Welcome

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Hi I’m James Schofield, founder of JS Music School.

I have been teaching guitar for the past 12 years, offering an enthusiastic, professional and tailored service for a variety of ages and abilities, from beginner to advanced.

As well as offering 1-1 lessons online (face to face to resume in the near future), online 10 part video series are free to watch on YouTube covering all aspects of guitar playing. Guitar pro files/ tab PDFs from each video are available to purchase from the online shop! **pupils gain free access to any YouTube files**

As an experienced musician, I have been playing guitar for 20+ years in addition to studying at both the Academy of Contemporary Music and the University of Liverpool. Feel good about getting in touch and I look forward to being a part of your guitar journey!

We consider James Schofield Music School a wonderful place for our daughter to learn guitar. James is a very calm, encouraging, disciplined and detail oriented teacher. The teaching environment is very professional, with a dedicated room, instructional material on the walls, and space for parents to sit comfortably away from the tuition and observe. The pace of learning is entirely geared towards the pupil, and James makes learning an enjoyable and educational experience. The dedicated parking on his drive, the clear instructions on his website, blog, and youtube channel make things very modern device friendly. Highly recommended.

My 13yr old son has been having guitar lessons with James for a couple of years, firstly acoustic & then electric. He's made very good progress and has really enjoyed the lessons. He has also performed at the student concerts that James has organised with his band which have been great experience & he's really enjoyed them. I would happy recommend James as a guitar teacher for both adults & children.

His guitar lessons are enjoyable and he helps you with things you wish to be learning. He explains things well. Easy to get on with. Come away with the information you want!

Our son has been having lessons with James for just over a year now and really enjoys them. They are a fun half hour in which James chooses to teach a wide variety of music from contemporary to old rock classics which our son loves. James is an excellent teacher, relaxed but with great expectation that his students will become confident musicians under his guidance! James organises an annual performance where students get to play with his band, and this is a great confidence booster for them and a fun evening for all. We would thoroughly recommend JS Music school.

James is an extremely knowledgeable teacher who has helped me so much with my playing over the past few years. I would have never thought I would be able to achieve as much as I have through playing guitar and it's all down to James. He is able to play anything you want to learn and make each lesson thoroughly enjoyable, and is always able to answer any questions. In addition, one of the (many) great things about James's lessons are his annual student concerts, where you are able to gain experience of playing in a real band and perform in front of an audience.

Lessons

Currently during this Covid pandemic, all lessons are currently being taught on either Zoom or Skype. Online lessons have proved to be a massive success since they started in March 2020. All lesson materials are provided by email or Dropbox. In the near future face to face lessons will resume 🙂
Teaching materials will be provided via email & Dropbox. Pupils are given online access to a wealth of digital learning aids.
Flexibility will be given with regards to rearranging lessons as long as 24hrs notice is given.

50% discount code to the fantastic Guitar Pro program that is used in lessons. Also a great practicing tool.

As a member of the Registry of Guitar Tutors (RGT), pupils can be entered for the RGT Rock Grades. You can also be taught the popular Rockschool syllabus and enter for Rockschool exams.