Teaching and performance repertoire
As a Guitar Teacher, people often ask me what kind of music I play – there is no short answer! Below is a list of the music that I have learned myself or taught to my pupils. I’m not saying that I can play them all from memory – of course I can’t. But, if you book a lesson, I can teach you any of them.
The list is not exhaustive and new repertoire is learned regularly. If you have something you would like to learn that is not on the list, I’m happy to teach it to you at your next lesson – just ask! What is missing from the list? What should I learn next?
Although I predominantly play rock music nowadays, I am classically trained and LOVE classical guitar music! There is some incredibly beautiful music to be found, even if you think you ‘don’t like classical’. You really have to learn to read standard music notation to play classical guitar, as you just miss too much if you try to play it from TAB. At some point in your guitar journey, you will probably decide to have a crack at some classical pieces. Hopefully, that point is now!
Popular music
A-E
4 NON BLONDES
What’s Up
THE 5,6,7,8?S
Woo Hoo
AC/DC
Back In Black
Highway To Hell
Thunderstruck
ADAMS, BRYAN
Summer Of ’69
ADAMS, RYAN
Two
ADELE
Someone Like You
ALIEN ANT FARM
Smooth Criminal
AMERICA
A Horse With No Name
THE ANIMALS
House Of The Rising Sun
ARCTIC MONKEYS
A Certain Romance
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
When The Sun Goes Down
BABYBIRD
You’re Gorgeous
BAILEY RAE, CORRINE
Like A Star
Breathless
THE BEATLES
Across The Universe
A Day in the Life
A Hard Days Night
All My Loving
All You Need Is Love
And I Love Her
Anna (Go To Him)
Baby’s In Black
Back In The USSR
The Ballad Of John & Yoko
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
Birthday
Blackbird
Can’t Buy Me Love
Come Together
Cry Baby Cry
Day Tripper
Dear Prudence
Dig A Pony
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Don’t Let Me Down
Drive My Car
Eight Days A Week
Eleanor Rigby
From Me To You
Get back
Getting Better
Got To Get You Into My Life
Help!
Hello Goodbye
Helter Skelter
Here Comes The Sun
Here, There And Everywhere
Her Majesty
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Hey Jude
I Am The Walrus
I Call your Name
I Feel Fine
If I Fell
If I Needed Someone
I’m A Loser
I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
I’m Looking Through You
In My Life
I Saw Her Standing there
I Should Have Known Better
It Won’t Be Long
I’ve Got A Feeling
I’ve Just Seen A Face
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Julia
Kansas City
Let It Be
Lady Madonna
I Will
Long Tall Sally
Love me Do
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Michelle
No Reply
Norwegian Wood
Nowhere Man
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Octopus’s Garden
Paperback Writer
Please Mr. Postman
Please Please Me
Revolution
Rock And Roll Music
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band (Reprise)
She Loves You
She’s A Woman
Something
Taxman
The Night Before
Things we Said Today
This Boy
Ticket To Ride
Till There Was You
Twist And Shout
Two Of Us
We Can Work It Out
When I’m Sixty Four
With A Little Help From My Friends
We Can Work It Out
Yellow Submarine
Yesterday
You Can’t Do That
You Like Me Too Much
You’re Going To Lose That Girl
You’ve got To Hide Your love Away
THE BEASTIE BOYS
Fight For Your Right
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
Don’t Marry Her
BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH
When The Night Feels My Song
BEE GEES
How Deep Is Your Love
BELLE & SEBASTIAN
I Fought In A War
BERRY, CHUCK
Johnny B Goode
Roll Over Beethoven
Sweet Little Sixteen
THE BLACK KEYS
Lonely Boy
Thickfreakness
Gold On The Ceiling
BLACK SABBATH
Iron Man
Paranoid
War Pigs
BLINK 182
All The Small Things
BLONDIE
One Way Or Another
BLUNT, JAMES
You’re Beautiful
BLUR
Beetlebum
Coffee & TV
Country Sad Ballad Man
Parklife
Song 2
BON JOVI
Blaze Of Glory
Wanted Dead Or Alive
You Give Love A Bad Name
BOWIE, DAVID
Jean Genie
Rebel Rebel
Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide
Space Oddity
Starman
Ziggy Stardust
BRAGG, BILLY
A New England
BRANCH, MICHELLE
Goodbye To you
BUCKINGHAM, LINDSEY
Big Love
BUCKLEY, JEFF
Hallelujah
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
For What It’s Worth
THE BUZZCOCKS
Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)
CAMPBELL, GLEN
Galveston
Wichita Lineman
CASH, JOHNNY
Folsom Prison Blues
Hurt
I Walk The Line
Personal Jesus
CASSIDY, EVA
Fields Of Gold
Over The Rainbow
Time After Time
What A Wonderful World
CAST:
Live The Dream
CHAPMAN, TRACY:
Baby Can I Hold You
Fast Car
For My Lover
For You
Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution
CHARLES, RAY:
Hit the Road Jack
CHERRY, EAGLE EYE
Save Tonight
COCHRAN, EDDIE
Strollin’ Guitar
COHEN, LEONARD
Famous Blue Raincoat
Hallelujah
Suzanne
COHN, MARC
Walking In Memphis
THE COMMODORES
Easy
THE CLASH
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
CLAPTON, ERIC
Before You Accuse Me
Change the World
Cocaine
Signe
Tears In Heaven
Wonderful Tonight
COLDPLAY
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Green Eyes
Coldplay
Sparks
Spies
The Scientist
Yellow
THE CONNELLS
’74-’75
THE CORAL
Dreaming Of You
CORNERSHOP
Brimful Of Asha
COUNTING CROWS
Mr. Jones
THE CRANBERRIES
Zombie
CREAM
Badge
Crossroads
Sunshine Of Your Love
White Room
CROSBY, BING
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
CROW, SHERYL
If It Makes You Happy
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Bad Moon rising
Proud Mary
CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
Guinnevere
Helplessly Hoping
Lady Of The Island
CROWDED HOUSE
Don’t Dream It’s Over
Fall At Your Feet
It’s Only Natural
Weather With You
THE CURE
Just Like Heaven
DALE, DICK
Misirlou
DANDY WARHOLS
Bohemian Like You
Get Off
THE DARKNESS
Growing On Me
I Believe In A Thing Called Love
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
I Will Follow You Into The Dark
DEEP PURPLE
Smoke On The Water
DEL AMITRI
Nothing Ever Happens
DENVER, JOHN
Annie’s Song
Take Me Home Country Roads
DIRE STRAITS
Brothers In Arms
Romeo & Juliet
Sultans Of Swing
DONOVAN
Catch The Wind
Colours
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
Listen to The Music
Long Train Running
THE DOORS
Break On Through
Crawling King Snake
Hello, I Love You
Light My Fire
Love Her Madly
Love Me Two Times
People Are Strange
Roadhouse Blues
DRAKE, NICK
Black Eyed Dog
Cello song
Hazey Jane I
River Man
Things Behind The Sun
Time Has Told Me
Time Of No Reply
DYLAN, BOB
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
All Along The Watchtower
Blowin’ In The Wind
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
Hurricane
Just Like A Woman
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Like A Rolling Stone
Moonshiner
Mr. Tambourine Man
Tangled Up In Blue
The Times The Are A-Changin’
THE EAGLES
Hotel California
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
Nothing Lasts Forever
EDDY, DUANE
Peter Gunn Theme
EXTREME
More Than Words
F-O
FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION
Perfect
FALL OUT BOY
Beat It
FEEDER
Buck Rogers
FLACK, ROBERTA
Killing Me Softly
FLEETWOOD MAC
Dr. Brown
Man Of The World
Need Your Love So Bad
FOO FIGHTERS
All My Life
Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners
Long Road To Ruin
Next Year
Razor
Stranger Things Have Happened
The Pretender
Times Like These
Tired Of You
Walking After You
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE
Stacy’s Mom
FRANKLIN, ARETHA
I Say A Little Prayer
FRANZ FERDINAND
Take Me Out
THE FRATELLIS
Chelsea Dagger
Whistle For The Choir
FREE
All Right Now
THE FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS
Scooby Snacks
THE GO BETWEENS
Streets Of Your Town
GOMEZ
Whippin’ Piccadilly
GNARLS BARKLEY
Crazy
GRAY, DAVID
Babylon
Sail Away
GRAY, MACY
I Try
GREEN, AL
Let’s Stay Together
GREEN DAY
American Idiot
Basket Case
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
GUNS ‘N’ ROSES
Paradise City
Patience
Sweet Child ‘O Mine
GUTHRIE, ARLO
Coming In To Los Angeles
GUTHRIE, WOODY
This Land Is Your Land
HARPER, ROY
Don’t You Grieve
How Does It Feel?
HARRISON, GEORGE
My Sweet Lord
HAVENS, RICHIE
Freedom
HAWLEY, RICHARD
Tonight The Streets Are Ours
HENDRIX, JIMI
Angel
Castles Made Of Sand
Foxy Lady
Hey Joe
Little Wing
Manic Depression
Purple Haze
IDOL, BILLY
White Wedding
ISAAK, CHRIS
Wicked Game
IMBRUGLIA, NATALIE
Torn
IVER, BON
Skinny Love
THE JAM
English Rose
That’s Entertainment
JAMIROQUAI
Cosmic Girl
JET
Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE
Move On
JOHN, ELTON
Your Song
JOHNSON, JACK
Banana Pancakes
Belle
Better Together
Do You Remember
Flake
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Situations
Taylor
JOHNSON, ROBERT
Sweet Home Chicago
They’re Red Hot
JONES, NORAH
Cold Cold Heart
Come Away With Me
Don’t Know Why
Wish I Could
JOY DIVISION
Love Will Tear Us Apart
KAISER CHIEFS
I Predict A Riot
KASABIAN
Fire
THE KILLERS
All These Things That I’ve Done
Andy, You’re A Star
Mr Brightside
KING, B.B
The Thrill Is Gone
KING, BEN E:
Stand By Me
KING, CAROLE
It’s Too Late
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
You’ve Got A Friend
KINGS OF LEON
Molly’s Chambers
Sex On Fire
Use Somebody
THE KINKS
All Day And All of the Night
Sunny Afternoon
Tired Of Waiting For You
Waterloo Sunset
You Really Got Me
THE KOOKS
All Over Town
Naive
Ooh La
She Moves In Her Own Way
KRAVITZ, LENNY
Always On The Run
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Fly Away
LANG, K.D
Constant Craving
THE LAS
There She Goes
LAUPER, CYNDI
Time After Time
LEE, AMOS
Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight
LED ZEPPELIN
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
Black Dog
Friends
Gallows Pole
Going To California
Moby Dick
Over The Hills And Far Away
The Rain Song
Tangerine
Thank You
Whole Lotta Love
Stairway To Heaven
THE LEMONHEADS
Into Your Arms
Mrs Robinson
LENNON, JOHN
Beautiful Boy
Crippled Inside
Gimme Some Truth
Give Peace A Chance
Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Imagine
Instant Karma
Jealous Guy
Just Like starting Over
Oh My Love
Woman
Working Class Hero
THE LEVELLERS
What A Beautiful Day
THE LIBERTINES
Don’t Look Back Into The Sun
LISA LOEB & NINE STORIES
Stay (I Missed You)
LYNNRD SKYNNRD
Sweet Home Alabama
MACCOLL, KIRSTY
A New England
MADNESS
Baggy Trousers
MADONNA
Like A Prayer
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
Love Me Like You
THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS
California Dreamin’
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
A Design For Life
Motorcycle Emptiness
You Stole the Sun From My Heart
MARLEY, BOB
I Shot The Sheriff
No Woman No Cry
One Love
Redemption Song
Waiting In Vain
MAROON 5
She Will Be Loved
MARTYN, JOHN
May You Never
MAYER, JOHN
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
Your Body Is A Wonderland
MCCLEAN, DON
American Pie
Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
MCLACHLAN, SARAH
Building A Mystery
MCTELL, RALPH
Streets of London
METALLICA
Enter Sandman
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Nothing Else Matters
One
MICHAEL, GEORGE
Faith
MITCHELL, JONI
Both Sides Now
THE MONKEES
Daydream Believer
I’m A Believer
MORISETTE, ALANIS
Ironic
MORRISON, VAN
Brown Eyed Girl
Into The Mystic
Moondance
MRAZ, JASON
I’m Yours
MUMFORD & SONS
Little Lion Man
MUSE
Plug In Baby
Time Is Running Out
Unintended
NASH, JOHNNY
I Can See Clearly Now
NASH, KATE
Foundations
NICKLEBACK
How You Remind Me
NILLSON, HARRY
Everybody’s Talking
NIRVANA
About A Girl
Come As You Are
Lithium
Polly
Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Man Who Sold The World
OASIS
Acquiesce
Cast No Shadow
Champagne Supernova
Cigarettes & Alchohol
Don’t Look Back In Anger
Half The World Away
Live Forever
Married With Children
She’s Electric
Slide Away
Some Might Say
Supersonic
Wonderwall
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE
The Day We Caught The Train
THE OFFSPRING
Pretty Fly For A White Guy
ORBISON, ROY
Oh, Pretty Woman
ORPETH
Windowpane
P-Z
PARTON, DOLLY
Jolene
PEARL JAM
Alive
Black
Dissident
PETTY, TOM
Refugee
Learning To Fly
PINK FLOYD
Breathe
Breathe (Reprise)
Fat Old Sun
In The Flesh?
Is There Anybody Out There?
Mother
Wish You Were Here
PIXIES
Here Comes Your Man
Monkey Gone to Heaven
THE POGUES & KIRSTY MACCOLL
Fairytale Of New York
THE POLICE
Every Breath You Take
Message In A Bottle
Roxanne
Walking On The Moon
POP, IGGY
The Passenger
PICKETT, WILSON
Mustang Sally
PRESIDENTS OF THE USA
Peaches
PRESLEY, ELVIS
Blue Moon
PRINCE
Nothing Compares 2 U
THE PROCLAIMERS
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
PROCOL HARUM
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
PULP
Common People
QUEEN
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Fat Bottomed Girls
Tie Your Mother down
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
No One Knows
RADIOHEAD
Creep
Fake Plastic Trees
High And Dry
Karma Police
No Surprises
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Bombtrack
Fistful Of Steel
Killing In The Name
RAZORLIGHT
Golden Touch
REA, CHRIS
Driving Home For Christmas
OTIS REDDING
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
By The Way
Californication
Road Trippin’
Snow (Hey Oh)
Under The Bridge
Scar Tissue
REEF
Place Your Hands
REM
Everybody Hurts
Losing My Religion
The One I Love
RICE, DAMIEN
Amie
The Blowers Daughter
Cannonball
Delicate
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
Unchained Melody
THE ROLLING STONES
Angie
Brown Sugar
Get Off Of My Cloud
Gimme Shelter
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Midnight Rambler
Paint It, Black
Sympathy For The Devil
Tumbling Dice
Wild Horses
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS
Wooly Bully
SANTANA
Black Magic Woman
SCISSOR SISTERS
Take Your Mama
SCORPIONS
Wind Of Change
THE SEX PISTOLS
I Wanna Be Me
THE SHADOWS
Apache
SHEERAN, ED
This
SIMON & GARFUNKEL
A Hazy Shade Of Winter
America
April
The Boxer
For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
Homeward Bound
I Am A Rock
Kathy’s Song
Mrs. Robinson
The Only Living Boy In New York
Scarborough Fair/Canticle
The Sound Of Silence
SIMON, PAUL
Me And Julio Down By The School Yard
Slip Slidin’ Away
SLADE
Cum On Feel The Noize
SLEDGE, PERCY
When A Man Loves A Woman
SMITH, ELLIOT
Angel In The Snow
Between The Bars
Waltz #2 (XO)
THE SMITHS
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
This Charming Man
SNOW PATROL
Chasing Cars
Run
SOUL ASYLUM
Runaway Train
SOUNDGARDEN
Black Hole Sun
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
Keep On Runnin’
SPRINGFIELD, DUSTY
Son Of A Preacher Man
SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE
Born To Run
Dancing In the Dark
STATUS QUO
Rockin’ All Over The World
STEALERS WHEEL
Stuck In The Middle With You
STEPPENWOLF
Born To Be Wild
STEREOPHONICS
Dakota
Have A Nice Day
Just Looking
Pick A Part That’s New
Traffic
STEVENS, CAT
Father & Son
Hard Headed Woman
Peace Train
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Where Do The Children Play?
The Wind
Wild World
STEWART, ROD
Maggie May
STING
Fields Of Gold
THE STROKES
Last Night
SUEDE
Trash
SUGAR
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
SUGAR RAY
Every Morning
SUPERGRASS
Going Out
Pumpin’ On The Stereo
Richard III
SUPERTRAMP
Give A Little Bit
SURVIVOR
Eye Of The Tiger
TAYLOR, JAMES
You’ve Got A Friend
THIN LIZZY
Whisky In The Jar
TRAIN
Hey Soul Sister
TRAVIS
All I Want To Do Is Rock
Baby One More Time
Driftwood
Flowers In The Window
Sing
Turn
Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
THE TROGGS
Wild Thing
TUNSTALL, KT
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Other Side Of the World
Universe & U
TYLER, BONNIE
It’s A Heartache
U2
All I Want Is You
Desire
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
One
Pride
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Vertigo
Where The Streets Have No Name
THE UNDERTONES
Teenage Kicks
THE VAPOURS
Turning Japanese
THE VERVE
Lucky Man
Sonnet
The Drugs Don’t Work
THE WANNADIES
You & Me Song
WARWICK, DIONNE
Walk On By
WELLER, PAUL
Broken Stones
Wild Wood
You Do Something To Me
WHEATUS
Teenage Dirtbag
THE WHITE STRIPES
Black Math
Fell In Love With A Girl
Hotel Yorba
I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
In The Cold Cold Night
The Hardest Button To Button
Seven Nation Army
THE WHO
Behind Blue Eyes
My Generation
Pinball Wizard
Substitute
WILLIAMS, ROBBIE
Angels
Better Man
WITHERS, BILL
Ain’t No Sunshine
Lean On Me
WONDER, STEVIE
For Once In My Life
Lately
Sir Duke
Superstition
YOUNG, NEIL
After The Goldrush
Harvest Moon
Heart Of Gold
Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World
Like A Hurricane
Old Man – Neil Young
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
The Needle And The Damage Done
THE ZOMBIES
She’s Not There
THE ZUTONS
Valerie
Classical music
Early music/renaissance
ANON
Greensleeves
Packington’s Pound
Pavane
Chanson
DOWLAND, J
Melancholy Galliard
Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard
A Fancy
My Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe
NARVAEZ, L
Cancion Del Emperador
Baroque
BACH, J.S
Lute Suite in Em BWV 996 (Bouree, Allemande)
The Well Tempered Clavier BWV 846 (Prelude No. 1)
LOGY, J.A
Gigue
JELINEK, I
Bourree
NEUSIDLER, H
Tanz
PACHELBEL, J
Canon In D
SANZ, G
Villanos
Folias
Canarios
SCARLATTI, D
SUSATO, T
Allemande
Classical romantic
ANON
Romanza
AGUADO, D
Leccion
ATTWOOD, T
Sonatina
BEETHOVEN, L
Ode To Joy
BRAHMS, J
Lullaby
CARCASSI, M
Op 10 (No. 6)
Opus 21 (No.12)
Op. 60 (No’s 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 14, 19, 23)
GIULIANI, M
Opus 48 (No’s 1, 2, 3, 5,19)
Opus 50 (No’s 12, 13)
Opus 51 (No. 2)
MERTZ, J.K
Adagio
PAGANINI
Nrand Sonata (Romanze)
SATIE, E
Gymnopedie No. 1
SOR, F
Op. 31 (Nos 1, 3, 5, 14)
Op. 35 (Nos 1, 2, 18)
Op. 44 (Nos 2, 14)
Op. 51 (No. 1)
Op. 60 (Nos 10, 12, 22)
Allegro Study in C
Minuet In C
TARREGA, F
Adelita
Capricho Arabe
Lagrima
Maria
Marieta
Recuerdos De La Alhambra
Sueno
20th/21st Century
ALBENIZ, I
Asturias
Granada
Zambra Granadina
ANON
Andalucia
El Vito
Granadina
Zapateado
BIBERIAN, G
Mexico – 18th September, 1985
BROUWER, L
Canticum
Berceuse
Etudes Simples (No’s 1-6)
Danza Del Altiplano
DOWNS, C
A Little Russian Tale
FERRER, J
Charme De La Nuit
Vals In Em
KENYON, S
Free-wheeling
LEIGHTON, K
Lament
LINDSEY-CLARK, L
Five Pictures Of Sark (Cycles In The Avenue, La Moinerie)
Oloroso
Steely Blue
PEARSON, R
Malaguena
Granadinas
PONCE, M
Prelude In Dm
RAK, S
Conversation
RIERA, R
Valse
Monotonia
TOMMIS, C
The Dangers Of Poking Holes In Ice
VILLA LOBOS, H
5 Preludes
Mazurka-Choro
Valsa Choro
Etude Nos 8, 11
Christmas, festive and other
Festive
Auld Lang Syne
Away In A Manger
Deck The Halls
Ding Dong Merrily On High
Driving Home For Christmas (Chris Rea)
Good King Wenceslas
I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Bing Crosby)
In The Bleak Midwinter
Jingle Bells
O Come All Ye Faithful
Silent Night
We Three Kings
TV/Movie themes
Batman – 70s TV series
I Wanna Be Like You – The Jungle Book
James Bond Theme – John Barry/Monty Norman
Jazz repertoire
By song title:
All Of Me (Simons/Marks)
Autumn Leaves (Prevert/Kosma)
Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton)
Fly Me To The Moon (Howard, Bart)
The Girl From Ipanema (Jobim/Moraes)
Summertime (Gershwin)
Take Five –(Dave Brubeck)
Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)
What A Wonderful World (Weiss/Thiele)