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Using the Fretboard Editor with Finale 2014
With the introduction of Finale 2004 a new chord feature, the Fretboard Editor, was made available that greatly simplified creating custom guitar fretboards. As a Guitar Educator you can use this feature to design custom elements for your guitar classroom quizzes...
5 Mistakes Beginner Guitarists Make
Mistake #1: Not Developing your Calluses It doesn’t matter how much natural talent you may have; if you don’t practice consistently enough to develop your calluses, playing will never feel easier. (And pain, as we all know, is a natural deterrent.) Fix: Try to play...
To Play or To Practice? (Part 2)
While questioning my motives for using a practice sheet in class, I set out to see what other music teachers did when it came to requiring their students to practice at home. I spoke with the band director who was also trying “something new” when it came to weekly...
Teach: Eric Clapton
Img: Incase You don’t have to be a guitar player or buff to know the name Eric Clapton. This Englishman solidified his status early on as one of the greatest guitar players of all-time, and he’s still active today. Though the blues were his inspiration, Clapton...
Teach Folk, 1-2-3: From John Fahey to Fleet Foxes
Img: Kejoli Do your students know about finger picking master John Fahey? Probably not. Are they familiar with Fleet Foxes? Probably. Whether or not they’re conscious of it, they do know something about folk. And a great way to cover folk in class is to teach both...
Beginner Guitar: 8 Essential Tools
1. A Guitar Book Today students can search video after video of guitar instruction and piece together a decent intro. But there’s nothing like a single book with a table of contents and established expertise to get you answers when you need them. Here’s one that...
6 Apps for Music Teachers
Img - MattsMacintosh Coming up with new and exciting ways to deliver lessons is part of your job as a music teacher. But even the most innovative teachers occasionally get bored of their own material, or simply run out of time. Don’t worry; there’s an app for that!...
5 Tips to Better Manage your Classroom
No matter how much time, effort and passion you put in, sometimes a class just gets away from you. The variables are many, and there’s no way to anticipate every issue before arises. But you can get more out of each class by employing a few simple tips: 1. C’mon,...
To Play or To Practice (Part I)
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...
Guitar Performance Anxiety: 7 Tips to Overcome It!
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...
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