Guitar Courses & Workshops London

Guitar Courses & Workshops in central London

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Beginners Guitar, commences on Sunday 5th of May at 12pm and Monday 6th of May at 6pm and runs for eight consecutive weeks £210 for eight 90 minute sessions plus all the perks and delights that come with The Guitar Socials packed social calendar

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Our most successful course, having converted thousands of people to the joys of the Guitar since we first launched ten years ago. You’ll be going from never having played before to playing live in front of a crowd of your adoring fans in just eight weeks. See the beginners academy page for more details.

Improvers Guitar, commences on Sunday 5th of May at 1.30pm and Monday 6th of May at 7.30pm and runs for eight consecutive weeks £230 for eight 90 minute sessions plus all the joys and benefits that come with the Guitar Socials packed social calendar

Course Content

Typically attended by people that have completed our beginners program, but also enjoyed by many that are looking to advance their playing. You’ll be working on barré chords, your first scales, early stages of improvisation, riffs and tricks. All learning is achieved through playing songs in a group with players taking on individual parts of each song.

Intermediates Guitar, commences on Sunday 5th of May at 3pm and Tuesday 7th of May at 6pm and runs for eight consecutive weeks £230 for eight 90 minute sessions along with all the glories that come alongside being part of London’s premier hangout spot for guitar players of all levels.

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For those that feel they’re stuck in musical rut and could do with a friendly crowbar to get them out of it. We’ll be taking a song lead approach as we advance on areas of knowledge including the CAGED system, improvisation, fretboard knowledge whilst dipping our toes in niche areas of learning such fingerpicking and funk. This has been of huge value to those that have been playing for a while but have found themselves playing the same stuff for years.

Joy of the Jam, commences on Tuesday 7th of May at 7.30pm and Saturday 13th of May at 12pm and runs for eight consecutive weeks, £240 for eight 90 minute sessions

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This program harness everything that is great about all our other programs, either currently running or that we have blasted through in the past. It features songs only, meaning there is little teaching elements present, instead, just banging tunes that are facilitated by your lead tutor, who quite possibly invented this method of group guitar learning; there simply isn’t a guitar jam quite like a Guitar Social jam, and these sessions prove it.

This program is suitable for anyone that can play barré chords, read tabs and is looking to make some songs sound awesome ahead of a live performance.

Nicola Cortese

03/02/2022

I started a course in Jan as a beginner with Thomas and I can already play 5 songs!.. with simple chords :) both Thomas and Fiona are really lovely and they really know how to teach whilst having fun! I'd highly recommend dropping at one of their Thursday's open mic! Tons of fun and talent for free!!!

Jonny Pollard

02/02/2022

Very friendly learning environment, was a bit nervous to play with a group having not played socially for many years, but it was super relaxed, and I learnt a lot in the first session. Looking forward to the next session!

Adam J

01/02/2022

Had a great time tonight! I joined on to the beginners course a couple weeks late, but Fiona was great at running me up to speed before the class. Tom was a great instructor, and managed to get us to cover lots of ground in a short space of time. The group was super freindly and relaxed, and im looking forward to going back next week!

Jakub Špaček

01/02/2022

Having played guitar in my past within academic environment I have to say The Guitar Social club opened my eyes with their amazing and vibrant atmosphere with company of great people. Lessons are really fun and easy to follow. Feel really motivate just after few classes and my connection to the instrument greatly improved!

Paula Smith

31/01/2022

Unbelievably great, not kidding.

Marcella Puppini

31/01/2022

This exactly what I was hoping it would be. A fun and engaging way of learning a new instrument at a lovely venue, with great people and great teaching. Thoroughly recommended.

hashtagobi

31/01/2022

Only been going 2 weeks but it's a great environment with good pacing throughout the lessons. The community is quite helpful + open to learn so it's really a great space for anyone wanting to hone their guitar chops!

Kevin S.

27/01/2022

Is it a guitar school? A social events group? A music workshop for all ages and abilities? An open, non-judgemental route to performing? A holiday club that includes jamming on guitars around the campfire? Well–it's all these and more. The Guitar Social is built around founder & lead tutor Thomas (plus TGS Business Director, Fiona, originally one of its earliest students). Patient and passionate, Thomas and his relaxed, friendly temperament get the best from beginners to improvers and beyond. Personally for me, one core strength of The Guitar Social is that Thomas realises what most tutors and courses never do – we can all learn fast and well when we play whole songs together and discover as a group how to make them work. Thomas and TGS guest tutors will always tend to teach music theory for guitar, and focus too on scales, chord voicings, correct rhythm, licks, riffs, parts, soloing etc, but with a tendency to make it about the fun and learning gains when students jam together on great songs instead of staring at a white board and not playing much music. Jamming songs in similar or mixed ability groups helps TGS students become functioning musicians who have built useful real world skills and experience across many sessions similar to how working musicians rehearse and workshop songs. And you will have the opportunity to build live experience too if you wish – solo or with your term group or with others of your choice, in a safe, positive environment, with friendly fellow students as your audience. Never any pressure and just one example of where TGS delivers extra value. They are really worth trying. I haven't even done full justice here to all the different activities they do.

stu smith

25/01/2022

The coolest club in London!

Colin Taylor

25/01/2022

I'm back for my second series of the Joy of the Jam. After not playing with others for over 30 years, these sessions are reminding me just how inspiring and enjoyable jamming can be. Thomas leads the sessions with huge enthusiasm and a great deal of humour. The support of his impressive musical knowledge is ever present - but this never gets in the way of our desire just have fun and be playing.

Guitar Courses & Workshops in central London

Real world jams, musical experiences, adventure and connection. These are the founding principles of The Guitar Social.