Christmas Carols for Lute

Non-purist arrangements suitable for six- or seven-course lute with some (minimally punctuated) text & some embroidered offerings for lute playing convenience & pleasure - £3.50. Visit the website to download at www.alnray.co.uk

Christmas Carols & Songs

Just in time for the festive season - AlnRay present a publication crammed full of your favourite tunes in TAB and Notation. Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas and Away in a Manger are amongst the many - 35 pages in total for just £3.90. To get your copy via download now >>>>> click here

More Diary Dates and News

For friends and past Dillington students (and those who want to find out about the Dillington experience) we'll be at their Open Day on Sunday 2nd September.  If you're interested in having a chat with us about things stringed (and hearing some good music) it's a great place to visit, set in glorious countryside near Ilminster.Visit the Dillington website We'd love to see you all!


The following Sunday we've been asked back to hold seminars at the Register of Guitar Tutors Conference in London.  Subjects are "Using Creativity in lessons" and "A Teachers Life".  Always enjoyable and a pleasure for us to meet and exchange ideas with other tutors at this International event.

13th and 14th September. Our popular guitar improvers evening classes start in Warminster.  Two areas to choose from this time;  Fingerpicking, using the earlier songs of Paul Simon as examples and Riffing for Acoustic Rock Guitarists.  Booking Now!  Contact us for details.

Tenor Guitar Download

Following Al's review of an excellent Ozark tenor guitar in Music Teacher magazine, a need for tenor guitar sheet music and tablature was identified. Ray and Al explored their archive of successful material and produced a music book for tenor guitar in both standard notation and tenor guitar tab.

You can download this publication from the alnray website for just £4.00 at http://www.alnray.co.uk 

This is a book of tunes, studies and musical exercises, arranged and gathered by two tutors over several years. By working through them you will learn good practice and how to improve as a player.

Mandolin Day

As regular readers will know by now, we don't just teach guitar!  By popular request we're scheduling several workshops over the Summer in Warminster and firstly, for those who play mandolin, is a day devoted to that instrument on Saturday August 25th between 10.00am and 4.00pm.  We'll be looking at playing techniques and several different musical genres.  Designed for those who play a little already, this is a chance to share skills with like-minded people in a sociable atmosphere.  Cost is £80 which includes refreshments and lunch in a local restaurant,  Let us know if you're interested!

Our latest contribution is the very popular 'Chords That Matter' publication. By the end of this booklet, you will be able to find a major or minor triad and a 7th or 9th chord ANYWHERE on the guitar.Go to the website to download at just 90 pence.

We have looked at re-publishing some 'now-out-of-print' material and will present some interesting publications over the next few weeks on the website. To start the ball rolling, we are republishing The Capo-Users' & Chordbusters' Handbook which has all the ingredients for major, minor, 7th, minor 7th & major 7th chords. Its just 90 pence to download. from the link at AlnRay Website