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5 Ideas for the 1st Hour of Guitar Class
What to teach? So many choices! I want to teach my kids something substantive, but I don’t want to scare them. I hope they walk away inspired. The first hour of your guitar class can be intimidating; fortunately, you can cover a lot in just a little time. Here’s a...
7 Real Classroom Questions Answered
If you've ever attended a Teaching Guitar Workshop, you may have written a question, concern or comment on an anonymous sticky note for one of or guitar-teaching gurus to answer. If you've never been to a Teaching Guitar Workshop, that's how we roll. Furthermore,...
Bill Burke’s Sooper-Dooper Warm Up
Here’s a warm-up routine that works great in the classroom; private lessons; or individual practice. I have also used this in the Teaching Guitar Workshops. In a matter of less than four minutes, this exercise can be performed with great benefit. Some of the things...
Pitching Guitar Class: A Look at the Numbers
With tight and fluctuating school budgets, it can feel like an impossible mission to pitch a new idea. This is especially true of arts programming, as music educators know. Interested in starting a guitar program at your school? One way is to sell the...
The First Note
Interview with NAMM’s Joe Lamond by Dan Daley Joe Lamond is a numbers guy — besides leading the National Association of Music Merchants as President and CEO for the past 15 years, guiding its constituency of more than 10,000 manufacturers and retailers of...
4 Sites That Will Make You a Better Guitar Teacher
You're a classroom guitar teacher and you're having trouble planning lessons. Maybe your kids are getting better on guitar faster than you. You want to stay ahead of the curve, but when would you have time to take lessons and where would you find money in the...
The End Is Near – Time for End-of-the-School-Year Chores
Just like your students, you are counting the days until the last final exam is taken and those sweet guitarists are on their way to summer! In our district it is very difficult to keep the momentum up during the last month of school. The first major interruption...
3 Super Simple Music Theory Concepts for Guitar Students
It's time these guitar students learn music theory. Life can't just be about noodling and trying to figure out, Smoke on the Water. If this sounds like you, you're not alone - we agree. However, it might surprise you to learn that teaching music theory on guitar is...
Classroom Guitar Diaries – The Big Test
Wrap it up! Show me what you know! It's the day of the big test! I begin by letting kids study with buddies for about 10 minutes of class. They are allowed to ask me any questions and review anything they don’t understand. Students ask about how to tell the...
Classroom Guitar Diary – Review Time
Review Time! It's week 8! I was the preparation for the BIG unit test! Of course, it also was the week our students took the Terra Nova test. I don’t know about you but, I know our kids can be a little crazy these days! I think it’s because of sitting in a chair...
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