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Family Learning - learning to Play an Electric Guitar with your kids
Code: T24BS3272
Location: Shirebrook ACE Centre
Cost: Free
Starting: Tuesday 27 May 2025
Duration: 1 sessions over 1 week(s)
Time: 10.00am
By continuing you confirm that you are enrolling onto an adult learning course and that you are aged 19 or over on 1 September 2024, or you are enrolling a young person aged 14-18 on 31 August 2024 specifically onto one of our Study Programme courses, and that you agree to the Terms and Conditions.
Description
All of our new Tailored Learning courses are matched to one of seven purposes' which have been designed by the Department for Education to recognise the wider benefits of learning. This course will help you build your confidence with learning. During the taster session we will learn :- how to hold the guitar correctly and comfortably. what the different parts of a guitar do. how to safely set the controls on the amplifier and the guitar to get different tones. how to carefully tune the guitar (we will demonstrate this at the start of the session) how to play clear notes and basic scale exercises. how play basic chords (groups of harmonious notes all played together) have a go at strumming in time with some popular songs. how we can use these chords to play songs that adults and children can enjoy playing together. how adults and children can learn and have fun together playing the guitar.
Who is this course for?
This taster is for adult learners who are beginners on the guitar. Our Tailored Learning courses are for people who live in Derbyshire aged 19 and over.
How will I learn?
This is a classroom-based course. The course will be a mix of tutor-led activities, demonstrations, individual and group work. Your tutor will give you support and feedback, so you know what to do to improve. There will also be notes, diagrams and other information to help remember what we have learned so you can carry on to a full course later on.
What will I need?
There are guitars and amplifiers for us to use at the ACE Centre. Please bring a notebook if you wish but notes will be provided by the tutor.
Are there any other costs?
This course is free and there are no other costs
Additional Information
Your tutor will talk with you about what you could do next.
Time and duration
Start Date: 27 May 2025
Start Time: 10.00am
Day: Tuesday
First Lesson Duration: 01:00
Total Weeks: 1
Location
Shirebrook ACE Centre
Carter Lane
Shirebrook
NG20 8PE
01629 537576