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- Enrol for music lessons
- Individual and group music lessons
- Group music lessons
- How much do music lessons cost?
- Pay for your music lessons
- Refunds
- Cancellations
Enrol for music lessons
You can enrol online for individual or group music lessons at our music centres or online.
If you are enrolling for online music lessons, please see our guidelines for setting up online music lessons.
Alternatively, you can contact us to request form.
If you enrol for music lessons with 妖精动漫 Arts or if you are a member of an ensemble, we have a wide variety of instruments available for you to hire. Please note we do not hire: piano, keyboard or drums.
Individual lessons
You can learn to play the following instruments and sing at any level. To find out more about these instruments please see our webpage: instruments available for you to hire.
- Brass - trombone, trumpet, tuba, cornet, French horn, and flugelhorn
- Strings - violin, viola, cello, and double bass
- Woodwind - recorder, clarinet, flute, saxophone, and oboe
- Piano and keyboard
- Drums
- Guitar
- Singing
Group guitar lessons
Acoustic guitar for beginners
Acoustic guitar for beginners is an informal course is aimed at absolute beginners. We will take you through the basics and support your learning with tips and techniques, so that you can progress quickly to playing popular songs. In particular, you will learn nine easy first position chords techniques to enable smooth changing between these chords (guide and pivot fingers), three or four easy strumming patterns using down strums, how to hold the pick correctly, a few easy single line riffs and useful tips on good left and right hand technique.
By the end of the course you will be able to play four or five songs, changing chords confidently and methodically, along with four or five easy, famous single line riffs.
The course is fun and relaxed and all we ask is that you bring enthusiasm and a willingness to practise at home. Ideally, you'll have your own acoustic guitar.
Once you have mastered the basics you are welcome to progress to 'guitar improvers'.
Mondays 6.35pm to 7.35pm at the Pines, Guildford GU3 3BH.
Acoustic guitar for improvers
Acoustic guitar for improvers is a session aimed at those established players who have played a few years and have the skills described in the first session and are looking to take there playing further. This session would take on things from grades 3-5 plus. You will explore slightly more advanced strumming patterns (using up and down strums and easy syncopated rhythms), additional chord types (minor seven, dominant seven and major seven), an introduction to fingerstyle playing, and the opportunity to improvise using the Minor Pentatonic and Minor Blues scale.
You will also learn three or four famous riffs along with a repertoire of well-known songs. These songs can be suggested by the students themselves in collaboration with the tutor.
On completion of the course you will be able to play four or five new songs, with strong technique and confidence. You will also have expanded your chord vocabulary, as well as having started to improvise. There is a lot of flexibility within the course for you to explore the musical style that appeals to you most, be it rock, blues funk, jazz or reggae.
Mondays 7.45pm to 8.45pm at The Pines, Guildford GU3 3BH.
Group guitar
This intermediate level guitar class for adults offers a relaxed and social environment where enjoyment is the main focus. Covering music from the 1960s to the present day, each session typically introduces a new song that helps reinforce techniques, with occasional lessons on music theory. Participants receive materials including song files and video demonstrations, which have proven to be very effective. The group is friendly, and supportive, making it a great space for learning and having fun together.
Tuesdays 7.30pm to 8.30pm at Woking Adult Learning Centre, Hoebrook Close, Woking GU22 9PE
How much do music lessons cost?
Individual lessons
- Autumn term: 12 weeks, 13 September to 19 December 2025
- Spring term: 10 weeks, 5 January to 27 March 2026
- Summer term: 11 weeks, 13 April to 22 July 2026
- 拢17.70 (Individual, 20 minutes) per lesson
- 拢25.20 (Individual, 30 minutes) per lesson
Group lessons
- Group guitar lessons from September 2025 are 拢13.20 per lesson
Pay for your music lessons
Once your music lessons have been confirmed, you will receive a booking confirmation. You can pay for your music lessons once you have received your invoice. If you have booked before the start of the term, invoices will be sent prior to music lessons starting.
It is important that you pay this invoice in full within two weeks of receiving it.
You can pay online using a debit or credit card, by logging into your student portal.
Refunds
Once a course has begun, we will only consider refund requests in exceptional personal or family circumstances. Withdrawals for holidays, loss of interest, new time commitments and similar domestic changes will not qualify for refunds. If you wish to request a refund please contact us.
Cancellations
In certain circumstances, courses may have to be cancelled. The length of each course is based on a minimum number of students enrolled and financial viability of the course. If this is not achieved it may be necessary for us to either:
- Cancel the course before the first class and provide students with a full refund.
- Meet for the first class when students will be given the opportunity to decide whether to shorten the course hours for the same fee, transfer to another course or request a refund of fees.