Chris Hall Guitar
Guitarist playing acoustic with directional studio light

Guitar tuition · Raskelf & Online

Twenty-five years on six strings. From Abbey Road to your front room.

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The story so far

Twenty-five years ago I picked up a guitar and never quite put it down.

I trained at BIMM Brighton in partnership with the University of Sussex, then spent the next decade on tour as the guitarist for Fickle Friends — recording at Abbey Road and NRG, contributing to a UK Top 10 album, and playing everywhere from Reading & Leeds to South by Southwest.

Now I teach. Same instrument, different stage. Whether you're seven years in or seven minutes in, the goal is the same — to make playing feel like the most natural thing in the world.

25+
Years playing
A career in chapters
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2014 — Brighton

BIMM

Trained at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music in partnership with the University of Sussex. Where the technical foundation was laid.

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Performer on stage in coloured smoke

2016 onwards — On the road

Fickle Friends

Eight years touring as the band's guitarist. UK headlines, festivals across Europe, opening for The Kooks. SXSW, Reading & Leeds, BBC Radio 1 in heavy rotation.

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Vintage Les Paul guitars hung on a studio wall

March 2018 — UK Top 10

On record

Contributed to a UK Top 10 album that peaked at No. 9. Recorded at Abbey Road in London and NRG Studios in Los Angeles, working with major-label producers and engineers.

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Festival crowd at sunset

Now — Raskelf & online

Teaching

Back in North Yorkshire, where it all began. Real-world experience, taught one-to-one from my Raskelf studio — or online, anywhere in the world. Indie, pop, rock, alternative — whatever you want to learn, however far you want to go.

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Everystudentisdifferent.Everylessonshouldbetoo.Myjobistomeetyouwhereyouare—andtakeyousomewherenew.

Chris Hall

What we'll work on

Built around you.

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First chord to first gig

If you've never picked one up, we'll start at the very beginning — chords, rhythm, the songs you actually want to play. No grading, no exams. Just music.

Vintage blue Stratocaster
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Technique & theory

Scales, modes, voicings, fingerstyle, hybrid picking. We'll demystify the bits that look intimidating on paper.

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Studio & stage

Mic'ing up, recording at home, playing to clicks, in-ears, stage craft. The professional toolkit, taught by someone who's used it.

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Songwriting & arrangement

Turning ideas into songs. Structure, hooks, arrangement choices that make a track land — drawn from a decade of writing for a working band.

From the people learning

In their words.

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Chris completely changed the way I think about playing. Six months in and I'm doing things I never thought I could.

Student

Intermediate · 6 months

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Patient, encouraging, and brilliant at meeting you exactly where you are. My kid actually asks to practise now.

Parent

Beginner · 1 year

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I'd been stuck for years. Two lessons in, Chris had me hearing chord shapes I'd been missing the whole time.

Student

Advanced · 2 years

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The mix of real industry experience and proper teaching chops is rare. He's the real deal.

Student

Intermediate · 3 months

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I came in wanting to play one specific song. He used it to teach me half a dozen techniques I didn't know I needed.

Student

Beginner · 4 months

Placeholder quotes — your real testimonials drop straight in.

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Ready when you are

Begin.

Drop me a line. We'll talk about where you are, where you want to go, and book your first lesson.

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