For more than a year I have been teaching a number of my guitar students the Rockschool guitar grades.

Earlier this month I received the absolutely brilliant news that the first of my students to take an exam, Nikil John, received a merit at Grade Four level.

Nikil has not been playing guitar long at all but is so good he by-passed the earlier grades and went straight for his Grade Four.

A massive well done to Nikil, a highly talented player who has worked exceptionally hard and deserves every bit of his success. Much more success will follow for this young man who is just 17 years of age.

Nikil aims to take his Grade 5 in July and I have a number of other students at different grade levels who will be doing their first exams that month.

Happy guitar playing,

John