Restart Guitar – 5 Week Course | Lara, Geelong Region

A practical 5-week guitar course for adult beginners and returning guitarists who want some structure, support and other people to learn alongside.

🎸 5 weeks – $130

📍 Lara Community Centre

🗓 Starts Tuesday 20 October

⏰ 7:30–8:30 pm

👥 Small, friendly group

Have You Tried Learning Guitar Before?

Maybe you’ve watched YouTube videos, learned a few chords, tried an app or even had lessons before.

But you’re still not sure what to practice, how to practice or what you should be working on next.

Or maybe your guitar has simply been sitting there waiting for you to start again.

For many adults, enthusiasm isn’t the problem.

What’s missing is often structure, good communication, accountability and people to share the experience with.

That’s what Restart Guitar is designed to provide.

A Clear Path Forward

Instead of jumping from one random lesson or YouTube video to another, we’ll work through a simple, practical approach to guitar.

Each week you’ll know what we’re working on, why we’re working on it and what you can practise at home.

You don’t need to practise for hours every day.

The aim is to help you build a realistic practice habit and start seeing progress from the time you do have.

What You’ll Work On

Over the five weeks we’ll work on the foundations that help everything else on guitar become easier:

🎸 Playing chords more comfortably

🎵 Changing between chords more smoothly

🥁 Improving rhythm and timing

👂 Developing your musical ear

🎶 Understanding how rhythm, melody and harmony work together

🧭 Knowing what to practice when you pick up your guitar

Most importantly, we’ll work on actually making music, rather than just collecting exercises.

Small Group. Learn Together.

This isn’t a lecture. You’ll be playing guitar.

Keeping the group small means I can work with everyone individually, answer questions and make sure you understand what you’re working on.

But there’s another important advantage:

You’re not doing it alone.

You’ll be learning alongside other adults who are starting or restarting too.

You can share the challenges, hear each other improve and have a reason to pick up the guitar between sessions.

For many adults, having somewhere to turn up each week — and a group to come back to — is exactly what helps turn good intentions into a regular practice habit.

Cut Through the YouTube Overload

There’s more free guitar information available than ever before.

The problem is knowing what you actually need right now.

One video tells you to practise scales. Another says learn songs. Another gives you 20 chord exercises.

Before long, you’ve got plenty of information but no real direction.

Restart Guitar gives you a simple structure and someone you can actually ask questions.

If something doesn’t make sense, we’ll work through it.

Who Is This Course For?

Restart Guitar is designed for adults who:

• Have always wanted to learn guitar but never really got started

• Know a few chords but feel stuck

• Used to play and want to get back into it

• Have tried learning online but need more structure

• Have had lessons before but didn’t feel they were progressing

• Find it difficult to stay disciplined practising alone

• Would enjoy learning alongside other people

You don’t need to be “musical.”

You don’t need to know music theory.

And you definitely don’t need to be good at guitar before you arrive.

About Your Teacher

I’m Nick J Harvey, a guitarist, musician, producer and guitar teacher with decades of playing and recording experience.

Restart Guitar Academy grew out of something I’ve seen repeatedly: adults often don’t need more information they need clear explanations, a practical path forward and someone who listens to what they’re actually struggling with.

My approach focuses on three connected areas of musicianship:

Rhythm. Melody. Harmony.

Rather than treating them as separate subjects, we’ll start connecting them so you can understand what you’re playing and, importantly, make it sound musical.

You Don’t Need Hours to Practise

One of the biggest barriers adults face is time.

Work, family and life get in the way.

That’s normal.

You don’t need to practise guitar for hours every day to improve.

We’ll look at ways of making the time you do have more focused and productive.

Even a short practice session is valuable when you know what you’re trying to achieve.

Your 5-Week Restart

For five weeks you’ll have:

✓ A regular weekly guitar session

✓ A clear focus for your practice

✓ Practical help when something isn’t working

✓ A small group learning alongside you

✓ A reason to keep picking up your guitar

✓ A foundation you can continue building on after the course

Sometimes the hardest part of learning guitar isn’t learning another chord.

It’s keeping going.

A little structure, a little accountability, good guidance and a group to learn with can make a huge difference.

Ready to Restart?

If you’ve been saying “I really should start playing guitar again” — this is your opportunity.

Bring your guitar, meet some other people who want to play, and let’s get started.

🎸 Restart Guitar – 5-Week Course

📍 Lara Community Centre

🗓 Starts Tuesday 20 October

⏰ 7:30–8:30 pm

💰 $130 for all 5 weeks

👥 Small group

Stop starting over. Start playing.

This course is designed for adult beginners and returning guitarists who want to stop feeling stuck and start making real progress.

If you’ve tried learning from YouTube, know a few chords but don’t know what to practice next, or simply want a clearer path forward you’ll fit right in.

You don’t need to read music or know music theory. Just bring your guitar and a desire to play.