Based in Halesowen, West Midlands (UK) and with many years of experience in guitar and bass tuition, 'Des Sherwood Guitar Tuition' is the place to go. You will receive expert and friendly tuition at reasonable rates. And you don't have to live in the UK to experience one-to-one tuition from me. Click HERE to see how easy it is to get REAL tuition via the internet!!
In October 2005 I got a phone call from Ozzy Osbourne showing interest in me becoming his next guitar player. A real honour. Click HERE to read more.
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I TEACH: ~Electric Guitar~Bass Guitar~Acoustic Guitar~
~Beginners Welcome~
Me and 8 year old Isabelle. She learns incredibly quickly and always wants to get her chords sounding as good as possible!
Below are some audio files of my playing. Click the Audio/Video page for more.
This website will tell you all you need to know, from lesson information to the equipment I use. You can even hear some examples of my playing on the audio/video page. If you would like to hear what students and professional musicians say about my teaching methods and guitar playing, go to the Testimonials page. I am a member of the Registry of Guitar Tutors and the Musicians Union.
As far as styles of music go, I can teach you to play blues, rock, 60's rock 'n' roll, 70's glam rock, 80's pop, heavy metal (Metallica etc), 90's pop/rock/indie (Oasis, Blink 182, Sum 41, Stereophonics etc), Classical guitar/finger picking, sight reading, bass fingerstyle/plectrum and slap and an advanced level of music theory.
If you want to learn Jazz or Country, I suggest contacting Music King for a more suitable tutor.
Des Sherwood.
Many thanks to Mark Cooper for developing this site and Dane Shadows for the many photographs and valuable help:-)