Hi David,
As emailed prior to Christmas, I have started lessons at
Penrith with Michael Essery. I completed the first 2 lessons before
Christmas and start back tonight for my 3rd lesson. I am finding the
lessons very good and have got back into steady practice using the G4
practice log to record practice times. I am also keeping a more detailed
record of time spent on each skill each day. I have been trying to
teach myself the Guitar from books for the last 3 years with no success.
I found chords very difficult and ended up just learning some songs
from tabs but never got the rhythm correct. I would practice for 2
months and than stop for 2 months due to frustration. The first thing
Michael did was show me the classical position for guitar playing, which
has greatly helped with chords. I was self taught and ended up playing
with the neck below the body which restricted my wrist and made the
chords very hard to form and put a lot of pressure on my wrist. I am now
trying to start all over with this new position. I am so far very happy
with Michael's teaching. I would love to play the guitar and understand
rhythm much better, and just hope that at 60 years old I have not left
it to late.
Best Regards
Gary Layton
