TAKING UP GUITAR LESSONS ARE SUPER POPULAR AT PRO MUSIC LTD
…. BUT WHY IS THE INDUSTRY TELLING US THE POPULARITY OF THE INSTRUMENT HAS DROPPED BY A THIRD?
Dropped by a third? Never….
Most of us when naming a guitarist would go straight to the one making the most noise and or the artist who looked super cool holding one. Either way, depending on our music education or if we grew up around it, we might have a different answer to the above. Let’s pick out some really obvious points:
Ex-GCSE Music Pupils would do a lot more performing than someone taking a BTEC course in School (14-16yrs). Please take the point that most schools across the UK have thrown out GCSE music – This started to happen around 2007. BTEC is mainly written work and focuses on performance work for a small % of the course. This means .. pupils can redo the coursework so the target grade gets reached!!
GSCE Music Specs pupils would be required to perform a piece of solo work/group work and then compose a piece based on solo/band recording. This would require them to take the lead and LISTEN to solo instruments.
Do you always know the great guitarist that is involved with the act? The point I’m trying to make is, GUITAR SUPERHEROES are now hidden and aren’t necessarily exposed like they were in the 1970s/80s/90s and early 2000’s. The generation is now thinking more along the lines of the composition of the band/songs/live performance
For example, I generally think ‘The Foo-Fighters’ are an amazing band but i would think of the band as ‘great composers’ more than shredding guitar kings or great performers.
- How many great guitarists could you name in the 1990’s? (if you were alive then) and how many could you name today ?
- How much composition did you do in school growing up ?
- How many guitar heroes are left?
Matt Morgan- Session musician.
Are you looking for expert guitar lessons in the West Midlands? Pro Music Tuition has some wonderful guitar teachers who can help you achieve your aspirations. We teach various guitar styles, including acoustic, electric, banjo, bass guitar, and ukulele.
Pro Music Tuition has six music centres in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Black Country that can help you achieve your aspirations at one of our six music centres in Rubery, Birmingham, two music schools in Sandwell and Dudley (Cradley Heath near Halesowen and Rowley Regis), Sutton Coldfield and Solihull. We also have hundreds of pupils who learn to play the guitar via our live online guitar lessons from all over the world each week.
