Andy Raven
Guitar Lessons with Creative Musicality | Lancaster University Educator
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Andy Raven
Doctorate degree
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Andy - Know your guitar teacher
I’m Andy Raven—a guitarist, songwriter, and teacher with over 15 years of playing, touring, and recording experience. I’ve played Glastonbury, recorded in major London studios, and worked across styles from blues and indie to English and Celtic folk. My teaching style is relaxed but focused—I tailor each lesson to your goals, whether you’re picking up a guitar for the first time, working on advanced phrasing, or keen for your child to have fun and progress. I teach electric and acoustic with an emphasis on feel, musicality and artistic identity. I love teaching diverse players of all standards and ages. I also hold a PhD in literature. I aim to make every single lesson creative, encouraging, and genuinely enjoyable.
Meet Andy
Your guitar teacher expertise
Guitar Techniques
Chord Progressions
Scales and Modes
Songs and Repertoire
Strumming and Picking Techniques
Chords and Rhythms
Fingerstyle
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Guitar lessons quick guide
My approach is shaped by each student’s goals—no two lessons are the same. What matters most is that students spend real time playing their instrument during the lesson. I favour a “songs first” method: we start with music you enjoy, and theory follows naturally from there. With a background in teaching English in schools and universities, I bring structure, clarity, and warmth to every session. I’ve also spent much of my adult life working in SEN, so I’m particularly attuned to neurodivergent learners. Lessons are creative, flexible, and rooted in helping you feel confident and connected to the music. I had a fantastic teacher growing up—and I see it as a real privilege to now guide others.
Guitar teacher who keeps it simple
Breaks down chords and strumming in easy steps
Boosts confidence in shy learners
88% parents notice improved self-esteem and stage presence
Focus on core guitar skills
93% Students report clear progress in chords, strumming, and transitions
Types of guitar lessons
Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Classical Guitar
Flexible Scheduling
Allows 1h early scheduling
Allows 1h early rescheduling
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Guitar concepts taught by Andy
The tutor and student explored the application and differences between major and minor pentatonic scales on the guitar. They practiced various licks and improvisational techniques, focusing on the fusion of major and minor tonalities in blues and rock music. The lesson included exercises to differentiate between major and minor pentatonic scales and their sounds.
Pentatonic Scales: Major vs. Minor
Fusing Major and Minor in Blues
Double Stops and Riffs
The student and tutor worked through the song "It's Only Love" by The Beatles, focusing on challenging chord voicings, particularly the G augmented chord and its construction. They also explored the theory behind augmented chords and practiced creating one using an E major chord, with plans to potentially cover "Nutshell" by Alice in Chains and Oasis songs in future lessons.
Augmented Chords
Barre Chord Techniques and Variations
Chromatic Descent in Chord Progressions
The class focused on advanced audio mixing techniques in a Digital Audio Workstation. The tutor guided the student through concepts like busing, compression, EQ, reverb, and delay, using practical demonstrations and explaining their application on a musical track. The session included a discussion on creative decision-making and common mixing advice, with plans for the student to practice the learned techniques.
Bus Tracks and Parallel Compression
Gain Staging and EQ Strategies
Tempo Sync and Delay Effects
Compression: The Basics
Sends vs. Inserts and Bus Reverb
Reverb Types and Characteristics
Ear Fatigue and Reference Tracks
The student and tutor worked through challenging guitar chords and rhythmic patterns from the song "Riverman," practicing specific fingerings and time signatures. They also reviewed the theoretical concept of relative major and minor scales and practiced a movable C major scale pattern, with plans to explore minor scale positions in a future session.
Five-Four Time Signature
Chord Voicings: Add 9 and E-Bass
Relative Major and Minor Scales
Major Scale Pattern and Positions
The tutor and student reviewed guitar scales and focused on fingerpicking techniques using the song "Girl in the War" as an exercise. They practiced specific chord voicings, hand posture, and thumb independence exercises for scale playing, with plans to continue practicing these techniques.
Chord Voicing and Substitutions (C
C sus4
C/B)
Thumb-Only Scale Practice
Guitar Posture and Hand Positioning for Efficiency
Fingerpicking Technique: The 'Roll'
Staccato and Muting Techniques
The Tutor and Student worked on developing guitar playing skills, focusing on learning specific song riffs like "Paranoid" and "Sweet Child of Mine." They practiced chord shapes, fingerings, palm muting, and blues progressions from "Hound Dog," with a plan to continue building proficiency in these areas.
Palm Muting Technique
Wrist vs. Arm Movement in Strumming
12-Bar Blues Structure
Chord Shapes and Sliding
Learning tools used in guitar classes
DAWs
PDF Sheet Music
Amp Simulators
Metronome Apps
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Record lessons
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