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PRIVATE: Hammer, Slide and Wham with a musical legend.
£199.00
Get to grips with hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, whams and turnarounds, palm muting and chugging - and that's just for starters.
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WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
You have to love John Ellis. Here is a man that went from being a film librarian and a tree surgeon to headlining with the Stranglers. The Indytute have yet to find out what prompted this career path, but if you want to learn the Blues Guitar you couldn’t get instruction from a more knowledgeable source. John formed his first band Bazooka Joe (band members included Adam Ant) in 1970 before going on to form the pioneering punk band The Vibrators. He has worked with many rock luminaries including Peter Gabriel and Peter Hammill and if you want to learn blues guitar here’s the man to inspire and fire you.
WHAT WILL I BE LEARNING?
Quite a lot. Common chord sequences for a 12 bar blues. How to play the Blues in the most important keys. Using hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, whams and turnarounds. Palm muting and chugging - and that’s just for starters. The last section of the session (technical term) is entitled ‘Putting it all Together’ - playing a couple of classic Blues pieces. As this is a private class, the workshop will be adjusted depending on your level.
THE ALL IMPORTANT DETAILS
You should be able to play a basic scale and the following chords E, A, B7, G, C, D. You should also have your own guitar. Classes are 2 hours long and will be at a private location in London, or a Central or East London location chosen by you (a private room in your local boozer would be perfect).
Product code: INAXHWow, Thank You!! We had a fabulous night on Friday with John Ellis. A completely stripped back and honest evening with a real gentleman, thank you so much for putting it together for us.
Just wanted to say the warmest possible thanks both for your welcome and your kind, patient teaching. That was possibly the quickest two hours of my life but I learnt so much that I’ll never forget. I know you wanted to cram in as much as possible and I appreciated that. I’ve got a ton of stuff to practice now and I’m already getting stuck into the Muddy Waters thing which could almost be from Mannish Boy, so it’s right up my street. So thanks again for sharing your tips and observations. I...
This was an amazing experience! John is a real expert, a patient and thorough tutor, a really nice friendly and helpful person and an interesting chap. My session took place in his home- ideal: peaceful and comfortable. John carefully assessed my current knowledge and ability throughout (enthusiastic novice!) and pointed out the things I was good at and provided instruction and demonstrations where I needed to develop. He suggested I video parts of the instruction with my phone, which has been h...
Voucher looked very professional. Calypso was wonderful at ensuring item arrived, and that I was fully updated. Superb CW
The session with John was excellent and far exceeded my expectations. I have playing the guitar for some 50 years and had gotten myself into a circle of playing the same songs in the same way - I could not break out of this viscous circle. Within 5 minutes, had learned something new (John said he would find several lightbulb moments and this was the first). John shared great ideas in terms of playing techniques and enlightened me as to the origins of Blues and how it could be played in many d...
😊 Great
