Porp Seymour Guitar Tuition

Christchurch

Guitar Lessons | Bass Guitar Lessons, Singing Lessons, Ukulele Lessons | Song Writing Workshops

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• Qualifications: Award winning composer - winner of the Emerald City Studios Demo Competition 1983 in Sydney, Australia. I have over 50 years of experience as a guitarist, music arranger and song writer. I have taught over 3000 students of all ages in NZ and Australia, privately and at two Community Colleges: nine years in Australia and thirteen years in New Zealand. I spent my entire life performing in my own bands on stage and in pubs in Australia with my own original music.
• Pricing: $35 for 30 mins or $60 per hour. $75 per hour for two students. $90 per hour for a group of 3 students.
• Styles: Contemporary, pop, rock, folk, country. Accompaniment rhythm and lead guitar. I also teach composition.
• Suitability: From age 10 to 100.

Bio

With a lifetime devoted to music, Porp has been teaching guitar since 1975, combining decades of professional performance experience with a relaxed, encouraging teaching style.

He ran a successful music school in Sydney for three years and taught privately throughout Sydney and Canberra for over twenty years, alongside an active career as a live performer.

After moving to New Zealand in 2007, Porp taught guitar through the Continuing Education programme at Papanui High School, conducting four classes each week, while also teaching private students from home in both individual and group settings.

Following several years performing around New Zealand, he is now pleased to be teaching again. Less

Teaching Info

Lessons are individually tailored to suit each student’s goals, interests, and level of experience — from complete beginners to more advanced players.

Students are guided through a strong musical foundation, beginning with an understanding of the instrument, simple technical exercises, and easy chord progressions. From there, lessons develop naturally into accompaniment of popular songs, rhythm training, strumming techniques, fingerpicking, and flat-picking styles.

More advanced students can explore lead guitar playing, single-note soloing, improvisation, and scale patterns, while developing confidence, musicality, and personal style.

Porp’s teaching combines practical musicianship with decades of real-world performing experience, creating lessons that are both enjoyable and inspiring.