by Glen McCarthy | Feb 1, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
A Day in the Life – Our First Gig Today is our first gig! We are performing for the Kansas Regional Teachers of the Year. Just last year, I was a part of that group- and boy what an experience that was. As a local teacher of the year in Kansas you are afforded the...
by Glen McCarthy | Jan 30, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
When should we introduce the theory behind identifying the notes in a chord & behind moveable chords? Unlike those who deal with “theoretical physics”, in guitar class we deal with practical, not “theoretical”, chords. As soon as students have a reasonable grasp...
by Glen McCarthy | Jan 28, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
A Day in the Life – First Chord Test This last week was our first chord test in guitar class. I kind of follow the teaching sequence lined out in our text (Essential Elements for Guitar) in introducing easy C and G7 and then adding D7. I move pretty quickly from easy...
by Glen McCarthy | Jan 20, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks
A Day in the Life – Folk Song Revelation Most of the time, we get to the folk songs that are in our Essential Elements for guitar books, and I think, “There is no way the kids are going to like this song”, so many times I gravitate to the more rock oriented tunes....
by Glen McCarthy | Jan 16, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks
A Day in the Life – An Ode to Week Two Week two in guitar class we concentrated pretty heavily on notation on strings one and two. Most all of my students learned the notes B,C,D,E,F, and G in sixth grade with their introduction to guitar. So theoretically this is...
