So you have chosen your guitar

A two part tutorial this week to demonstrate correct posture and centre of balance - with Ray Bradfield and Al Summers.

Don't forget to leave your comments. for ease set the profile to 'Anonymous' - they are important to us.

Lute!

Al's just taken delivery of a lute! This was always his first love and he's been saying for ages that he wouldn't mind getting back to his roots. I haven't been able to get much sense out of him since it arrived so it's obviously pretty serious! Just don't mention tights or codpieces please.

The improvers acoustic evening class has started noisily with a full house of enthusiasts. The amount of sound generated is always a good indicator of how confident people feel and we've been really pleased with results so far. Acoustic versions of classics like "All along the watchtower" (complete with Hendrix opening riff) and "Gimme all your lovin'" (featuring Al on beard) have shaken the walls at Chinn's Court studios in Warminster.

Beginners acoustic guitar starts tonight with friends old and new!

New - video tutorials

Here is the first batch of video tutorials we promised you earlier this week - starting with - Choosing the right guitar for you.

Choosing a guitar - part 1

Choosing a guitar - part 2

Choosing a guitar - part 3

Don't forget to give us your comments please - your feedback is very important to us in taking this new idea forward - thank you Al 'n' Ray

Websites up again

Thanks everyone for your patience. The ganda and Al n Ray websites are now up and running again!

New Book

Our latest publication, "Guitar Beginners and Improvers music book" is now available from Amazon. It's the result of several years' material that we've tested and tried with many individual students,and our evening class and residential weekend pupils. Have a look if you're needing "Tunes from basics to baroque and blues" (as we sub-title it). Guitar Teachers have already given it good reviews; watch out for more. We'll keep you posted!

Click here to go to Amazon

Video Tutorials

Hi everyone, we are about to look at some new fresh ideas for the blog.

Starting today, and for the next few weeks, we will be presenting video clips for you to view and send us your much needed comments and feedback

Your feedback is very important to us in helping us to understand your needs and what you would like us to do in the future. So, to whet your appetite, we are soon to present our first round of video tutorials covering how to choose a guitar.

If you would like to see other tutorials in this series please visit our website which we are currently developing at alnray.co.uk

Please, please send us your comments (good, bad and indifferent) it will help us to create a better blog suited to your needs.

Wonderful Dillington

We had a brilliant weekend at Dillington. The "No Boundaries Crew," as I named them, were so enthusiastic and keen to learn new skills and tunes that we very rapidly had them all playing as a band. Such a great group of people too. It was really special, so thanks Chris and Cecil, Beryl (Bella), Tony and Linda. I believe we may well be seeing you at one or other of the next courses.....???

Speaking of which, next up is our popular Improvers Acoustic Guitar weekend in March. Bookings are coming in already so contact Dillington if you want to ensure your space. dillington @somerset.gov.uk

We follow this with a Creative Music Weekend in May.