At Your Guitar Academy, our mission is to help you love playing guitar as much as we do. Handpicked and trained by YGA, Stefano will guide you through a structured learning path, helping you build core guitar skills and learn your favourite songs. Whatever your age or experience, his friendly, one-to-one lessons are tailored to you and take place in his studio in Homerton, East London.
Book your £25 trial lesson now! 🙌
At Your Guitar Academy, our mission is to help you love playing guitar as much as we do. Handpicked and trained by YGA, Stefano will guide you through a structured learning path, helping you build core guitar skills and learn your favourite songs. Whatever your age or experience, his friendly, one-to-one lessons are tailored to you and take place in his studio in Homerton, East London.
Book your £25 trial lesson now! 🙌
Stefano is a professional guitarist and music tutor with 11 years of experience performing across a wide range of genres, from jazz and blues to rock, progressive music and metal. Over the past five years, he has performed professionally on cruise ships for international audiences. He has also worked for several years under the artistic direction of Gary Barlow and had the pleasure of sharing the stage with him.
Stefano teaches electric and acoustic guitar, music theory, improvisation, composition and songwriting. His lessons are tailored to each student's interests, ability and goals, whether they are picking up a guitar for the first time, learning their favourite songs, preparing to play in a band or developing their own musical style.
He uses the music students love as a starting point, building technique and theoretical knowledge around familiar songs before exploring new ideas. With a relaxed, creative and practical approach, Stefano encourages students to experiment, improvise and write their own music while developing confidence and independence as musicians.
Stefano teaches from his studio in Homerton, East London. The studio is just a short walk from Homerton Overground station, making it easily accessible from Stratford, Hackney Central and other parts of East London. Several local bus routes also serve the surrounding area, including routes 26, 30 and 242.
Once your lesson is booked, Stefano will provide the directions you need to find the studio and access the building.
Stefano teaches guitar lessons in Homerton, East London. If this area doesn’t work for you, explore our other London guitar tutors, or learn from home with our online guitar lessons. 🎸🙌
Stefano combines his own experience and skill with our handcrafted course material and lesson write-up tools, to offer the complete learning experience. Our course material works in a very specific way that guarantees success. We teach you a new technique, skill or piece of theory via the course material, then, as your skills develop, we apply it to real world songs.
Plus, after the lesson you can find your material, notes and feedback live in your login area, direct from Stefano, so you don’t miss a beat! This means you get the understanding of what you are doing, the ability to do it, and the fun of playing the songs you love! What could be better?
Great work today Jen, you absolutely smashed those chord changes! You've now completed the second lesson of our course. 🎉
So, this week I want you to continue working with this spider exercise, but now that you have the hang of it, try to do it at 70BPM, as we did in the lesson. Here's the tab as a reminder for you:
As well as that, with your 3 chords, I want you to try this slightly altered strumming pattern, once again alongside the beat that we were practising to.
Best of luck with your practice, Jen, and if you have any questions at all, just reach out and let me know.
See you next week, Stefano.
How it works: book your £25 trial → meet Stefano → set out your goals → learn and play → choose your payment plan.
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Start with the £25 lesson, no obligation to continue.
Your trial is a full 60-minute guitar lesson with Stefano. You’ll discuss your musical interests, experience and goals, spend time playing, and explore a learning path suited to you. There’s no obligation to continue afterwards.
Yes. Adults, children and teenagers are welcome, with lessons tailored to each student’s experience, interests and pace. Whether you’re a complete beginner, returning to guitar or developing existing skills, Stefano will help you find a way forward. When booking for a child, let us know their age so we can discuss suitability and the right guitar size.
You can learn electric or acoustic guitar with Stefano. If you don’t own a guitar yet, let us know when booking so we can confirm whether a suitable guitar is available for your lesson. Tell us which type you’d like to learn and whether you’ll need to borrow one.
No. After your trial, you can choose Pay As You Go or a 10-lesson course. We recommend the course as a strong commitment to learning guitar: 10 weekly lessons give you time to build skills, establish a practice routine and work towards your goals. Our course material supports a structured 10-week learning path, tailored by Stefano to your ability and progress. You’ll also pay less per lesson than with Pay As You Go.
Yes. All Your Guitar Academy tutors, including Stefano, are carefully selected, trained and DBS checked.
Stefano has experience across jazz, blues, rock, progressive music and metal. He teaches electric and acoustic guitar, with lessons shaped around your favourite music, ability and goals. You can also explore music theory, improvisation, composition and songwriting. Tell us what you’d like to play when enquiring.
Yes. Graded guitar lessons can give you clear milestones to work towards, with support on technique, pieces and the musical skills required for your exam. Popular options include Rockschool and Trinity Rock & Pop. Let us know your preferred exam board and grade when enquiring so we can discuss the right preparation with Stefano.
We recommend weekly lessons to build steady progress and a regular practice routine. The 10-lesson course is designed around weekly tuition. Pay As You Go changes how you pay; agree your regular lesson time and availability with Stefano.
Your lessons are supported by personalised lesson notes, feedback, YGA course material and your online student area. Stefano will help you understand what to practise between sessions so you can keep working towards your goals.
Lessons take place at Stefano’s studio in Homerton, East London, just a short walk from Homerton Overground station. The studio is easily accessible from Stratford, Hackney Central and other parts of East London, with bus routes 26, 30 and 242 serving the surrounding area. Once your lesson is booked, Stefano will provide directions to the studio and instructions for accessing the building.
The trial lesson is £25 for 60 minutes. Regular lessons cost £50 for 60 minutes or £40 for 45 minutes. A 10-lesson course costs £450 for 60-minute lessons (£45 per lesson), or £360 for 45-minute lessons (£36 per lesson).
YGA does not have a company-wide cancellation policy, so please ask Stefano about their arrangements during your trial. Most tutors ask for at least 24 hours’ notice. If your plans change, let Stefano know as soon as possible. Your lesson time is reserved for you, and late cancellations may still be charged under their policy.
Yes. Alongside Stefano’s in-person lessons, YGA offers two online options through Guitar Club. The self-learning platform lets you follow structured guitar courses at your own pace, while one-to-one online coaching provides personalised guidance and feedback from a YGA mentor. These are separate options from Stefano’s in-person lessons. Explore the Guitar Club platform or find out about online coaching.
Use our contact form and mention Stefano in Homerton. Our tutor manager will answer your questions and help arrange your £25 trial lesson.
Still not sure? We’re confident Stefano can help you build your skills and enjoy playing the songs you love. Get a feel for how we teach before you book with these free YGA song lessons on YouTube, complete with write-ups to help you practise.
Jimi Hendrix
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Try a full 60-minute guitar lesson with Stefano in Homerton for just £25. Meet your tutor, explore your goals and see how we can help, with no obligation to continue.
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