McCabe Guitar Tuition

I first picked up a guitar as a 15 year old emo kid and tried teaching myself with tab websites, online tutorials and videos but found it difficult to stay focused. It's now many years later and I'm giving it another go, Adam is a great teacher and has been brilliant at building my confidence. We've gone from a handful riffs to a few songs under my belt and he's even inspired me to start looking at grading which I thought was something I'd never be good enough to attempt!

Can't thank Adam enough. He has taught my son for nearly 2 year now and he has picked up the guitar really well. Always progressing constantly, every month he has learned something new or improved at what he can do.
Adam has calm, patience and is very effective with his tutoring. My son couldn't have a better instructor for learning the guitar.

When I first started wanting to play guitar it was difficult to know who / where to go to.
I asked at my local music shop and they immediately recommended Adam.
After being tutored by Adam for quite a while now, I have to say he is one of easiest people to get along with and has an unlimited amount of patience.
Adam is very good at explaining both the reasons why a piece of music is set a certain way, and also how we play (finger arrangements) to get the best sound and speed which are required to master a certain song or favorite group.

I have been having guitar lessons with Adam for the last two years. At 59 years old I decided to have a hobby to follow in my upcoming retirement. Having dabbled with 3 chords and a 1 string approach, I decided I needed some help. I have found Adam to be patient, encouraging and adaptable to teach songs in the genre you like, assessing the best songs you choose to stretch you but that will also ensure steady progression. Whilst I am still no Eric Clapton or David Gilmour, I now have the confidence to play to others and when going into guitar shops I am no longer embarrassed to try guitars but happy to plug in and play. I also have an ever-increasing repertoire of songs. My only regret is not starting lessons with Adam earlier! Highly recommended.

I started out as a complete beginner at guitar when I began taking lessons from Adam, and in short time I can already very easily see many improvements and increased confidence in my playing. Adam has been a brilliant teacher and has catered to helping me develop my skills and learn the guitar at my own pace while still challenging me and teaching me fresh techniques so that I can perform to my best. Learning both theory and practical has been great and I would recommend Adam to anyone I know. Overall a great guy and an even better teacher

After many years of playing the guitar on and off but not really getting very far I finally took the plunge to start guitar lessons. I wish I had done this years ago ! In the past few months Adam has patiently and expertly helped me understand guitar music theory and demystified how songs are constructed. The fretboard is a lot less daunting than it used to be. This has made my guitar playing a whole lot more satisfying as I now know the theory behind it all.

I always look forward my lessons as Adam always keeps them interesting, challenging and fun. I cannot recommend Adam more highly. Many thanks for your wisdom and infinite patience.

Adam has been my guitar teacher for quite a few years now and has helped me progress hugely from having no playing experience at all. The way he breaks things down and the advice he gives makes things that initially seem impossible become really manageable. He is always prepared with songs that are challenging, fun and allowed me to develop new skills while also encouraging suggestions that cater to my music taste. Adams an easy going and good guy, is very accommodating and patient, he’s an overall great guitar teacher.

Adam has a very good and easy to learn method. His patience is exceptional and learning is not overwhelming and fun

Adam's patient and clear tuition has made all the difference to my progress as a guitar player. He takes the time to understand what you really want from your guitar learning and delivers it is a practical, enjoyable and relaxed, friendly style. Every lesson is a pleasure and genuinely moves you forward, leaving you motivated to keep practising and developing your skills. I wholeheartedly recommend McCabe Guitar Tuition whether you are a beginner, or you play already but want to improve.

After trying to learn the guitar by myself for years and having numerous teachers before, I can easily say that Adam is by far the best person I’ve had teach me guitar. Adam is a very patient teacher and makes lessons interesting and fun, while catering to my music tastes.

I certainly recommend learning guitar and getting lessons with Adam - this is my experience…

At 7 years old I was in awe of my uncle’s new guitar and I asked for a new guitar for my birthday. Instead I was loaned one of my uncle’s guitars and had lessons at a local school. Every time the teacher had to radically retune the guitar it was embarrassing as I was holding the others back in the class. I soon gave up the lessons when insult was added to injury when my uncle decided to sand down the guitar he had been lending to me.

I told the story to my wife and she bought me a starter guitar for my 50th birthday and offered to pay for lessons. I eagerly embraced the guitar, but was completely horrified about going to lessons based on my previous experience. As such I bought guitar music books and tried to learn off YouTube, which were great for a while but after a few years of trying to improve I just hit a wall and couldn’t improve much further by myself.

I decided that I needed lessons as although the Internet is full of wonderful things and you can pick up some great tips, at the end of the day you can’t beat structured one to one learning with immediate feedback on your progress. I also felt that I needed to challenge my mind more as my mother was diagnosed dementia and I’d heard of scientific research that music can help with memory.
Adam was recommended to us as a guitar tutor and although I was apprehensive, partly due to my previous experiences, but more so about my age.

I needn’t have worried and I was completely amazed by the number of people who are my age range who were actually taking up and learning music and actually doing quite well and enjoying it.
Also it was really good to have a young tutor as he has opened my ears again to a huge range of modern day talented musicians I hadn’t heard of.

My wife is blown away with the improvement in my memory and listening skills.

I found the learning journey fun.

Adam has provided me with lessons over the internet during lockdown which has been great and helped keep me a bit more sane that usual. I’ve also enjoyed the group classes and pleased they’ve started again. I’d recommend anybody to start learning music and can recommend Adam as a tutor that gives you all the support and time you need.