How did George Harrison learn to play the guitar?

Kieran McGovern
The Beatles FAQ
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4 min readJun 14, 2020

A painful struggle with a ‘cheapo, a horrible little guitar’

The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys (later the Institute of Art)

The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys offered a course in music. To George Harrison’s disappointment, this did not cover either guitars or rock and roll. He did not partake — a statement that could have been applied generally to his secondary education. Most classroom time he spent drawing his favourite guitars.

Kieran McGovern
The Beatles FAQ

Author. Write here about growing up in an Irish family in west London. Plus Beatles FAQ & Brief Lives - tales about writers, musicians & other reprobates