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With a variety of courses focusing on essential techniques such as improvisation, ear-training, and theory, and embedded video demonstrations, you can be confident that your musical skills are in good hands.
Become a self-assured guitarist and explore your own musical creativity with the best guitar lessons online.
Now including new technology – editable interactive scores with innovative tasks. You can edit the tempo and even the notes yourself as well as printing off as you need.
Even – interactive ear training (solfège)! Lots of professional techniques to make you sound more than a beginner including palm mutes, techniques to help you improvise solos, hammer-ons, hybrid picking, pull-offs, hybrid picking, barre chords, power chords and much more.
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4 Exceptional Components to These Guitar Courses Online
Musicianship Skills
Ear Training, start with sound & the ear, gain fluency from the get-go.
Famous Songs, perform famous song snippets in many keys.
Chord Progressions in a range of styles.
Improvise, Harmonise, Personalise & Stylise.
Professionalism
Unique: don’t be a clone of other guitarists, learn how to develop your own style.
Technique & Theory Integrated to ‘give you that edge’.
The Maestro is Published by Routledge.
Professional musicians, performers… Learn with a Pro, Mr Andrew Sparham: aim high!
Online Support
Bespoke guitar courses at your request.
Gain consulting support through zoom.
Regular 1-1 Lessons are also available through Zoom with Andrew Sparham himself.
Bonus Benefits
3 months free membership of the Arts & Cultural Network (worth £45).
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The Andrew Sparham Online Guitar Lessons
The Guitar Courses Content, Theory and Guitar Technique
1. You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
When playing in a band, keyboard players frequently “lock into” the guitar/drum parts. More importantly, guitarists tend to “think differently” and learn songs with a different perspective. These courses will really help you see music from a different perspective and very much free up your improvisation.
Technique
Posture and position.
2 note riffs
1 note improv.
2 note improv.
3 position improv.
Scales
Pentatonic improv.
Natural minor improv.
Chords
Power chord improv.
Power chords.
Further Scales & Articulation Detail
Pentatonic and Natural Minor Scales.
RH palm mutes on and off.
2. Knock on Wood
(Eddie Floyd)
Now including new technology – editable interactive scores with innovative tasks. You can edit the tempo and even the notes yourself as well as printing off as you need.
Even – interactive ear training (solfège)!
Technique
1.Positioning
2. 1 Note Improv – Improv 1
Chords
3. The Barre Shape
4 .Positions: Same Shape, Slide Along, Improv. 2
5. Open E Chord Improv 3
6. Shape Mixers (Guitar): An Open Power Barre! Improv 4
6b. Shape Mixers (Keys): An Open Power Barre! Improv 4
The Song Riff
7. Ear Training
8. The Riff
Adding The Polish
9. Piano & Organ Scores
10 .Ring Down, Shhhh!, Ring Up
The Verse
11.A7, Ad Libs and Barre Slides Improv 5 on A7 and A7 slide.
Adding More Polish
12.Verse Riff Top Tips
13.Knowledge: A Major Scale & Improv 6
3. Stand By Me
(Ben E King)
Technique
Position Shifting (Guitar & Keys)
1-Note & 1 Chord Improv
Scales
Ear Training: Pentatonic Scale & Major Scale below Do
Pentatonic Scale
Major Scale
Patterns
Pentatonic Lick
The Bass Riff
Rhythm
Anacrusis
Syncopation
Articulation
RH Grabs
RH Palm Mute
Chords
Triads
Barre Chords: A, D, E Majors & F#m
7th Chords: A Major 7, F#m7, D Major 7 , E Dom 7 & Ad Libs
Keys: Root Position & 2nd Inversion RH Shapes
Improvisation
Make it Your Own: At all levels, in all ways
4. Vultures
(John Mayer)
Technique
Articulation (Guitar RH): Hammer on, Fingerpicking, Hybrid Picking
Practice Techniques
Step by Step Method (adding notes one by one)
Accel Method (repeating with a steadily increasing drum loop).
Transposition (particularly aimed at keys players).
Licks
An Andrew Sparham Lick
The Vultures Lick
Scales
Ear Training: Pentatonic Major & Minor Scales
Ear Training: Major Scale & Natural Minor Scale
4 Scale Siblings Pent Maj/min, Maj Scale, Natural minor.
Modes: Starting scales on different degrees
Improvisation Practice Strategies
Syncopation
Link to Drum Groove
Pitch Anchors (modal scales)
Crotchet, quaver, semiquaver licks
One Chord Method
Improv over Original
Improv over Drum Track, Bass Riff, Backing Track
5. Whole Lotta Love
(Led Zeppelin)
Introducing Palm Mutes
Whole Lotta Love Lick
Introducing Power Chords
Whole Lotta Love Power Chords
Introducing Em Blues
Improvisation
Whole Lotta Love Guitar Part 7: Backing Track
Whole Lotta Love Guitar: Conclusion
6. Smoke on the Water
(Deep Purple)
Smoke on the Water Part 1: The Lick With 1 String
Smoke on the Water Part 2: Re-Introducing Power Chords
Smoke on the Water Part 3: The Lick with Power Chords
Smoke on the Water Part 4: G Minor Blues
Smoke on the Water Part 5: Improv
Smoke on the Water: Conclusion
7. Superstition
(Stevie Wonder)
Superstition Part 1: Turning Your Guitar to Eb
Superstition Part 2: Palm v Accepted Notes in Eb
Superstition Part 3: Hammer Ons and Pull Offs
Superstition Part 4: The Lick
Superstition Part 5: Dominant 7th Barre Chords
Superstition Part 6: Chord Prog
Superstition Part 7: Ebm Pentatonic
Superstition Part 8: Improv
Superstition: Conclusion
8. Get Down Saturday Night
(Oliver Cheatham)
Get Down Saturday Night Part 1: Standard Picking and Dead Notes
Get Down Saturday Night Part 2a: 3 Note Lick Ear Training
Get Down Saturday Night Part 2b: 3 Note Lick on 1 String
Get Down Saturday Night Part 3: 3 Note Lick on 1 String
Get Down Saturday Night Part 4: Hybrid or Hyper Picking
Get Down Saturday Night Part 5: Chords
Get Down Saturday Night Part 6: Improv
Get Down Saturday Night Part 7: Backing Track
Get Down Saturday Night: Conclusion
9. Are You Gonna Go My Way?
(Lennie Kravitz)
Bends
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs
The 4 Note Lick
Chords
E Minor Pentatonic
Improvisation
Conclusion
10. Whole Lotta Rosie
(ACDC)
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 1: Revisit Hammer-ons & Pull-offs
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 2: Revisit Palm Mutes
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 3a: 3 Note Lick Ear Training
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 3b: 3 Note Lick on 1 String
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 4: Chords
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 5: Verse Riff With Palm Mutes &; Legato
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 6: A Min Blues
Whole Lotta Rosie Part 7: Improvisation
Whole Lotta Rosie: Conclusion
11. Purple Haze
(Jimi Hendrix)
Purple Haze Part 1: Revisit Bending Notes
Purple Haze Part 2: Revisit Hammer-ons and Pull-offs
Purple Haze Part 3: Slides
Purple Haze Part 4: Extended Lick
Purple Haze Part 5: Chords
Purple Haze Part 6: Revisit E Minor Pentatonic
Purple Haze Part 7: Improvisation
Purple Haze Part 8: Backing Track
Purple Haze: Conclusion
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Andrew Sparham
Professional Guitarist & Guitar Teacher
Andrew Sparham is a full time music teacher, experienced touring musician composer/producer based in the North East of England. Andrew is a profoundly passionate, dedicated and enthusiastic musician who constantly pushes himself creatively by exploring new concepts to expand his overall technical/theoretical knowledge and practical capabilities, to which he can then apply into his own teaching and creative practice.
Andrew has been playing guitar for approximately 13 years performing in a variety of bands ranging from genres such as Funk, Fusion, Neo-Soul, Rock, Progressive Metal, etc. Andrew has been self-producing and composing his own music for 5 years and has developed a strong understanding of using production/sequencing techniques within his practice. He specialises in writing Instrumental Progressive Rock/Metal in his 3-piece band “ EUNOIA”. Founded in 2018, EUNOIA aim to write music with no limitations of being musically creative, involving the use of elements such as mind bending rhythmical riffs, odd time signatures, flashy lead guitars with complex melodic phrasing and ethereal ambient textures. EUNOIA take inspiration from the likes of Plini, INTERVALS, Jakub Zytecki and David Maxim Micic and they have also been praised by professional vocalist Dan Tompkins of the modern Progressive Metal band “TesseracT” who have recently toured with Dream Theater in Spring 2022.
Andrew is also a member within the five-piece vocal fronted heavy metal band “Negatives”. Founded in the summer of 2018, Negatives have endured several geographical, financial and lineup obstacles since its inception but has remained laser-focused on delivering raw, aggressive, atmospheric metal resulting in the release of their eponymous debut single(s) “Kin / The Noble Rot” on October 31st 2020. Negatives strives to provide an atmosphere for the audience which includes their cinema-inspired image, a technical yet emotionally potent style of metal as well as an energetic and chaotic live performance. Their appearance in the local metal scene has caused an uproar and they have made quite the reputation. Each single they have released so far have received radio plays on BBC Introducing North East. Their latest single “Threads” is due to be played on the BBC Radio 1 rock show with Dan Carter.
Lastly, Andrew is currently a touring working musician in the official Mumford & Sons tribute band named “Chasing Mumford”. His role within this band is to play guitar, banjo and to provide backing vocals. This job has provided him with the industry experience of performing in large venue/festival capacities and working in multiple professional live music environments with a variety of different entertainment agencies.
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