by Glen McCarthy | Oct 13, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks
Motivation happens when the teachers feed the dreams of their students. I find that students are more into performances when I refer to concerts as “shows”. Most guitar students can (and do) visualize themselves playing an electric guitar in a band, on stage, in front...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 13, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
I wanted to share a very cool idea from my friend Jane who teaches guitar at a middle school up in Nebraska. She decided that during parent teacher conferences this year, that when students brought their parents to come discuss their grade – that they were going to do...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 6, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks
Adding new students to the guitar class after several weeks of school starting is a bad idea for everyone involved, and yet it happens. Have a plan in place how to deal with students who join the class after the class has learned all of the notes on the first three...
by Glen McCarthy | Oct 6, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
Philosophy in teaching guitar. If you want to divide a room of guitar teachers fast…just bring up TAB. Strong feelings abound! Here’s my take…. 1. TAB is important. 2. Teaching students to be literate musicians (who can read sheet music on a staff) is important. 3....
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