LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES - 20 06 2008

I will be updating this page regularly (at least twice a month) if possible so please keep checking back to the site for further details on lessons, available time slots etc..

Would you like to take lessons during the day/after school- I teach full-time so am fairly flexible if you require day-time lessons - please get in touch and we can discuss what times might suit

Current Lesson Slots/Times

New Teaching CD'S/Booklets

"Get Playing!- Lead Guitar (Acoustic and Electric) Book 1"

This book is aimed at beginners and more intermediate players - its is full of all the scales and riffs you need to get started playing lead guitar. It comes with an accompanying CD with over 50 (acoustic) tracks including backing tracks to play the scales and riffs over.

The book is proving very popular and is getting great reviews from buyers/players - please go the feedback page (here) on ebay to hear what others have said about the book.

For more details or to purchase a copy of "Get Playing" - £12.60 - please visit the website here

Books will also soon be available in some local music shops including:

Ray McCleod's - Queen St, Lurgan

Music Galleria - Lisburn

The focus and reason behind the book was due to very positive feedback from my home and school students . The book contains my unique teaching techniques which have proven very successful with current and past students.

Some of the contents of the Get Playing! - Lead Guitar CD package:

The book contains everything you need to get started playing lead guitar on acoustic or electric guitar.

The book has an accompanying CD with 11 backing tracks to practice the scales and solo's over.

Topics covered include:

Tuning up, basic 1 Octave/2 Octave and 3 Octave Scales, your first steps to playing notes and riffs, backing tracks specifically designed to play the tracks over.

There is also plenty of useful advice on lead playing techniques and the aim is to have you playing lead guitar as quickly and efficiently as possible - without the bad habits!!!

Rhythm Guitar CD

There will also be a rhythm guitar CD featuring the basics (planned to be finished over the winter/spring 2009 ) - (for absolute beginners) with tunes such as Razorlight - America , Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heavens Door etc.. together with an accompanying booklet with tips and "crucial" but "common sense" advice that doesn't seem to be available in any other book/books - this may seem a bold statement but I have heard time and time again from students about how my methods aren't available in any book that they have purchased!!

I can guarantee (as long as you practice) you will be playing guitar in no time, and pick up some very useful tips along the way which will stay with you for as long as you decide to keep playing guitar.

Please keep checking back to the site for updates on the above Beginners CD.

Video Lessons and Tutorials !!!

I am in the process of updating the site with some video content which will include tutorials on rhythm playing, lead playing, fingerstyle (with some song examples) and some other helpful tips.

Watch this space for more information

My current school teaching timetable (as of September 2007) is:

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I have added some new resources to the Tips and Resources page.

After a lot of hard work I have finally got some time to record some teaching audio including songs such as Oasis - Live Forever , Green Day - Time Of Your Life, Bob Dylan - Knockin on Heavens Door, - there are also other more advanced tracks I will be uploading soon.

Please check out the Tips and Resources Page here and feel free to download the audio and have a listen to just some of the ways I would be teaching you these sorts of tunes.

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NEW - "CORRESPONDENCE" ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC GUITAR LESSONS AVAILABLE!!

I am in the process of planning "correspondence guitar lessons".

I am planning to supply correspondence lessons - which means due to my full roster of students and constant demand for lessons, I have decided to develop some "correspondence" or "long distance" lessons using email, and the Internet.

If you have a generally good quality PC - I will be able to supply songs/MP3's teaching materials and resources to still teach you (without me actually having to teach you one-to-one)

If this sounds a bit strange it has been proven to work and is becoming increasingly popular with the advantage of students learning in the comfort of their own home rather than having to travel to lessons.

If you are interested please contact me for further details - things are still in he pipeline but should be up and running soon!

James Ledley - JLG Acoustic and Electric Guitar Tuition (jlgtuition@hotmail.com)

Tel: 02838 349876

Mob: 07871 879780

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LESSONS AND CLASSES

The demand for lessons now is ever increasing and so is my waiting list!!!

As I have a very big waiting list now I am thinking of running Beginners Classes at some stage in the near future these may be from 4-6 weeks and may be held in a local venue (to be decided).

Classes will probably be no more than 5/6 people.

It is very much in the planning stage at present I will update any future plans as things progress.

If you are interested please keep checking back to the site for further updates.

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