Win a 5 Lesson Absolute Beginner Guitar Package!



The guitar is a fun and versatile instrument. It can also be very cheap to learn. If you wish to learn the guitar or know someone who does, feel free to enter this absolute beginner package!


In the five lessons, you will learn how to tune a guitar, change strings, form chords and play basic melodies. As well as practical skills, theory will be covered too. Discover how scales work, what keys are and how to use them. 

To win this competition simply e-mail Evan@cirencester-scene.co.uk with an answer to this question: What are all the strings of the guitar called (i.e the notes they are tuned to)?


For the lessons instruments will be provided. Lessons must be in Cirencester.

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