by Glen McCarthy | Nov 26, 2012 | Gear
RKS, an award winning Southern Californian design firm that created its own unique and highly regarded line of guitars in 2002, launches D&A Guitar Gear, reinventing the business of guitar accessories. RKS started with a simple question: “Why can’t there be guitar...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 16, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
What I Have Learned About Teaching Beginning Guitar in the Classroom by Bill Swick Lesson 1 The more students there are in the class, the slower the pace, the more times it is necessary to repeat things, and modeling and classroom practice become of the utmost...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 14, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
Tuner or not, students must listen. How do you teach pitch perception? This is definitely one of the most challenging things to teach…and learn! In my rookie days , I felt teaching tuning was the primary objective, but I soon realized that not everyone is ready...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 14, 2012 | Gear
Seattle, WA – November 13, 2012. eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world’s best-selling series of music tutorial software, announces the North American release of EarMaster Pro 6 through its partnership with EarMaster ApS of Denmark. The new version adds...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 12, 2012 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
It’s a tall order to get a non-musical substitute teacher to motivate the class to play. But there is plenty of non-playing work that can be done to teach your students about guitar and help them love the guitar even more. I like to keep a collection of guitar...
