Despina - Guitar tutor - Manchester
1st lesson free
Despina - Guitar tutor - Manchester

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Despina will be happy to arrange your first Guitar lesson.

Despina

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Despina will be happy to arrange your first Guitar lesson.

  • Rate £68,565
  • Response 2h
  • Students

    Number of students Despina has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

    50+

    Number of students Despina has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

Despina - Guitar tutor - Manchester
  • 4.9 (36 reviews)

£68,565/hr

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  • Guitar
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Music reading
  • Classical Guitar

Experienced classical and acoustic guitar tutor providing supportive, exam-focused lessons, academically trained in Musicology and music psychology

  • Guitar
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Music reading
  • Classical Guitar

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Despina will be happy to arrange your first Guitar lesson.

About Despina

Guitar & Music Theory Tutor | Musicology and Performance Graduate.
Despina enjoys being part of her students’ learning processes. She approaches teaching as a collaborative experience, combining structure with enjoyment to help students develop confidence, skill, and musical understanding.

She works with beginners as well as more advanced students, including those preparing for exams, GCSEs, and A Levels. Despina is a qualified guitar and music theory tutor, holding a degree in Music Psychology from the University of Sheffield and a degree in Musicology (including performance) from the University of Surrey.

With over five years of teaching experience, she specialises in preparing students for graded examinations from Level 1 to Diploma (Classical and Acoustic Guitar). She encourages curiosity, creativity, and thoughtful engagement with music, supporting students in developing both technical ability and a deeper connection to their musical practice.

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  • Beginner
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  • levels :

    Beginner

    Intermediate

    Advanced

    Professional

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    1er cycle

    2e cycle

    3e cycle

    4e cycle

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The lessons are tailored to the needs of the student. The lessons will follow the learning pace of the students. The students can request to develop their skills in any kind of music. For example: popular music (classical, rock, pop). Teaches (almost) all genres, but specialises in classical music. Your first lesson will start with a brief chat, to introduce yourself to the teacher and also get to know her. You will be encouraged to talk about your passion and experience with music as well as for the reasons why you are interested in taking lessons. During the chat, you will let the teacher know what you need and what you would like to learn. Beginners are very welcome!! Guitar On your first lesson as a beginner, you do not actually need to bring a guitar, the teacher will lend you hers for as long as the lesson lasts. However, if you decide to keep learning, you will have to purchase a guitar and bring it to the lessons. Classical Guitar (all levels) - Notation - Scales -Technique *Preparation for examinations, if required Acoustic Guitar - Notation - Strumming techniques - Chords - Songs -Technique *Preparation for examinations, if required Music Theory (all levels) - Harmony - Rhythm - Timbre *Preparation for examinations, if required Music- theory For your first theory lesson you will need to bring a notebook Requirements The students will be required to purchase their books.

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  • £68,565

Pack prices

  • 5h: £342,824
  • 10h: £685,648

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  • £68,565/h

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The first free lesson with Despina will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 30mins

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  • When did you first develop a passion for music and your favourite instrument?

    My father can play the guitar, so when I was a kid playing and singing was a casual activity at home. This is how I got involved with music; he booked my first guitar lesson when I was 7 and ‘ive always been involved with music since.
  • Is there a particular type of music or artist that you listen to on a loop without it driving you crazy?

    To be fair, there are several types of music and artists that I don’t mind listening to on a loop. I am a looper. For example, I adore soul; I used to have Amy Winehouse on a loop for months but then that was after my rock/metal period where I listened to Black Sabbath on a loop which came after my classical-music period where I used to listen to Rachmaninoff on a loop and so on….At the moment I find myself in a flamenco period.
  • ) Explain to us the most difficult or riveting course you could personally give to a student of music.

    The most riveting course that I could personally give to a student of music is learning how to play without the pressure of perfectionism playing for themselves to enjoy the learning experience and actually love guitar playing. This might sound simple but it is not; it takes loads of time energy and efforts to actually enjoy your playing with all its imperfections.
  • What do you think is the most complicated instrument to master and why?

    I think every instrument has its own difficulties and particularities; then every person is built differently and inclined towards something else. For me, instruments that are not tuned according to the western system like the oud just baffle me but I don’t think it is something about it that makes it inherently more difficult than the others. Other particularities such as there are no frets either (just like the violin) and the sound mas prodiathetei for a specific result making it difficult to accept something else from it. Something that looks difficult to me is the sitar; too many strings, semitones divided, no frets; but then if I was encultured it wouldn’t seem so complicated.
  • What are your keys to success?

    I think there are some attributes that will help you succeed in playing an instrument and also widen your horizons. In my opinion the most essential things are: curiosity, hard work, open-mindedness and excitement.
  • Name three musicians you dream of meeting in your favourite bar in the early hours of the morning. Explain why.

    I always loved Russian Romantic composers such as Tchaikovsky, Shostokovich and Rachmaninoff. I would like to see them in a bar in the early hours of a white night in Saint Petersbourg. However, I am very unsure as to how our conversation could have gone.
  • Provide a valuable anecdote related to music or your days at music school.

    In the winter of 2020 we all had to stay at home, confined and that was particularly difficult for musicians. However, entrapped almost in my flat in Manchester I created much more than I thought I could; I created a course about music and wellness. I doubled my students and I created playlists for workshops and theatre performances. Because of this experience I realised that being a musician means so many different things.
  • What are the little touches that make you a Superprof in music?

    I always follow the lead of my students. The lessons that I provide are personalised and tailored to the needs of the students. I offer most musical styles (and the guitar can be used to play many) such as classical, flamenco, blues and jazz.
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