Barry G.

music tutor

From South Africa

Certified Guitar Tutor With Over 20 Years Teaching Experience.

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music lessons

About me

Hi there. My name is Barry. I am a full-time guitar tutor with over 30 years guitar playing experience and over 20 years teaching experience. I also have over 20 years of experience with performing live, writing original music and recording professionally in studio.

I hope to unlock the potential and passion of my students in a self-paced and enjoyable way. I work on developing my students’ technical proficiency and inspire their musical creativity with a new and innovative approach to learning to play the guitar online.

I strive to encourage, inspire, motivate and support in a nurturing, safe, yet fun-filled online environment, designed for all ages and levels of guitar skills. I enjoy all genres of music and am able to teach most styles. I have years of experience tutoring children from as young as 6 years old right up to ladies and gents in their 70's.

I teach acoustic, classical and electric guitar players! Beginners to Advanced skill levels welcome! I also teach bass guitar and ukulele for beginners.

My teaching methodology : - for those that prefer a structured approach, a step for step guided plan/book is followed, and for those that prefer a less structured but more self goal based way of learning to play; we will focus more on your set goals and topics of interest. I also provide practice materials and necessary resources for every lesson.

I hope you'll choose to try out a lesson with me and if so, I look forward to meeting you.

Barry

Playing Guitar: - Over 30 years

Teaching: - over 20 years

In Studio Recording: - 20 years

Unleash your music potential and creativity. Start your guitar playing journey with me today! I would love to help by offering you the knowledge I have gained over the 30+ years I have been playing.

I speak

English

Native

Lesson rating

4.9

Reassurance

4.9

Clarity

4.9

Progress

4.9

Preparation

Based on 152 anonymous student reviews

What my students say

4.9

Based on 86 student reviews

Mike
April 16, 2026
Barry is quite a unique teacher who uses the latest technology to enhance his lessons. His ability to give specific detail leaves no room for doubt on how to improve. I highly recommend him.
Kevin
March 10, 2026 (edited)
Barry is great at observing my playing, identifying areas for improvement, and offering clear, practical tips to help me progress.
Jessica
March 9, 2026
Barry is an amazing guitar teacher. Intuitive, talented, patient and makes learning easy!
Daisy
February 19, 2026
The best teacher for my daughter. We started learning with Berry when my child was 6 years old and. after four years of learning she plays beautifully.
Zhang
February 14, 2026
Barry is hands down the best guitar player I’ve ever had!
Lauren
February 5, 2026
Amazing teacher, walks you through step by step and is very patient :)

Schedule

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Apr 30 – May 6, 2026

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Resume

2001 — 2002
Allenby Campus
Proficiancy Certificates
Diploma verified

My specialties

Guitar

I have played the guitar for more than 30 years and have been teaching how to play it for more than 20 years now. I teach all skill levels from Beginner to Advance on the Acoustic, Classical and Electric guitar with students from 5 to 70+ years old, across all genres of music, including Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Blues, Funk, Country, Metal, Gospel and more. Students learn songs of their choice and I work with students to develop their guitar playing skills and technical proficiency while motivating their musical creativity with learning to read guitar notation, improvisation and ear training with a variety of fingerstyle to shredding techniques.

Voice (music)

I have been singing for over 15 years and have around 10 years’ experience of playing live and recording in a studio. I do not specialize in vocal coaching but am able to assist students with learning to play and sing with the guitar at the same time. For perfecting on vocals as a particular skill, a specialized vocal coach is recommended.

Music theory

I have more than 30 years of experience with music theory and have been teaching it for more than 20 years. All guitar related music theory from site reading to transposition, improvisation and composition is available to students. With innovative, comprehensive diagrams and content provided, that harmoniously flows with each lesson, as well as lesson-based exercises; this allows for a more fun-filled, interactive approach to learning music theory overall.

Ear training

Ear training takes a student beyond music notation and guitar tablature, providing one with a skill that allows you to hear any song and play it on the guitar within a shorter time frame. This is helpful when the notation and tablature from third party sources are incorrect or unavailable to you. I assist students with concentrated ear training exercises for improving the ability to identify notes and chords on the guitar by ear.

Music composition

Harmonic and melodic arrangements

Classical guitar

Beginners to Advanced - All Ages

Electro guitar

Beginners to Advanced - All Styles - All Ages

Ukulele

Beginners - All Ages

Bass guitar

Beginners to Intermediate - All Ages

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