Course description
If you've never played guitar before it would be easy to get frustrated when things don't sound great. But don't worry, you have chosen just the right place to start. What will make the difference to your experience is having Richard Durrant in front of you guiding your hands and training your ears.
Quick Start Acoustic Guitar Lessons will get you making music straight away. Richard will show you how to play some cornerstone chords whilst strumming basic rhythms.
These lessons will help you produce a lovely, open, ringing folk sound as well as exploring more jazzy chords . All are payed with a plectrum on metal strings. This really is the perfect start to your Acoustic Guitar playing.
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For less than the monthly price of some gym memberships, the Academy Passport helps you flex your musical muscles while staying in control of your budget. Plus, if you have a Hobgoblin or other voucher, this is where you'll need to use it.
With the Richard Durrant Academy Passport you will have full, unlimited access to every one of our public courses, for different types of guitar or ukulele and to every other resource designed to assist you in your musical journey.
This means you will be free to learn at your own pace, repeating lessons as many times as you like, reaching new levels of ability as you tackle more challenging techniques. You can also participate in our interactive, live sessions.
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Richard studied guitar, cello, composition and piano at the Royal College of Music. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Music, a Fellow of the London College of Music and a proud ambassador for the Brighton Youth Orchestra.
This guitarist and composer is instantly recognisable as he is the only virtuoso soloist who performs standing up - and usually in bare feet! His playing is richly romantic, truly virtuosic and crosses all musical boundaries.
He performs on concert guitar, tenor guitar, ukulele and a variety of other instruments.
Richard was born in Brighton, England. By the time he entered the Royal College of Music, aged 18, he had already begun to explore classical, folk and contemporary music and had a growing reputation as a concert guitarist.
Following his official debut recital at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London in July 1986, Richard turned sharply left and pursued his diverse interests in electro/acoustic music, improvisation, composition and multi-media. He has remained, by choice, outside of the classical music establishment ever since, in fact he recommends a total abandonment of what he calls “the C word”.