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MUSIC INSTRUMENT TUITION FEATURESBeginner, intermediate, advanced, pre-school to pensioner, serious or social, part time or professional, casual and carefree or career hopeful; at N E W T O N E M U S I C there's something for everyone, the NSW mid north coast's premier music trainers. Here are just a few of our unique music tuition features:
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Our music lessons are for all ages, backgrounds, and experience – from the absolute beginner to the advanced level. The tuition is modern, relaxed and informal. We focus on the music styles of our current decade all the way back to previous decades and we really do cater for everyone:
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We have a range of tuition incentive discounts in place, including trial lessons, early payment discounts and reduced rates for juniors, low income earners, and pensioners. Flexible payment options are readily available and encouraged where necessary and we even offer to make up missed lessons. Group guitar lessons are available at primary and secondary schools on request and we generally find no shortage of participants for the programs on offer.
CREATIVE KIDS PROGRAM: We are a registered provider for the NSW Government's Creative Kids program. So you can enrol them in one of our music activities then apply for a voucher with a value of up to $100 per calendar year for each student aged 4.5 to 18 years old. For more information start here on our NSW CREATIVE KIDS page https://www.newtonemusic.com.au/nsw-creative-kids.html and watch them create something great.
So, if you live in the area, don't put it off any longer. Call us on (02) 6552 1444 or 0407 114 112 or email at [email protected] with your enquiry and one of our helpful team will guide you to the right instructor. Before you know it you will be making that all important start.
INSTRUMENTS
Acoustic, Nylon (classical) & Electric guitar (6 or 12 string)
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Tutors:
Location: Class Format: Standard: Prerequisites: Scope: Styles: Techniques: Recreational Courses: Assessment Courses: |
Peter Groundwater, Michael Shepherd, Wade Garnett
Taree Individual, one-to-one tuition Beginner, intermediate, advanced. Everyone welcome Absolutely none. No experience required Monday – Friday (Occasional Saturdays by appointment) Weekly lessons during NSW school terms ½ Unit (30mins per week) – Beginners ½ Unit, ¾ Unit & Full Unit (30mins, 45mins & 60mins per week) – Intermediate/Advanced Almost everything (listen to Styles for examples) Finger strum, finger picking, plectrum strum, plectrum picking, In fact just about everything! Yes available Yes. Tertiary accredited exam assessments available. (A.M.E.B. – Contemporary Popular Music Course – Step 1, 2, 3 & 4) |
Piano, Keyboard, Organ
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Tutors:
Location: Class Format: Standard: Prerequisites: Scope: Styles: Techniques: Recreational Courses: Assessment Courses: |
Julie Lees & Elizabeth Berry
Taree Individual, one-to-one tuition Beginner, intermediate, advanced. Everyone welcome Absolutely none. No experience required Monday – Friday (Occasional Saturdays by appointment) Weekly lessons during NSW school terms ½ Unit (30mins per week) – Beginners ½ Unit, ¾ Unit & Full Unit (30mins, 45mins & 60mins per week) – Intermediate/Advanced Almost everything (listen to Styles for examples) Fingering, pedal work etc Yes available Yes. Tertiary accredited exam assessments available. (A.M.E.B. – Contemporary Popular Music Course – Step 1, 2, 3 & 4) |
Vocals, Singing
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Tutors:
Location: Class Format: Standard: Prerequisites: Scope: Styles: Techniques: Recreational Courses: Assessment Courses: |
Lana Kler (Teens & Adults), Julie Lees (Children)
Taree Individual, one-to-one tuition Beginner, intermediate, advanced. Everyone welcome Absolutely none. No experience required Monday – Friday (Occasional Saturdays by appointment) Weekly lessons during NSW school terms ½ Unit (30mins per week) – Beginners ½ Unit, ¾ Unit & Full Unit (30mins, 45mins & 60mins per week) – Intermediate/Advanced Almost everything (listen to Styles for examples) Vocal chords, muscle exercises, projection, microphone technique etc Yes available Yes. Tertiary accredited exam assessments available. (A.M.E.B. – Contemporary Popular Music Course – Step 1, 2, 3 & 4) |
Drums & Percussion
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Tutors:
Location: Class Format: Standard: Prerequisites: Scope: Styles: Techniques: Recreational Courses: Assessment Courses: |
Adam Gathercole & Jay Murray
Taree Individual, one-to-one tuition Beginner, intermediate, advanced. Everyone welcome Absolutely none. No experience required Monday – Friday (Occasional Saturdays by appointment) Weekly lessons during NSW school terms ½ Unit (30mins per week) – Beginners ½ Unit, ¾ Unit & Full Unit (30mins, 45mins & 60mins per week) – Intermediate/Advanced Almost everything (listen to Styles for examples) Stick, brush, percussion etc Yes available Yes. Tertiary accredited exam assessments available. (A.M.E.B. – Contemporary Popular Music Course – Step 1, 2, 3 & 4) |
Acoustic & Electric Bass Guitar
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Tutors:
Location: Class Format: Standard: Prerequisites: Scope: Styles: Techniques: Recreational Courses: Assessment Courses: |
Peter Groundwater
Taree Individual, one-to-one tuition Beginner, intermediate, advanced. Everyone welcome Absolutely none. No experience required Monday – Friday (Occasional Saturdays by appointment) Weekly lessons during NSW school terms ½ Unit (30mins per week) – Beginners ½ Unit, ¾ Unit & Full Unit (30mins, 45mins & 60mins per week) – Intermediate/Advanced Almost everything (listen to Styles for examples) Finger style, plectrum style, slap etc Yes available Yes. Tertiary accredited exam assessments available. (A.M.E.B. – Contemporary Popular Music Course – Step 1, 2, 3 & 4) |
Banjo, Mandolin & Ukulele
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Tutors:
Location: Class Format: Standard: Prerequisites: Scope: Styles: Techniques: Recreational Courses: Assessment Courses: |
Peter Groundwater
Taree Individual, one-to-one tuition Beginner, intermediate, advanced. Everyone welcome Absolutely none. No experience required Monday – Friday (Occasional Saturdays by appointment) Weekly lessons during NSW school terms ½ Unit (30mins per week) – Beginners ½ Unit, ¾ Unit & Full Unit (30mins, 45mins & 60mins per week) – Intermediate/Advanced Almost everything (listen to Styles for examples) Finger style, plectrum style, slap etc Yes available No, none currently unavailable |
TUITION STRUCTURE
Students register for each school term (usually 10 or 11 weeks) or part thereof when starting after term has commenced, then individually tutored at the same regular weekly timeslot. Lessons are held Monday to Friday and occasional Saturdays / Sundays by appointment. We are open for business between 10.00am and 10.00pm so there are a large selection of tuition times. Trial lessons are available on request to help the uncertain get started and a range of tuition incentives are in place – including early payment discounts and reduced rates for juniors, low income earners, and pensioners. Flexible payment options are readily available and encouraged where necessary. Also, to ensure tuition time and value-for-money are maximised, we offer to re-schedule any missed lessons to another day or week throughout the term.
TUITION FEE SYSTEM
Our competitively priced fee structure is age and experience based and is as cheap and fair as we can make it to allow everyone to get involved. Students progress incrementally using starting age and experience as a guide, ie: cheapest for youngest progressing through to senior secondary rate then onto young adult and adult rates. View the fees charts to get a good price indication. The youngest least experienced starters attract the cheapest fees when we enroll them in our special ½ Unit (30mins per week)
term lessons with beginners in mind. This allows just enough time to learn the material for further individual home practice. Once students acheive during this phase (which, depending on age, may last for quite some time) other weekly time configurations are then available to achieve the next level of results. For example:
¾ Unit (45mins per week) or
Full Unit (60mins per week)
tuition is available & encouraged to fast track learning. Please see TUITION FEES in the TUITION dropdown menu for a more complete weekly tuition configuration & price listing.
To encourage new starters, some of our promotional material includes free music lessons vouchers. These usually take the form of flyers or newspaper and magazine advertising issued throughout the year. If you live in the district you may have already received one of our flyers in the mail. If not, you can view these specials online when they are available.
term lessons with beginners in mind. This allows just enough time to learn the material for further individual home practice. Once students acheive during this phase (which, depending on age, may last for quite some time) other weekly time configurations are then available to achieve the next level of results. For example:
¾ Unit (45mins per week) or
Full Unit (60mins per week)
tuition is available & encouraged to fast track learning. Please see TUITION FEES in the TUITION dropdown menu for a more complete weekly tuition configuration & price listing.
To encourage new starters, some of our promotional material includes free music lessons vouchers. These usually take the form of flyers or newspaper and magazine advertising issued throughout the year. If you live in the district you may have already received one of our flyers in the mail. If not, you can view these specials online when they are available.
HOW WE GET RESULTS
Our teachers strive for excellence at all times doing all they can to propel students towards their goals. Every dedication and persistence is offered to unlock musical potential – no matter how great or small that may be and our tutors' qualifications and teaching methods guarantee results.
It's all about starting at the beginning then building up musical skills bit by bit, day by day, week by week following the course material until progress is made. Moving from the basics we focus on practical musicianship using regular weekly bookwork to develop knowledge and experience in chords, scales, notes, rhythms, tempo, timing, tunes and entry level song playing. We shift to the more creative aspects including improvisation, playing of full pieces and songs, while experiencing and experimenting with styles and dynamics (loud, soft, timing, duration, accents, syncopation, feel, groove, style etc etc). Eventually, individual ability and even your own unique style and sound develop. Writing your own compositions is encouraged. We are more than music tutors – we are musicians, song writers, arrangers, performers, singers, engineers, always ready to take you further.
At each weekly lesson speed graduated play along audio is used. This slowly develops the habit of using the ears, eyes, hands in a co-ordinated effort to achieve the result. The play along audio speed is increased to normal pace which continually challenges concentration until it becomes second nature to play the chosen instrument correctly. Even though lessons are fun they are structured using printed material to ensure a firm basis in theory at every stage of development. The rudiments of sight reading are an integral part of our book work but further study is available and encouraged. Our theory specific lessons have proved popular over the years for those who desire greater achievement in this field.
It's all about starting at the beginning then building up musical skills bit by bit, day by day, week by week following the course material until progress is made. Moving from the basics we focus on practical musicianship using regular weekly bookwork to develop knowledge and experience in chords, scales, notes, rhythms, tempo, timing, tunes and entry level song playing. We shift to the more creative aspects including improvisation, playing of full pieces and songs, while experiencing and experimenting with styles and dynamics (loud, soft, timing, duration, accents, syncopation, feel, groove, style etc etc). Eventually, individual ability and even your own unique style and sound develop. Writing your own compositions is encouraged. We are more than music tutors – we are musicians, song writers, arrangers, performers, singers, engineers, always ready to take you further.
At each weekly lesson speed graduated play along audio is used. This slowly develops the habit of using the ears, eyes, hands in a co-ordinated effort to achieve the result. The play along audio speed is increased to normal pace which continually challenges concentration until it becomes second nature to play the chosen instrument correctly. Even though lessons are fun they are structured using printed material to ensure a firm basis in theory at every stage of development. The rudiments of sight reading are an integral part of our book work but further study is available and encouraged. Our theory specific lessons have proved popular over the years for those who desire greater achievement in this field.
ACCREDITED COURSES
For the secondary school guitar or bass student aspiring to a future vocation in music, we offer the tertiary entrance accredited Contemporary Popular Music (CPM) course developed and administered by the Australian Music Examination Board (AMEB) under the NSW Board of Studies. This great course is designed for secondary students who may wish to develop music career options after the school years are done. For not much more that the cost of the annual 30 minute assessment and book/CD, this 4 step course with one assessment per year, is a must for anyone wanting to get ahead in today's music industry. Tertiary entrance options aside, this instrument specific course will propel the eager young musician into their desired music career straight out of school already loaded with the musical, technical, theoretical and creative grasp necessary to get ahead.
We are a recognized AMEB tuition and assessment examination venue for the CPM course. Assessment days are most usually held at N E W T O N E M U S I C by the end of each school year to coincide with the completion of year 10, 11 and 12 exams.
We are a recognized AMEB tuition and assessment examination venue for the CPM course. Assessment days are most usually held at N E W T O N E M U S I C by the end of each school year to coincide with the completion of year 10, 11 and 12 exams.
