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5 Hot Songs for Your Cold Guitar Class
Photo credit: StefaninLA from morguefile.com It's sooooo cold! It's the middle of winter, it makes you cold just thinking about getting out of bed. And, on top of it all, you have to teach guitar! Fortunately, there are a ton of hot, summer songs for guitar....
Social Media in the Guitar Classroom
Let's face it, everyone loves social media - especially kids. You might be sick of social media, but the good news is that you can use it to enhance your classroom guitar program. Teachers are creating twitter and pinterest boards in their classrooms. It's a fun...
Guitars in the Classroom on the Today Show
Jason Mraz became the new Arts Ambassador at Luther Burbank Elementary, one of three Guitars in the Classroom schools in San Diego. The Today Show reported on Mraz's involvement in the school and how arts integration is turning some of the worst performing schools...
Guitar-Economics – January 2015
Economic indicators in the U.S. defied the gravity of trends off shore at the close of the year. Guitar and Guitar Products Suppliers may see a boost in U.S. sales stemming from higher consumer confidence, falling gas prices, and lower unemployment rates. However,...
How Do I Learn to Play Guitar?!?!
You're teaching guitar in school and things are going..OK, but some of your students seem really good! They can play riffs that grab the attention of the class (including you). You begin to wonder if they might give you a pointer or two and your confidence about...
Gam-ify Your Classroom Guitar Program with Electives
I was reading a post on Edutopia about using principles from video games to engage students. I was struck by how much classroom guitar programs resemble video games. Douglas Kiang, the author of the article, points out that in video games we: - Fail early and often...
Reflecting on the Success of Classroom Guitar
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" comes streaming across our school's PA system after the last student has exited the building for Christmas break. That was one of my former principals jolly way of not only wishing us "Merry Christmas", but I think even...
Guitar TABs, the Other White Meat
You teach standard music notation in music class, right? Sure, but what about the other form of notation, TAB? Notation and TAB have been around for a long time, but nothing says controversy like teaching TAB in music class. By the NumbersTAB made a comeback a few...
Teaching a Guitar Class of Beginners and High Flyers
Photo credit: FlyingPete from morguefile.com Are you struggling at teaching your guitar classes because you have both beginners and students who have rocked out for a long time? This has been a struggle that I have found myself in and one that I have been asked...
Breaking Unspoken Rules in Guitar Class
Photo credit: manuere from morguefile.com School is full of rules, most of them unspoken. However, if there's one takeaway from music, it's that you have to break the rules to make something beautiful. In shaping growing minds and life-long music makers think...
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