by Glen McCarthy | Jul 8, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
Some electric guitars have an apparatus called a string lock or lock down nut; this is a metal clip that screws into the guitar with allen wrenches to lock down all six strings at the nut of the guitar. The locking nut keeps strings from going out of tune when using a...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 1, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
It is important to learn every student’s name as quickly as possible. It is helpful to use assigned seating and have a seating chart. At the beginning of the school year, new students test the waters knowing there is a period of anonymity. It is most important to...
by Glen McCarthy | Jun 24, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News
Based in Helsinki, Finland, Musopia Ltd is a mobile app development firm dedicated to creating fresh and innovative music apps. The name of the company, Musopia, comes from the words Music + Utopia. Founded in 2011, Musopia is an iOS developer company, the founders of...
by Glen McCarthy | Jun 24, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Tips + Tricks
eMedia Music Corp. will release three new titles in the Guitar Lab line of guitar instruction DVDs in June 2013. The 50 Blues Rhythms You Must Know, 50 Jazz-Blues Licks You Must Know, and 50 Bass Grooves You Must Know DVDs will be in stores June 18, 2013. The 50 Blues...
by Glen McCarthy | Jun 24, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
In the course of becoming musicians, we develop “fingers that play.” There are guitar (fretboard or string) fingers, keyboard fingers, woodwind fingers, brass fingers, and percussion fingers. Students who develop “fingers that play” have opened a lifelong doorway to...
by Glen McCarthy | Jun 24, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
Keep a nail clipper in your guitar case, it is impossible to get a good tone if the left hand nails are not kept short. When you evaluate a student’s tone, observe the left hand nail length, and make sure a nail clipper is available for students to use in the class if...
