Choosing the Right Guitar Teacher for You...



Shine Music School Parramatta consistently delivers better results and more fun for you our students by using advanced teaching techniques and the very best teaching staff

Located in Parramatta, Shine Music School has an outstanding record of success with delivering great results for all our guitar students. Our guitar teachers use their university qualifications and performance experience to ensure all guitar students make substantial improvement and learn to enjoy and appreciate the guitar. Just remember, practice makes perfect and at Shine Music School, it is our job to inspire you to practice!

Depending on your individual wants and needs we teach you the following guitar lessons

  • Beginner Lessons
  • Electric Guitar
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Bass guitar
  • Classical guitar
  • Finger picking technique
  • Mastering Strumming
  • Lead guitar
  • Rock guitar
  • Jazz guitar
  • Metal guitar
  • Guitar Improvisation
  • Guitar theory
  • Reading music for guitar
  • Reading guitar tab
  • Australian Music Examination Board Guitar Exams
  • Trinity Rockschool Guitar exams
  • CPM Guitar exams

So Why Choose Shine Music for your Guitar Lessons?

Shine Music School is an amazing fun environment that you will look forward to coming to time and time again as you work towards guitar mastery. Here are 8 great reasons to choose Shine Music for your Guitar lessons

  1. Advanced teaching techniques enabling your to reach faster results and have more fun
  2. One on One lessons for 100% individual attention and personalised progress in the direction that you want to go
  3. Leading Edge Internet Enabled Teaching Studios to allow for us to teach you any song you request
  4. 80% of Exam results of A grade or higher
  5. All teachers are tertiary educated and full time music teachers
  6. Walking distance from train station
  7. Sound proof rooms
  8. Free parking

And much, much more...

Meet Your Guitar Lesson Expert Teaching Staff

Daniel Babekuhl, Guitar Teacher
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Electric Guitar Student Exercise

Daniel
Bachelor of Music
Daniel hails from the small town of Wingham, Northern NSW. Whilst growing up in Wingham, Daniel was able to concentrate his teenage years on perfecting his guitar technique, practicing an average of eight hours a day. His hard work earned him a scholarship studying a Bachelor of Music at the Australian Institute of Music. Daniel is a regular performer at many of Sydney's established venues with his band, The Maladies. Daniel lives and breathes guitar, he is either performing, teaching, practicing and hates wasting time eating. Life does not get more musical.

Daniel

Pat
Bachelor of Music
Pat is an all rounder guitar teacher with the ability to teach classical guitar, acoustic guitar, jazz guitar and all your favourite beats on the electric guitar. Whether you want to learn by reading the notes, by ear or by tab, Pat will be able to show you the ropes to all the different ways of playing the guitar and reading music notation. Pat regularly gigs all across Sydney and is a passionate follower of the Wests Tigers rugby league team.

Pat

Ben
Bachelor of Music
Ben grew up in Newcastle and now calls Sydney home after graduating with a Bachelor of Music from Newcastle University. Ben is a rare guitarist who is able to teach both high level classical guitar and also anything that is contemporary, rock or jazz. During your first lesson with Ben, it is totally normal that you will be taught how to compose your first piece, imagine composing your first original piece in less than 30 minutes! Apart from just teaching guitar, Ben also provides recording services and is a very keen graphic designer.

Pat

Here's the Most Frequently Asked Questions we receive about the Guitar School

Should students start with electric or acoustic guitar?

What is guitar tab compared to reading music?

What are music examinations?

How much does the student need to practice?

How much do acoustic guitar lessons at Shine Music School cost?

Should students start with electric or acoustic guitar?

Here at Shine Music School, our guitar teachers are experts at acoustic, classical and electric guitar. Our teachers advise students to start on the instrument they are most likely going to practice more with. Before you make your decision, here are some facts that you may like to consider.

Electric guitar strings are smaller in gauge and strung with less tension than acoustic guitar strings, so it takes less pressure to play the notes. This does make it slightly easier to play. The acoustic guitar causes you to develop strength in your hands and calluses on your fingers faster than an electric guitar. Electric guitar is used more often in rock, metal and pop music.

Almost everything you can do on an electric guitar, you can do on an acoustic guitar. The acoustic guitar is very portable. You can take it anywhere and pretty much play anywhere you like. Acoustic guitar is used more often in classical music and ballads.

Note to parents: When picking out a guitar for your child. Try to realistically assess what they would like best, as opposed to what you would like them to play. They will achieve far more improvement when they are playing the instrument that they like.

What is guitar tab compared to reading music?

In the world of guitars, there are many successful guitarists who can read music and many successful guitarists who cannot read at all. But they can read Tab. Tab is like reading a picture of the guitar on paper. There are 6 lines to go with the 6 strings on the guitar. The numbers on the lines tell you which fret needs to be pressed down. It is fairly simple to read and is used by many teachers. Of course it is extremely advantageous if you can read music staff lines   It is slightly more complicated to work out how to play but with regular practice, will become as easy as reading a book.

At Shine Music School, our guitar teachers are well experienced in teaching with music scores and Tab. Please mention whether you have a preference for either system before you commence lessons.

What are music examinations?

Music examinations are a good tool for students who want to continually improve their playing and performance ability and to have their playing ability graded on a recurring basis. Music examinations allow students to grade their performance ability every six months ( certain instruments ), provides goals for students to aim for and provides a professional grading system for students. Shine Music School encourages exams but are not enforced on students. Our primary aim is for students to have fun exploring their chosen instrument.

Students are only encouraged to attempt examinations when they have attained a certain level of competence and ability. At Shine Music School, all our teachers are Australian Music Examinations Board ( AMEB ) , Contemporary Popular Music ( CPM) and Associated Board of the Royal School of Music ( ABRSM UK) registered and we cater for Jazz, Rock, Pop and Classical exams for all instruments. 

How much does the student need to practice?

Practicing everyday is the most effective and fastest way of improving your skills as a musician. If you practice only every now and then, your improvement will be inconsistent. Even with just 10 minutes every day, you will notice an improvement week to week. Of course, the longer you practice every day, the better, 30 minutes is a good goal to aim for, as long as it is everyday!

How much do acoustic guitar lessons at Shine Music School cost?

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Your Next Steps

Call us on (02) 9687 9978 to discuss what you would like to learn or achieve with the guitar and we can make sure we are a perfect match for each other with your free lesson. Alternatively enter your details below now and we’ll contact you in the next 1-2 business days.