Classical Guitar · The Micro Study System
I started classical guitar at 21. They said it was too late.
Two decades later: a Masters in Music, conservatoire teaching at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and 530+ lessons proving that advanced repertoire — the Chaconne, the Villa-Lobos études, Recuerdos — is genuinely learnable at any age. Not through talent. Through a system.
- YouTube lessons published
- 530+
- YouTube lessons published
- Conservatoire-trained teaching · RWCMD
- 20 yrs
- Conservatoire-trained teaching · RWCMD
- Classical Guitar Magazine writer
- CGM
- Classical Guitar Magazine writer
The Micro Study System
Advanced repertoire broken into precisely sequenced micro studies — one element at a time, every outcome measurable.
One element at a time
A micro study isolates one specific technical challenge — one bar, one technique, one interval, one voice. Never two problems at once.
Measurable outcomes
Every micro study produces a concrete, testable result — bars 1–8 at 80bpm with consistent right-hand tone, not "improve your tremolo."
Sequence matters
The order of micro studies is not arbitrary. Each one builds on the last, with what comes before and after made explicit.
Featured lessons
Tremolo mastery, the repertoire roadmap, and the Valeton GP-50 bridge. One lesson snippet from each below. Get the full silos at the hub.
Tarrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra guitar - how to part 1
Etude 2 Villa-Lobos Micro Studies 6 to 11 - Bach Pattern
Valeton GP-50 Classical Guitar Demo | Sounds & How to Load NAM Files
Latest recordings
A Guitarist's Christmas
2025
Four Christmas arrangements for guitar duo, solo, and quartet, sequenced as one suite and closing on a chorale built from Bach's BWV 998 fugue and Luther's carol.
Paris EP
2016
Five jazz standards arranged for nylon string guitar in the spirit of Joe Pass — Gershwin to Kosma — each one chosen for melody, memory, and a lifelong love of jazz.
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The free Repertoire Roadmap PDF
Insider
£5/monthMonthly micro study PDF + enhanced score with fingerings for each new piece. Early YouTube access.
Maestro
£12/monthEverything in Insider, plus a monthly live Q&A and practice session — the closest thing to a private lesson at the cost of a coffee.