Guitar Encounters

Guitar Encounters is a course for electric guitar for students aged from 7 years,, teenagers and adults.

The main focus of this course is:

to produce a versatile musician across a range of styles and acquire a good repertoire, a strong technique, fluent reading ability, a sound theoretical grasp and good aural acuity
to learn skills in arranging and improvising
If desired, our lessons can help you prepare for a graded certificate with Rock School Limited. The Yamaha grade 1-8 syllabus is accredited by RSL Awards (Rockschool). Grades 6-8 are worth up to 30 UCAS points.

There is not set time frame for the Guitar Encounter’s Course. We curate our lesson schedule to cater for different abilities, allowing students to be nurtured in an environment that suits their playing ability, natural pace of development and age
We highly recommend you have an electric guitar and amp to practice with at home to keep up with lesson progress. You can purchase these from us at YMS Croydon.
You will also need the Guitar Encounters Book which is £20. which is £20.
Adults are not required to attend every lesson. However, we recommend arriving 5 mins before class to take down homework with your child and ask any questions.