by Glen McCarthy | Apr 15, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
You’ve just been told to teach guitar and you quickly google, How many strings on a guitar?!! Sound like you? Whether you’re a newbie getting thrown into the pool sink-or-swim style or a classroom veteran check out these do’s and don’ts for new...
by Glen McCarthy | Apr 15, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
1. Tell us about your Guitar Teaching Experience? Guitar has always been my primary instrument, but schools rarely advertise an opening for a “guitar teacher”. After graduating with a degree in music education, I saw a posting for a chorus teacher at a...
by Glen McCarthy | Apr 9, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Budgets stink and worse, they’re never big enough – especially if you’re trying to run a classroom guitar program. Luckily, you have options. There are tons of free tools out there from videos that will teach you guitar, to instructions on how to...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 30, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
I never slept through the night when I was in high school. Fortunately, I had some terrible classes – where I caught up on my sleep -, so that I could be wide awake for my great teachers! All over the world their are great teachers...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 26, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Tell us about your classroom guitar experience. I have been teaching guitar for 21 years at the same school. I even did my internship at this same school! My day consists of 3 Guitar I classes, 2 Guitar II, and 1 Guitar III/IV. All told that equals 186 students....
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 26, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Briefly describe one or more of your guitar teaching jobs. I taught middle school guitar for 13 years. I taught a 3 level program with 5 classes daily (2 beginning, 2 intermediate and 1 advanced). Each class had 25-40 students. I have also taught beginning guitar at...
