by Glen McCarthy | Oct 28, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Rob Pethel Warm Up Video In this video Rob Pethel demonstrates a warm up pattern for playing a major scale on a single string. Other benefits: • The scale pattern is the same on all six strings, so students will hear/play five major scales (and E major in twice)! •...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 21, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Being a classroom guitar teacher is a great! You get to play music, think music, and breathe music, but the day-to-day can be challenging. Fortunately, when you are trying to motivate and help a classroom full of kids become a classroom full of awesome guitarists, you...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 21, 2014 | News, Tips + Tricks
The internet is great for so many things, but its also where you find the weirdest stuff! Check out these guitar legends playing giant slugs courtesy of Slug Solos Jimi Slugdrix Jimi Hendrix + Slug – http://slugsolos.tumblr.com/ Purple slime or is it my...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 14, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Tough kids, bullies, trouble makers, at-risk kids. We’ve all heard these names before and every teacher teacher has their horror story. However, year after year our teachers tell us that classroom guitar both attracts at-risk kids and is effective in turning...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 14, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Students, turn on your devices! Does that sound counterintuitive or unproductive? You normally tell your students to turn their devices off in your class, so that they can focus. What if their devices made them focus on music more?!?!? Here are 6 apps you can use to...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 10, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Stories, Tips + Tricks
An Interview with Suzanne D’Addario Brouder, Director of the D’Addario Foundation Teaching Guitar Workshops – What’s the mission of the D’Addario Foundation? Suzanne D’Addario Brouder – The primary mission of the D’Addario...
