Start guitar lessons in Dunedin

Start Guitar Lessons Dunedin!

The Dunedin Sound is famous around the world, with iconic bands like The Chills and the Straitjacket Fits through to current Kiwi favs Six60. However, you can’t have the “Dunedin Sound” without a great guitar line – so if you want to learn guitar, Dunedin is the place to be.

However, Dunedin isn’t just home to rock or punk music, it is also home to legendary Country musicians, famous guitar-maker Peter Madill, and of course the talent direct from Otago University. It is no surprise that Dunedin boasts so many great musicians, it’s in the city’s blood.

Benefits of Guitar Lessons

You could download a free app, but there is nothing like a great guitar tutor to get you playing faster. You aren’t restricted to the speed the app wants to teach you, nor are you stuck with the same boring songs. Most importantly for any kiwi guitarist, you can learn the iconic kiwi strum that is played at every event.

Strumming is a vital part of learning guitar. Unfortunately, if you’re trying to learn from apps or YouTube videos strumming is going to be so much harder than simply learning chords. Strumming requires a certain technique as well as knowing the rhythm you need to find for each song.

When you are working with a personal guitar tutor, they can create every lesson to help you learn exactly what you want to learn.

A great teacher can help you learn chords and strumming techniques while teaching you to bang out Why Does Love Do This to Me or Tutira Mai Nga Iwi, or even how fingerpicking works while you learn the guitarists' essential Stairway to Heaven.

How to Find Dunedin Guitar Teachers

A Google search is not going to find you many guitar tutors in Dunedin. They’re on there, but often the best guitar tutors are the ones who are professional musicians tutoring as a part-time passion.

These guitar tutors rarely have an easy-to-find website, but they will have a Superprof profile. When you work with a Superprof guitar tutor, make sure that you leave a review so that other guitar students in Dunedin can gain from your insights.

When you first make contact with a potential guitar tutor, there are a few things that you should think about. First, what do you want to be able to play? Are you looking to enter the Golden Guitars in Gore next year? Or do you want to join a band?

What sort of music do you want to be able to play, and what level do you want to be at? Being able to play a few songs in a covers band is a perfectly reasonable goal!

However, if you want to be able to write your own songs and play them on the guitar, then make sure you let your tutor know.

Go through the reviews for a potential tutor to get an idea about what they teach, how they teach, and what sort of connection you could expect to have. Many tutors are excellent at one particular style of music, but may not excel at another.

For example, if you wanted to learn a more classical style of guitar playing that uses a lot of fingerpicking, then the hard rock guitar tutor may not be your first option.

However, don’t discount them without actually speaking to them first. Many guitarists are incredibly versatile, but you may also find that a guitar tutor has trained explicitly as a music tutor, and has a wide range of instrumental skills – including recording techniques. This is particularly so in Dunedin!

On average, guitar lessons in Dunedin cost $50/h. With so many different types of guitar teachers available, local guitar lessons are sure to fit everyone's budget!

For those who have a tight schedule and prefer to learn whenever they've got a spare minute, most tutors also offer online lessons. 

So start looking for the right guitar lessons for you!