Auckland Guitar School - Howick
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Contact Auckland Guitar School
| Address : | Auckland Guitar School 28 Uxbridge Road, Howick, Auckland 2014, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +9 |
| Postal code : | 2014 |
| Website : | http://www.aucklandguitarschool.co.nz/ |
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Steve Sollberger on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Having lessons with Auckland Guitar School has made vast improvements to my guitar playing. The content has always been interesting and challenging, and the instructors know how to help make sense of it all. With friendly advice and encouragement I have been able to take my guitar playing where I wanted and having the opportunity to play live in the annual Big Gig provides experience playing in front of a large audience. I highly recommend Auckland Guitar School if you are serious about wanting to learn and/or improve playing guitar.
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Rob H on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I went here for roughly 3 months and I really don't think this school represents value for money. Honesty, if you want your playing to progress, you are much better going to a one on one teacher.
Since attending AGS, I have found private lessons which are worlds better. I'm sure the school would defend the way they do things by saying people learn better as a group as well as meeting like minded individuals however in my experience, it was essentially an individual lesson with the teacher splitting his time between 3 or 4 people anyway.
They do have a lot of resources for you to access online, but again, all this stuff is only really needed because of the way they teach. It needs to be supplemented because of the lack of time you get with the actual teacher.
On a side note, they have a rather annoying "subscription" system for paying them the monthly school fees. ( In advance I may add) Once, my payment didn't go through as I forgot about making sure there were funds there, and they seemed extremely concerned. They say they put the student first, but in my experience, they put making money first. Which might explain the way they try to teach 3, 4 or 4 5 people at once at pretty much individual lesson prices. Also, the tone of their communication with me changed drastically when I raised a couple of my concerns a few weeks before deciding to move on.
With any group lesson, there is a degree of compromise and not everyone will be learning exactly what they wanted. This is just a fact of life.
Obviously, this is my own experience and opinion and others my find different, but honestly, I can not see why you would go here instead of a private individual teacher.
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Kira Chilcott on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I joined Auckland Guitar School last year after my 12 yr old son inspired me. He had joined Auckland Guitar School a few weeks prior, and I had this vision that we could play together! And now we do!! Even better my 8 year old son has now joined and has the bug too. Dylan has proven to be a fantastic teacher who clearly has an extremely knowledgeable background and skill in this wonderful instrument. The classes are so much fun, you learn an incredible amount in these lessons, and Dylan and Thomas's style of teaching is suited to all walks of life! You play the latest songs on the charts, along with the good old time classics we all know. I highly recommend Auckland Guitar School, and are now spreading the word to my friends and their children. Its addictive, all three of us never want to miss a class. One thing I notice is my boys and I leave our classes with the biggest smile on our face! Love it!
Kira Chilcott
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Cornea Alex on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Absolutely fantastic experience for our son Nicholas. He enjoys every bit of it, the classes are 100% student focused. He plays the guitar a lot at home now and feels more confident. End of year concert it is also an amazing addition for the kids to practice their skills in front of a real audience! We recommend Dylan to anyone that wants to start or continue their guitar journey. Thanks Dylan, you rock!
Alex
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Charles Deng on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Pretty happy progressed from playin' a few chords to confidently improvising over blues and other tunes. Dylan has a systematic approach to guitar teaching, not just playing songs. AGS is best guitar school in NZ I'd reckon, highly recommended for all levels. The only downside is that my music taste has gone from contemporary to 1960s' old stuff, which made my friends telling me stop hanging out with old people.
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Alexandra Goldkorn on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I am a "self taught" guitarist and played for 25 years on and off before starting lessons this year with the Auckland Guitar School. I was looking for inspiration to improve, and the lessons have done that, and so much more for me. I've been gently introduced to all sorts of new technical skills, and this has made a massive difference to my playing. I am learning new songs, but learning how to play them correctly, and having fun as we go along. We learn a bit of theory which is cleverly introduced so that it is not boring or overwhelming. I cannot recommend the lessons with Auckland Guitar school highly enough.
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Beth Quinn on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Excellent school to begin your guitar journey. Already I have learnt a lot in my 6 months as a student starting from scratch. Many other fantastic opportunities which extend from weekly lessons, such as jam evenings, workshops and performing with other students on stage. I would highly recommend anybody who is looking into learning guitar to join the school - the progress you will see will surprise you
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Cormac O'Grady on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I attended the school for about a year and I can tell you my guitar playing went from strumming to jack johnson songs…. To completely improvising solos all over the neck naturally. The Teachers are awesome and really care for your playing. They push you just the right amount and are always there to help outside of class over email and through other resources the school offers. Unfortunately I had to pull out due to reasons, but will be back as soon as I can. An easy 5 Stars!!!
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