Guitar Lessons in Woolloongabba
Due to popular demand and our adoration and commitment to the Woolloongabba community that we’ve lived in for the past 13 years, The Buttery has opened a little space on Annerley Rd in Woolloongabba on Tuesday afternoons!
Address: VHS - 50 Annerley Rd, Woolloongabba (a gorgeous little studio that includes a cafe/ bar and other cool events!)
What is offered: We are commencing with just providing group guitar lessons (max 3 students per group) to kids 8 years and older, and adults
When: Tuesday afternoons and evenings during school term, with our lessons taking place between 3:30 and 7:30pm. Term 2 commences Monday 15th of April 2024
Price:
Our group guitar lessons are 45 minute weekly sessions costing $40
If you start a group that has no other students to begin with, it will commence as a 1 on 1 lessons costing $65 per session. As soon as a second student joins it will drop to $40
Spaces: We only have space for 15 students all together, so jump in quickly!
Fill out this form for Woolloongabba Guitar Lessons and we will be in touch to lock in a time!
About Buttery Group Guitar Lessons…
We teach our guitar lessons using a combination of activities involving The Buttery Curriculum and The Buttery Song Books which have been carefully crafted to provide consistently fun and exciting lessons while also allowing students to gain strong, in depth knowledge and skills on the guitar.
Things covered in our lessons include:
Chords
Timing
Learning how to play songs from an array of genres including rock, pop and funk and being able to improvise
Tuning your guitar and basic guitar maintenance
Basic music theory (don’t worry - its just the stuff you need!)
Developing long lasting friendships with the other students in the group.
Learn to jam, play in time together, perform for others, gain important social skills, and more!!
These lessons are taught on acoustic guitars. It is best if you bring your own guitar, but if you do not have one at first let us know and we will provide you with a nylon string guitar during lessons while you get a feel for it.
The Karate Belt System…
In the group lesson adventures for student under 15, The Buttery has developed a Karate Belt system for students to adventure through as they progress through the curriculum. When you first sign up, you will receive a white coloured wrist band in your induction pack. When you complete level 1, you will LEVEL UP and receive a yellow wrist band. Level 2 brings a green wristband, and so on until you reach level 9 and receive the almighty black wristband! It takes years to achieve such things, and following the black belt, you move on to specialised one on one advanced lessons.
Meet Our Woolloongabba Guitar Teacher… Mik Farnsworth-Sempf!
Mik (they/ them) graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from the Jazz Music Institute in 2022. They have been playing guitar for 12 years now and enjoy various genres outside of jazz, including contemporary, classical, heavy rock, and metal to name a few. Alongside teaching guitar, Mik has a passion for composing, arranging, and performing with the Moreton Bay Big Band and other groups. Through their experience, Mik has also learnt how to play and teach standard ukulele, baritone ukulele, and banjo.
As a mentor, Mik strives to teach songs that students love to build their knowledge and to learn about their musical tastes. While students are learning their favourite songs, Mik likes keep students engaged by introducing new music that is similar to what they already know. Mik's favourite part of being a guitar teacher is when their students build a genuine love for learning music and feel just as pumped to come in for lessons as they are. Mik is super excited get to know their students and to spread the positivity and fun that music offers in their lessons!
What Happens When You Sign Up To The Buttery…
You commence your lifelong adventure in learning and playing music
You are provided opportunities to join bands, write songs, record in professional music studios, play at festivals… If you want to go the whole way as a musician, we provide you the path to get there!
You have early access to all of The Buttery Music School workshops, school holiday events and music camps
You become part of an epic community where everybody is celebrated, even those who don’t fit in to every day society
You have the chance to perform at numerous Buttery music concerts, including our big end of year concert
You learn from the super fun, exciting and thorough Buttery Music School curriculum including our awesome workbooks
You have music mentors who are real life musicians - between us we have experience touring the world, writing and recording original music, performing to all kinds of audiences from intimate venues to festival crowds to stadium shows, and being on high rotation on big radio stations such as Triple J. Check out some of our mentors on Spotify - our Head of Vocals Asha Jefferies, Buttercats (our head of guitar Tim Watkin, keys teacher Laurent Dubois and Buttery CEO Jaymee Watkin are all in this band) and King Billy (a musical project that involves our bass teacher Sanjay)
Contact Us
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“Simply the MOST AWESOME music school. A must for any kid who already loves music in any shape or form or who is dipping their toe in for the first time. The teachers are amazing, super-skilled artists themselves who connect with and inspire the kids in very real ways . The school also has the most cheerful and nurturing environment so my kids can’t wait to get there each week. Their skills in drumming, keys, singing and performing in front of audiences, have astounded us. Could not recommend more!”