Guitar Lessons Essex -
Benfleet and Southend
"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start, to be great" - Zig Ziglar
With Chris Woollard BA (Hons)
Enhanced DBS · 20+ years’ experience
The thing my students mention most about me and my lessons is patience
One-to-one guitar lessons in Benfleet or live online, for all ages, from complete beginners to Grade 8
Lessons are relaxed and genuinely fun, built around a clear framework with room to be creative:
learning the songs you love, building solid technique, or working towards Rockschool exams,
where my students have a 100% pass rate
Many students have lessons with me for years, some even 9+ years
Lessons run weekly or fortnightly, in person at my home in Benfleet or by professional-quality video call, enhanced by my background in music production and sound engineering
I teach students in Essex from Benfleet, Hadleigh, Canvey Island, Rayleigh, Wickford, Leigh-on-Sea and Southend-on-Sea
Want to know more? Get in touch with Chris directly
New students: your first 4 lessons are just £79, half price. After that, lessons are £40 per hour, paid in blocks of 4
Guitar Lessons for Every Age, from Beginner to Grade 8
Specialising in private guitar lessons and Rockschool Grades with a 100% Student Pass Rate
Why Learn With Me?
Formal guitar training helped me to
unlock my potential.
My lessons focus on helping you:
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Have your questions answered
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Progress more quickly and see real results
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Understand more music theory and concepts
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Improve your songwriting and band-playing skills
Simple, transparent pricing with no surprises: your first 4 lessons are just £79, then £40 per hour, paid in blocks of 4.
Every lesson is 1-to-1 and built around you.
Reviews
Chris is an excellent teacher. He is extremely professional, patient and committed. All 3 of my children learnt to play guitar from Chris and did their exams with Rock school. I’m very pleased to say that they all achieved distinctions for all of their graded exams. They really enjoyed working with Chris and I can recommend him for anyone interested in learning guitar. 5/5
Jeevani
June, 2025
Excellent tutor. Professional yet sympathetic. 5/5
Philip Clover
July, 2023
Expert, Easy going, Friendly - 5/5
Howard
June, 2017
Chris is a great teacher, patient, knowledgeable and thorough, and a cool dude. His practical approach and website resources are a great way to improve your skills. Would 100% recommend to anyone looking to learn!
Joel Arnold
February, 2026
We have only positive feedback for Chris. He is very easy to deal with, extremely patient and clearly a very good teacher. Our six year old boy is quite shy and often struggles a bit talking with adults in new situations. However he has settled in with Chris straight away, which is great. 5/5
Amelia Slocombe
April, 2019
Our 15 year old says he is very patient and allows him plenty of time to keep going over something until he has understood it.
He also declares it fun and the time goes very quickly!
Leigh
November, 2016
Contact
Chris Woollard BA (hons)
In person and Online via High Quality Video Call
1 to 1
Guitar Tutor
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First 4 lessons just £79
Practice makes perfect...