School of Banjo
Music - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Gus Macmillan is decicated to teaching 5-string banjo one-on-one to students of any playing ability, in any style, any standard.Gus has 20 years of experiences playing banjo, including 15 years of touring Australia and 11 years touring Europe, Asia and the Americas with Blue Grassy Knoll. In 2003 he was fortunate to have studied with several great banjo teachers in the USA , and has been teaching ever since. He was the 2005 Guildford Banjo Jambouree two tune pick off champion!Gus loves teaching and has upward of 30 students at the moment, they range in age from 11 to 73, men and women, talented and triers. Everyone goes at their own pace – some come weekly, others fortnightly, some come in fits and starts… each according to their requirements. Gus works out the needs of each student and tailors their syllabus accordingly. He's used to starting people from scratch, getting their picking fixed up right from the beginnning, and giving them things that they can play without too much hassle, so that it's not all hard work and no reward. Books are a great resource but there's nothing that beats having someone showing you how to do it.He has a large selection of music that he gives to students as they progress, from all different sources, he tends to pick the best tunes from different books, and also give students a CD of the things they'll be playing, but nice and slow, so they can hear what's what. www.schoolofbanjo.com.au
