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Before You Buy A Mac For Your Teaching Business

Posted on July 19, 2011 by in Tools of the Trade

This might seem a little off-topic for my site, but a computer is something that can really help you organize your teaching business and get things done a lot faster. You probably already understand that, since you’re using a computer to read this article right now. Everybody knows there’s an ongoing controversy about whether Macs […]

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8-Year Old Guitar Teacher

8-Year-Old Guitar Teacher!

Posted on July 7, 2011 by in Where Do I Begin?

I thought you might like this photo…it’s my 8-year old son, Ian, teaching one of the neighborhood kids how to play “Smoke On The Water”. Ian’s only been playing for a few months now, and he’s still very much a beginner, but here he is teaching his first guitar lesson. This just goes to illustrate […]

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Start Teaching Guitar

How To Teach Absolute Beginners

Posted on July 1, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

When you’re working with someone who is brand new to the guitar, it’s important to help them get some results pretty quickly. Lots of beginners will quit because they think it’s too hard, unless you help them find some small “wins” along the way early on in the process. (more…)

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guitar picks

Tracking Overall Student Progress

Posted on June 28, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

One huge way to help your students stay motivated and keep making progress on the guitar is to make sure they always track their overall progress. There are some clear stepping stones along the path to mastery, and you should acknowledge their progress as they pass each one. These are your student’s milestones…you want to […]

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Blue Guitar

Using Written Practice Schedules With Your Students

Posted on June 22, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

Just like writing down your goals helps them to come to pass, writing out a practice schedule helps you plan and do the things that will make you the guitar player you want to be. Like I’ve mentioned before, your students need to know exactly WHEN they’re going to practice, for how LONG, and exactly […]

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Classical Guitar

Helping Your Students Set Musical Goals

Posted on June 19, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

The whole process of improving on the guitar is driven by setting and reaching musical goals. Setting goals really is the key to success, not just with the guitar, but in every area of life. It’s almost impossible to master something as complicated and vast as the guitar without setting some clear goals that you […]

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Guitar Lessons

Common Misconceptions About Playing Guitar – Part 3

Posted on June 16, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

In the final article of this series, I want to talk about two more common misconceptions related to playing the guitar. If you’ve been following along up to now, you already know about the myths many people believe about GENETICS (Part 1) and about EXPECTATIONS (Part 2)…so let’s take a few minutes today and talk […]

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Left Handed Guitar

Common Misconceptions About Playing Guitar – Part 2

Posted on June 13, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

In this article, I want to cover 2 more common misconceptions about learning how to play the guitar. These two myths have to do with expectations. The first misconception many new guitar students have is thinking that learning how to play is easy…it isn’t! Remember, if you can get in front of these incorrect beliefs […]

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Play Teach Guitar

Common Misconceptions About Playing Guitar – Part 1

Posted on June 10, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

In this series of articles, I want to talk about some common misconceptions new students can have about learning how to play the guitar. Many of your guitar students will have some incorrect assumptions when they come to study with you. These misconceptions can affect how fast they make progress on the instrument and whether […]

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Practicing Guitar

Practicing Stinks! – Part 2

Posted on June 6, 2011 by in Student Retention

What do you think is the single most important thing you can do that will help you become a better guitar player? Laying out the money to buy a quality instrument? Listening to inspiring guitar music? Finding a great teacher? Nope. The biggest factor in your quest to become the best guitar player you can […]

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