCEA), and Scotland (SQA) in so much that they carry recognised QCF credit values and UCAS points. There are other providers such as Trinity, which can also be considered if you wish and are equally accredited.
A safe place for bass
Lessons are held in Leatherhead (Surrey), on a one-to-one basis - please contact me to enquire about price and availability.
I am CRB/DBS checked.
How low can you go?
Below are two examples of me playing Rockschool grade 8 pieces - Copyright acknowledgements go to Kit Morgan and Deirdre Cartwright.
(c) Rockschool Ltd 2006 - Reproduced with permission, all rights retained.
For students that would prefer to take graded music exams, I generally prefer to teach the Rockschool syllabus as I find that it dovetails with my teaching approach very well - using fun and engaging songs as a canvass to learn music theory, technical exercises and sight reading. Rockschool graded exams are accredited by the qualifications regulators of England (OfQual), Wales (DCELLS), Northern Ireland (CCEA), and Scotland (SQA) in so much that they carry recognised QCF credit values and UCAS points. There are other providers such as Trinity, which can also be considered if you wish and are equally accredited.
A safe place for bass
Lessons are held in Leatherhead (Surrey), on a one-to-one basis - please contact me to enquire about price and availability.
I am CRB/DBS checked.
How low can you go?
Below are two examples of me playing Rockschool grade 8 pieces - Copyright acknowledgements go to Kit Morgan and Deirdre Cartwright.
(c) Rockschool Ltd 2006 - Reproduced with permission, all rights retained.
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