If you are fortunate to live in or around, Winchester, Southampton
or Eastleigh in Hampshire, UK then please feel free to get in touch via the CONTACT page or email me at tuition@lachlanhorne.com.
Whether you are a complete beginner or you have been teaching yourself guitar for some time now and made the decision that you want to get serious, now is a good time to get in touch for some private guitar lessons. Very often guitar players will approach me because they either want to get it right from the beginning or they have been working things out for themselves for some time but have come to the point where they have hit a brick wall and need some expert knowledge and advice. This is where I come in.
But why me you may ask? Well, I have been teaching and playing guitar professionally for more than thirty years, I have had my playing and my own music used for radio ads, computer games, online slot machines and a rollercoaster ride as well as other media presentations and videos. I have released three solo albums to date, two of which feature the talents of Primal Scream and Gary Moore’s drummer Darrin Mooney, and have taught in schools, colleges, and more private lessons than I could possibly count. In short, I know my stuff and have had a lifetime’s experience knowing what is required to become a complete guitarist. I am the ideal candidate to show aspiring guitar students how they can reach their full potential and become fully accomplished guitarists themselves.
To get an idea of the of the nature of my tuition I have listed the areas of study that I cover from beginner right through to advanced though these are not set in stone and I am happy to tailor your lesson plan according to your individual needs.
Beginner
Open chords
Basic music notation
Songs that can be learnt quickly
Rhythm guitar basics
Twelve Bar Blues and the guitar
Blues riffs
Barre chords
Introduction to lead guitar
Minor Pentatonic Scale
Blues Scale
Development of ‘licks’ and improvisation techniques
Minor Pentatonic Scale and Sequencing
Major Pentatonic Scale
Mixing the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales
Intermediate
The Major Scale
Intervals
Ear training
Major Scale Harmony in triads
Key identification
Understanding the concept of the Diatonic Scale
Major Scale Harmony and extended chords
Major Scale and Sequencing
Application of the Major Scale to Blues
Improvisation and key changing
Applying the Major Scale to Blues
Major Scale Modes
The Modes and Rock, Funk, Pop, Blues, Jazz etc
Mixing the minor modes with the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Chord Theory
Compound Intervals and extended chords
Dominant 7th Arpeggios
Major 7th Arpeggios
Sweep Picking Scale Shapes
Sweep Picking Arpeggios
Legato
String Skipping
Right Hand Tapping
Application of Major Triads
Extended Minor Pentatonic Scale shapes
Advanced
Melodic Minor Scale
Melodic Minor Harmony
Dominant Lydian mode
Super Locrian mode
Altered Chords
Chord Substitutions in Jazz
Advanced application of Minor Pentatonic Scales
Advanced Right Hand Tapping techniques
Harmonic Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Harmony
Dominant Phrygian mode
Dorian #4 mode (Romanian Minor)
Diminished Scale
Diminished Arpeggios
Half Step Diminished Scale