Classical guitar lessons in Lewes, East Sussex

A warm welcome to Sussex Guitar Lessons

Classical guitar music is beautiful, expressive, emotional.

Check out the books!

Have a look at the book section - there's a big range of works by famous classical guitar composers for all levels and new books are being added all the time. They also include MP3s of all the pieces so you can hear how they should sound.

Each book contains two versions of the music. One has guitar tablature added to help with the fretboard hand positioning and the other has just the standard music notation for those comfortable with sight reading. They also include complete finger placement for the fretting hand so are ideal for beginners and advanced players alike.

The books come in the form of a digital PDFdownload and can be printed in whole or in part. They come in a zip file bundled with MP3s of all the music contained in the book. Played at a gentle pace (slightly slower than the composer originally intended) these MP3s can help you learn the pieces more easily.

The music is slightly larger on the page than most printed sheet music as this makes it more comfortable to read. And every piece has been graded to give you an idea of the level of difficulty so you don’t become frustrated by trying a piece that is too tricky (or, in fact, too easy).

Free 45 minute consultation

Come along and meet me for a chat about your aspirations and goals. It's free and with no obligation. 

If you decide that I can help you then lessons are one hour costing £60.00, usually weekly or fortnightly, at my home in the Winterbourne area of Lewes. Free parking on the drive and a bus stop only 4 minutes away. (it's 6 minutes back as we're on a hill!)

More details on the Lessons page.

Classical guitar lessons in Lewes

Welcome to my website. I’m Deb, a classical guitar teacher based in Lewes, East Sussex, arranger and transcriber with over 50 years experience of playing.

I only teach classical guitar (from beginner to advanced) and nothing else these days. It's a focused approach to learning the skills and techniques which will develop dexterity in both hands. If you can learn the basics of classical guitar playing then you can easily adapt to other styles and genres such as fingerstyle, jazz and blues - they incorporate many of the same techniques.

Think of the intro to "Stairway to heaven" by Led Zeppelin, or Sting's "Shape of my heart" - both are using well grounded classical guitar techniques. My guitar teacher in the 1970s proudly boasted that she taught Peter Frampton to play. He went on to become a rock god. I didn't.

Anyway, I digress. You're here because you are interested in learning or improving to play classical guitar, and you may have discovered that YouTube videos can only go so far in helping you.

“It’s the little bits of advice that you cannot get from books or videos on the internet such as ‘adjust your elbow position’ or ‘move your thumb’, that make such a huge difference. Feedback is essential.” – Kate, Eastbourne

"Mum, you're so patient!" Eve, Brighton