by Glen McCarthy | Aug 6, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
Should my guitar be resting on my left or right leg? or is it just personal preference? Try this. 1. Use your right leg for folk/jazz style sitting position. 2. For classic position, use your left leg. 3. Petite player might use the left leg crossed over right, guitar...
by Glen McCarthy | Aug 6, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks
If a student by nature demonstrates poor left or right hand technique, that poor technique will become permanent if not fixed from the beginning. Teaching proper left and right hand technique from the beginning is extremely important. Far too many teachers ignore poor...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 31, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
Teaching Scales Please discuss how you approach teaching scales? Which are priority? Here are a few ideas. 1. Guitarists think in moveable patterns rather than specific chromatic notes. Guitar is great in that way. 2. If you’re going to teach a couple of scales:...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 31, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
Assign parts of the Ensemble based on skill level and difficulty. For students who have a very difficult time with note reading, practice using the “first note option”. The goal of the “first note option” is to train the young note reader to follow in the music and...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 31, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
The guitar is essential to the music of many cultures. Put together a library of different styles multi-cultural music that you can play for your class; this will help them to understand the wide range the instrument possess outside of rock and pop music, such as...
