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Teach: Robert Johnson
It’s impossible to teach blues guitar without dedicating at least one class to Robert Johnson. Musicians from Eric Clapton to Robert Plant have long acknowledged Johnson’s enormous influence on their music. Every respectable top guitarists of all-time list ranks...
6 Reasons to Attend a Teaching Guitar Workshop!
On the fence about attending a Teaching Guitar Workshop? Need a little convincing? OK, we got it. Check out these six reasons why Teaching Guitar Workshops are the way to go for professional development this summer! Sign up for a Teaching Guitar Workshop and you'll...
Stacey Rubach – Teaching Guitar Workshop Success Story!!!
"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: Where...
Don Furness – Teaching Guitar Workshops Success Story!
"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 Students: 60...
Greg Black: Teaching Guitar Workshops Success Story!
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...
Leon Enneking – Teaching Guitar Workshop Success Story!
"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, Indiana...
Erik Larson – Teaching Guitar Workshops Success Story
It’s been a shot in the arm for me to be able to offer an alternative and to get even more kids involved in our school music department. I think it has made me a better teacher, as well. Name: Erik Larson School: Fairmont Junior High School, Boise, Idaho Subjects:...
Don Hicks – Teaching Guitar Workshops Success Story!
“The students deserve for guitar to be a true option for music education….you don’t have to have a ton of skills to get started, but you have to be willing to seriously learn the instrument, or the kids will see right through you pretty quickly.” Name: Don Hicks...
Matt Gerry – Teaching Guitar Workshops Success Story!
“My students entered a contest held by the alternative rock group Weezer and won! As a result, I was flown to Chicago to meet the band and we held a live webcast with the band and my students back in Kansas. This event had us on the front page of our paper and...
9 Great Names for Your Classroom Guitars
When asked why he called his guitar "Trigger", Willie Nelson explained, "Roy Rogers had a horse named Trigger. I figured: 'This is my horse!'" A great way to get your students excited about guitar - and possibly even the history of guitar music - is to ask them to...
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