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Sticky Notes from Shelley
By Ragesoss (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons If you've been to a Teaching Guitar Workshop, you've put your questions down on Sticky Notes and passed them to your instructor. Sticky Notes are our crude - yet effective - way of taking questions...
Enjoy Bill Swick’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter!
Uh oh! It's the first week of guitar class and you're drawing a blank! Bill Swick, Chair of the Las Vegas Guitar Task Force, has your back. Bill's weekly newsletters contain step-by-step instructions on how to move your class along. To sign up for his newsletters,...
3 Ways to Create a Guitar Culture
There are few things that have as strong of an impact on culture than music. Many students use music as a symbol of their personality. Tapping into this social element has the potential to affect local school culture, too! Here are three ways you can create a...
21 Tips for Becoming a Better Guitar Player
Congratulations! You made it through to the end of the year. Your guitar class had tons of very interested kids, but it's not over! You've got a line of kids out the door who want to take guitar next year. Take the summer to get a little better at guitar. It will...
Become a Capo Master in 35 Minutes
We spend a lot of time talking about capos during the Teaching Guitar Workshops because they are an awesome tool! Capos create an artificial barre chord that effectively changes the position of the nut on your guitar. So if you and/or your guitar class are having...
Meet Your Clinician: Romana Hartmetz
1. Give us some background on your teaching experience? I have taught guitar from elementary to college level and I learn new things every year! I love Brazilian music and get an opportunity with my top level students to play and perform some really hot tunes! I...
6 Do’s and Don’ts for New Music Teachers
You've just been told to teach guitar and you quickly google, How many strings on a guitar?!! Sound like you? Whether you're a newbie getting thrown into the pool sink-or-swim style or a classroom veteran check out these do's and don'ts for new music teachers. 1....
Meet Your Clinician: Rob Pethel
1. Tell us about your Guitar Teaching Experience? Guitar has always been my primary instrument, but schools rarely advertise an opening for a "guitar teacher". After graduating with a degree in music education, I saw a posting for a chorus teacher at a nearby...
6 Options for a Guitar Class with No Budget
Budgets stink and worse, they're never big enough - especially if you're trying to run a classroom guitar program. Luckily, you have options. There are tons of free tools out there from videos that will teach you guitar, to instructions on how to build your own...
5 Ways to Keep Your Students Awake in Class
I never slept through the night when I was in high school. Fortunately, I had some terrible classes - where I caught up on my sleep -, so that I could be wide awake for my great teachers! All over the world their are great teachers and...well...not-so-great...
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