Guitar Improvers C

Course code: QCXR506P

Subject area: Music Technology

Study level: Part Time

Course level: U

Course details

6:45pm - 8:45pm

Monday

19th Apr 2021 - 12th Jul 2021

Oxford Adult Learning Cowley

Contact details

enquiries@abingdon-witney.ac.uk

01235 555 585

Develop your guitar-playing skills further. This course is for people who can already play at a basic level but would like to improve to a more fluid and accomplished level of playing. Join this entertaining, informative and inspiring course and move your guitar playing to a whole new level.

Building on your skills you will continue to play both on your own and with others in the group.

On this course you will cover:
• More complex guitar chords
• Common chord progressions
• Common to improvers’ level strumming patterns
• Finger-picking techniques and styles
• A variety of genres including blues guitar, rock guitar and classical guitar.

By the end of the course you will have:
• Improved your confidence as a musician
• Enhanced your understanding of the instrument
• Experienced several playing styles and techniques
• Improved your musical understanding and appreciation.

Please note, you will need to bring your own guitar. There will be no teaching sessions on 03/05/2021 and 31/05/2021

Abingdon and Witney College is subject to Ofsted regulation and is required to work with all its students to make sure they understand Government initiatives around Safeguarding, Prevent and Fundamental British Values. Information on these matters will be shared with you during your course.

You will also be asked to complete monitoring paperwork, which helps us to deliver course content to the highest quality.

This course leads onto Intermediate A. The course will provide resources and valuable information on how to continue your practice, and how to develop your own future learning path.
This course is aimed at learners who have played the guitar before and know the basics or for those who have not played in a long time and need to brush up their skills.

Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2020 prior to starting the course.

Courses can fill fast, so please enrol early to avoid disappointment. Decisions on whether a course is to run are made two weeks prior to the start date - an email will be sent to you should there be changes to your course or if it is cancelled. Please check your inbox leading up to your course, including the junk folders. For anyone without an email account, our Admissions team will phone you instead.

For the first week of the course you will need to bring a valid form of identification; this includes passport, driving licence, debit/credit card, Birth Certificate or National Insurance card.

Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2020 prior to starting the course.
Courses offered by the college are fully or partly funded by the Government and the published fee takes account of this funding.

Before starting a course, the College is required to check you meet conditions relating to that funding, e.g. age, residency status within the UK/EEA, prior qualification level and employment status. In some circumstances (such as with online enrolments), these checks can only be completed after you have enrolled and paid.

If you are unable to pay in full for this course at the time of enrolment, and the course tuition fee is £300 or more, an instalment plan is available. If this is your preference, please do not enrol online but rather call the Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to enrol.

Once enrolled, Admissions will take the first instalment payment from you and pass on your details to the Finance team who will email you to set-up your payment plan. Please return a fully completed instalment plan to Finance as failure to do so could result in being withdrawn from your course.

The 19+ full fee button displays the full fee that may apply. As the rules on fee reduction are complicated, we would encourage you to talk to our Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to discuss these options. You can also visit the Course Fees & Finance page by searching 'Fees and bursaries' at the top of the page.

16 - 18 Fee


19+ Fee

Tution Fee: £121.00
Exam Fee: £0.00

Total Cost: £121.00


19+ Reduced Fee

Tuition Fee: £72.60
Exam Fee: £0.00

Total Cost: £72.60

As this is a non-accredited course, there is no formal qualification. However, you will be asked to complete activities that demonstrate how you are progressing on your course.
A variety of teaching and learning methods will be used on this course, including demonstration, practical, one- to-one tuition and group work. As this course is unaccredited informal methods of assessment will be used. This could include discussion and observation. Your tutor will give you informal feedback. There will be some paperwork to complete.