Daniel Monaghan

Daniel is an experienced musician with 10 years of gigging and recording experience as a guitar player having played in venues such as the Hammersmith Apollo, The Olympia Theatre and Bristol Beacon. He has a degree in Music Performance from the Institute of Contemporary Performance, a Masters Degree in Popular Music Research from Goldsmiths and also delivers tuition in music theory.

Daniel`s goal as a teacher is to give the student effective tools for building their musical vocabulary in a fun and effective way without making it feel too much like school.

Each lesson is catered toward the individual. Daniel aims to teach every student the integral aspects of whichever genre or musical concept they would like to learn. He helps them develop their own unique musical voice with care and patience.

Daniel teaches Electric/Acoustic guitar from beginner to advanced students ages 7 and up. Daniel can offer expert tuition in electric and acoustic guitar, music theory, ukulele and bass guitar to students of any ability level.

Specialties include:

• Learning Songs
• Fretboard Knowledge
• Technique
• Improvisation
• Scales and arpeggios
• Country finger-style playing
• Accompaniment
• Sight-reading

Teaching in Music Theory

• Harmonic Analysis
• Transcription
• Ear Training

Genres:

Daniel is comfortable in teaching almost all genres of music ranging from, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Country and Pop.

Music Qualifications & Achievements:

• Goldsmiths, MA Popular Music Research
• Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, BMus Popular Music Performance, Qualification type: BMus (Hons) First Class