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How Do You Learn the Notes in 5th Position?
Naming the notes at the 5th fret from the 6th string to the 1st string helps to get your bearings in 5th position. If you know the note that your 1st finger is playing, in any position, it will help you get a handle on the other notes of the scale. Remember, “ if...
Why Use Capos in Class?
If someone were ever to ask me, "what tool can you not live without in your classroom?" .... My number one answer would be guitars, but my close second would be capos. I'd like to share three different articles on the marvelous capo. Today I'll answer, "WHY USE...
Lower the Music Stand
The guitar is a very visual instrument. Unlike a band class, it is possible to see a guitar student making a mistake from a long distance away. It is necessary to listen with both ears and eyes. It is also helpful to have the “short” music stands in the classroom...
String Locks
Some electric guitars have an apparatus called a string lock or lock down nut; this is a metal clip that screws into the guitar with allen wrenches to lock down all six strings at the nut of the guitar. The locking nut keeps strings from going out of tune when...
Know Your Students
It is important to learn every student’s name as quickly as possible. It is helpful to use assigned seating and have a seating chart. At the beginning of the school year, new students test the waters knowing there is a period of anonymity. It is most important to...
Musopia Supports Teaching Guitar Workshops
Based in Helsinki, Finland, Musopia Ltd is a mobile app development firm dedicated to creating fresh and innovative music apps. The name of the company, Musopia, comes from the words Music + Utopia. Founded in 2011, Musopia is an iOS developer company, the founders...
The 50 Blues Rhythms You Must Know from eMedia
eMedia Music Corp. will release three new titles in the Guitar Lab line of guitar instruction DVDs in June 2013. The 50 Blues Rhythms You Must Know, 50 Jazz-Blues Licks You Must Know, and 50 Bass Grooves You Must Know DVDs will be in stores June 18, 2013. The 50...
Guitar Fingers
In the course of becoming musicians, we develop “fingers that play.” There are guitar (fretboard or string) fingers, keyboard fingers, woodwind fingers, brass fingers, and percussion fingers. Students who develop “fingers that play” have opened a lifelong doorway...
Keep a Nail Clipper
Keep a nail clipper in your guitar case, it is impossible to get a good tone if the left hand nails are not kept short. When you evaluate a student’s tone, observe the left hand nail length, and make sure a nail clipper is available for students to use in the class...
Drum Machines for the Classroom Guitar Program
It is easier to play with a drum machine than a straight metronome. Rushing is a common practice of guitar students who do not practice with a drum machine or timing device. When playing with a drum machine, the rhythms generally subdivide the measure making it...
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