Tower Hamlets Membership courses timetable

The below courses come as part of the £80/month membership option. None of these can be booked with the events only membership.

You can choose up to 2 courses a week plus 2 jam classes from the schedule below. Beginners, Improvers, intermediates, advanced and bass courses run over 8 weeks and ideally you’ll be signing up to the full 8 weeks (though you can cancel your membership any time and on most courses you can join after the start). The Jam sessions run as one offs.

You can reserve a slot for the new May intake here, so that you only start paying when you start playing

Below is the timetable of what’s on. You’ll be shown how to book after taking out a membership

First you need to take out a membership here once you’ve done that you’ll need to head to the Student’s Corner page of our website where we store all of your learning material, plus the course sign up spreadsheet. You’ll need to request and be given access the first time you enterCheck here on how to choose which level is right for you. And see below for a brief description of each course.

Beginners

8 Week beginner programe for those who have never played before. See our dedicated beginners Academy page for a full write up. Not, the beginners classes are not part of membership and can only be booked through the beginners academy

Improvers

Bridging the gap between open chords and just about getting ‘it’ to feeling confident with your barre chords, scales and improvisation. Improver level songs broken down and rebuilt ahead of an end of term performance in front of a live audience.

Intermediates

Intermediate level songs (songs requiring barre chords, 7ths, m7th, maj7th and sus chords and some lead and scale work) broken down and rebuilt ahead of an end of term performance in front of a live audience.

Advanced

Advanced level songs (songs requiring barre chords, 7ths, m7th, maj7th, 9th, m9th, sus chords, lead work and complex rhythms) broken down and rebuilt ahead of an end of term performance in front of a live audience. . Highly recommended for the player with some time to practice.

Jams

Facilitated jams – Breaking songs down and playing them for the fun of it.

Intermediate level Bass

You’ll be working through arpeggios outside of there boxed and caged systems, taking on some funk and learning extended song (full rather than riffs.

Home recording

Introduction to Home Recording (equipment you’ll need and the cost saving benefits of home recording)
Equipment such as Audio Interfaces, Microphones, Headphones, MIDI Keyboards amongst others.
A brief overview of the recording software, AKA as DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
Setting up your session
Making music with MIDI and software instruments
Recording Audio
Mixing Essentials (this include EQ, Compression, Levels and Panning)
Exporting your session into an audio file

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

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

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

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

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.

You can reserve a slot for the new May intake here, so that you only start paying when you start playing

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