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Guitar lessons & Music Theory lessons with Jo Bywater – experienced, enthusiastic and patient guitar teacher based in Staffordshire

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About Jo Bywater

I have been dedicated to playing guitar since 1995 and have been in a variety of bands/duos/solo projects: covers and originals.

I play electric and acoustic guitar, lead and rhythm. I have played lead guitar with a number of original artists as well as performing for their studio recordings and International tours.

I’m DBS checked and cater for all ages and abilities.

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I offer face to face guitar tuition in Staffordshire (ST21), plus UK wide online lessons via Zoom, Whatsapp and Skype.

My rates are:
£40 for an hour long lesson
£20 for a 30 minute lesson

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The latest from Jo Bywater Guitar Tuition

Song Lessons – STICK SEASON by Noah Kahan (as the record)

Apr 13, 2024 | Online Guitar Lessons, Song Lessons

Stick Season by Noah Kahan has a great uptempo feel. We all need some bouncy acoustic songs in our repertoire.

This song is made up of 4 chords the whole tune. The variety is created by the way these chords are played.

We start off with a picking pattern, followed by the strumming pattern.

Song Lesson – JOLENE by Dolly Parton (Acoustic chord strumming)

Apr 25, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons, Song Lessons, Women in Music

In this acoustic guitar strumming tutorial we learn Dolly Partons iconic song JOLENE.

This is a STRUMMING guitar lesson so we are focussing on two different rhythms that will represent this song best as an acoustic guitar arrangement that you can sing along to.

The Capo is on fret 4 and we only have 3 open chords to contend with in Am C & G. If you don’t have capo you can practise just using the chords in the open position.

Answers to 5 Common Guitar Student Questions

Apr 20, 2024 | Learning Guitar, Online Guitar Lessons, Teaching Guitar

I have been teaching guitar and music theory full time for 14 years at this point. I have been asked a lot of questions and have taught a lot of students in that time. The same questions from guitar students across the board come up time and time again…..

5 INCREDIBLY common questions I get from all ages and abilities of guitar students –

Happy Students

Olga, 2023

Jo is a great teacher. She is very patient and professional. My child really enjoys her guitar lessons with Jo and I can see the progress. I would definitely recommend Jo to anyone who is interested in learning to play the guitar.

Jack, 2022

Having no experience in guitar playing felt quite daunting when I wanted to start learning. However, Jo has been the most patient, insightful and skilled tutor I have ever been taught by!

Andrew, 2022

Jo is an exceptional tutor, passionate , enthusiastic and committed to passing her knowledge on to others, she makes the sessions fun and can teach all ages and abilities, she is patient with a lovely personality.

Sharon, 2022

Really enjoying my lessons with Jo. I nearly gave up after my first lesson as I had never played before and found it really hard but so glad I didn’t as I have learnt so much and Jo is so patient and encouraging.

Billy 2022

Jo has tutored our Daughter on a regular basis, she is patient and understanding. She improved our daughters confidence no end , we would not hesitate to recommend her as a tutor.

Tommy, 2022

Jo has be helping our son for around a year and his progress is amazing gone from strength to strength and with Jo helping him has gain a place at LIPA great teacher wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her *****

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