Les Cheetham Guitar Tuition

Professional acoustic and electric guitar tuition based in Sunderland. I teach both electric and acoustic guitar from absolute beginners onwards.

I’ve been a professional guitar tutor for over 25 years (go on say it - I don’t look old enough!). The current age-range of my present pupils is wide - the youngest being fourteen and the oldest in his mid-Sixties, so age is no barrier!. A wide variety of styles can be taught - and I strongly believe that pupils make more progress if they are playing music that they actually enjoy. I aim to keep e

verything taught in a musical context, so there is no irrelevant theory, unless of course that's what you want! For electric guitar I have recorded many backing tracks for pupils to take home and practice over. Whether you are trying to find your way around the blues scale, the modes or just aiming to play a favourite song I find that a backing track helps immensely. For my acoustic based tuition I can record parts of a tune slowly to aid understanding. Everything taught in a lesson is written out and examples are given on a CD or USB memory stick. I try to take into account a pupils ambition, you may just want to strum or fingerpick a few songs or instrumentals, you may need some help with improvising or perhaps writing and recording guitar parts, or you may be aiming for greatness! My aim is to help you progress far quicker that you believed you could. Also, If you have a limited time to practice I can work with you to make this time as productive as possible. You will progress far quicker with one to one tuition and I would like to think that lessons are easy-going and stress-free. Tuition can be taken a number of ways;

Regular lessons

I believe that this is the best way to progress quickly. All lessons are based on pieces of music – even if a new technique is being learned, I find it far more interesting for the student if a tune is used that features the new technique rather than solely doing exercises. I’ll always have something planned to teach – but if a pupil has something specific that they wish to learn that’s no problem. Fees are paid at the end of each lesson (I take no money in advance). Casual Lessons

I teach quite a few self-employed and shift workers on weekdays. As they can’t commit to a regular slot they book lessons “ad-hoc”. This can work very well. I do also keep a couple of peak time hours a week free for casual lessons. "One off" lessons can also be arranged for players who perhaps only wish to learn a particular tune or to dip their toe into the world of guitar. Transcriptions

I can transcribe (write out!) tunes in tablature. If you have something that you wish to play, but can’t find accurate tab please contact me for a quote.

24/12/2025

A 1961 Nat King Cole Christmas classic this year. Credit to the excellent Jim Kimo West for this arrangement. Merry Christmas and All The Best for the New Year!

24/12/2023

After posting a Christmas cover version video for a number of years, and struggling to find a traditional tune for this year that works as an acoustic instrumental, I'm posting one of my festive tunes!
Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and All The Best for the New Year.

24/12/2022

Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness. Not an obvious acoustic guitar tune..! Hope that you all have a fantastic Christmas and All The Best for the New Year.

24/12/2021

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and All The Best for the New Year!

24/12/2019

Based on an old Ukrainian folk tune its "Carol of the Bells"! I hope that everyone has a fantastic Christmas and All The Best for the New Year. This arrangement is by the superb Robin Bullock.

16/10/2019

A new guitar! Well, it's almost twenty years old - and the first Fender guitar that I've owned. The tune originally started out as music for my wedding video, so that makes it nigh on twenty nine years old. Yikes. Any shares would be greatly appreciated!

30/09/2019

02/02/2017

It's one of my electric tunes - It's called Soup...I'm doing an initial no obligation trial lesson for £10 throughout February. Any questions please get in touch. Thanks for watching!

25/01/2017

This tune is one of mine – I wrote it in my early twenties and thought that I’d see if I could still play it. Unfortunately not, “Mr Fumble Fingers” came to town. But with a fair bit of practice it’s kind of come together. If anyone out there is interested in guitar Lessons an initial no obligation hour lesson is only £10. Any questions please get in touch.

Thanks for watching!

19/10/2016

A tune written by the brilliant Doyle D***s. If anyone out there is interested in guitar tuition I'm doing an initial lesson for only £10 until the end of November (places are limited though). Please feel free to contact me for more info. Also, I'd be very grateful for a few shares. Thanks for taking the time to watch!

06/02/2016

This week it's a tune written by the brilliant Chilean guitarist Oscar Lopez. A rare performance on something other than my McIlroy acoustic - the guitar is an Alvarez "hybrid" nylon string, which has a slightly narrower neck than a standard classical guitar. Thanks for watching!

20/01/2016

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