by Glen McCarthy | Dec 9, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized, Videos
You’ve seen Rob Pethel’s videos on how to teach Barre Chords, now how do you make it musical for your students? We put some song recommendations together for you and your classroom guitar program that involve barre chords, mixing open and barre chords, and...
by Glen McCarthy | Dec 3, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again: Everyone is busy shopping and making plans for the holidays. Meanwhile, you forgot to plan out some holiday songs for your guitar class! Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered with 5 songs that are easy to learn and teach....
by Glen McCarthy | Dec 1, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Part of my responsibility as the Guitar Task Force Chair in Clark County is to pay attention to the challenges that guitar teachers are facing. Currently, 60% of our classroom guitar teachers do not play the guitar or did not play the guitar before teaching their...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 19, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Batman’s utility belt had all sorts of little gadgets that helped him save the world. There were bat cables, bat ropes…even bat-shark repellent (think Adam West). Well, what happens when disaster strikes your guitar class? Keeping your guitar class running...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 15, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks
The other day we published a piece by Bill Swick about the benefits of classroom guitar ensembles. Ensembles build teamwork, musicality, open opportunities for performances and helps the class bond. Beyond why ensembles are great Suzanne Shull had advice on how to...
by Glen McCarthy | Nov 10, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Videos
In these videos TGW Clinician, Rob Pethel takes us through finding the bass note, power chords, major chords, and barre chords. These videos can easily be turned into 6 weeks of lesson plans. Add a song or two and you’re golden! Bassline Scavenger Hunt A great...
