by Glen McCarthy | Jan 7, 2015 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
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...
by Glen McCarthy | Sep 29, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
There are not many kids who like learning scales. Why would they? Think about having to learn all the unique fingerings, whole steps, half steps, etc. on a piano. But on guitar, you only have to teach scale “shapes” (at least to start) freeing you up to...
