by Glen McCarthy | May 28, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
The only way to get better on the guitar is to practice. One advantage to having students play guitar in school is that there is a set time built into their schedule for playing guitar every day. As their instructor though, I am wanting more. I want to take these...
by Glen McCarthy | May 21, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Your student could be playing a 99-cent store kazoo, a classical guitar or a Stradivarius. Getting up to play an instrument in front of an audience is nothing like jamming out in at home or even in class. So, as a teacher, how do ease the anxiety that often keeps good...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
“The (Teaching Guitar Workshops) caused me to see guitar education in a whole different way. I now teach several high school guitar classes.” Name: Stacey Rubach School: Osbourn High School, Manassas, Virginia Guitar Students: 82 Teaching Guitar Workshops:...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“There needed to be an option for kids that didn’t want to take a performance class. We started the class the first year with about 45 kids and next year we will be at 91.” Name: Don Furness School: Redmond Middle School, Redmond, Washington Guitar...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Watching the students grow. Most enter the semester with little to no musical experience. By the time they leave, they have the skills to be life-long appreciators and makers of music! That is what is so captivating about the guitar. Unlike a saxophone or a trumpet,...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“When I had the chance to teach at 4-5 grade level I chose to use guitar as the teaching device/instrument. Its combination of note playing and chord playing is what caused me to use it.” Name: Leon Enneking School: Batesville Middle School, Batesville,...
