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Guitar Class, Well Worth It!

Guitar Class, Well Worth It! By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Member and NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair-Elect There are so many great stories to share about what’s happening in…

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A Motto for Success

A Motto for Success The Surprising Benefits of Sloganeering By NAfME member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the October 2016 teacher edition of In Tune Magazine. “Vision…

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Prepare for Next School Year

Prepare for Next Year Reflection, Excitement, and Initiation Must Start Now By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the May 2017 teacher edition of In Tune…

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Finding the Right Music Literature for Your Guitar Program

Finding the Right Music Literature for Your Guitar Program  By NAfME Member Christopher J. Perez Director of Guitar Studies – Freedom High School, Orlando, Florida “The approach to what you…

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Beginning Bassoon Players: Let Them Play Flat

Beginning Bassoon Players: Let Them Play Flat By NAfME Member Elizabeth Fetters Do you mind breaking a few hard and fast band rules for the benefit of your beginning bassoon…

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Gaining Inspiration without Plagiarizing

Embrace Your Uniqueness Gaining Inspiration without Plagiarizing By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the April 2017 teacher edition of In Tune Magazine. “Originality is undetected…

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6½ More Things Beginner Guitarists Should Know in Their 1st Year

The Other Half of the Baker’s Dozen: 6½ More Things Beginner Guitarists Should Know in Their 1st Year By NAfME Member Christopher J. Perez Director – Freedom High School Guitar…

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Spread Love Everywhere You Go

Live Life Rosie(r) Spread Love Everywhere You Go By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl A similar version of this article was originally published in the March 2018 teacher edition of…

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Guitar Program Advocacy: Interview with Three New Jersey Guitar Program Directors

Guitar Program Advocacy Interview with Three New Jersey Guitar Program Directors By Thomas J. Amoriello Jr. NAfME Member and NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair-Elect During the last few years,…

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There Is No Better Adjudicator Than Yourself

Prepare to Be Judged There Is No Better Adjudicator Than Yourself  By NAfME Member Lori Schwartz Reichl This article was originally published in the February 2017 teacher edition of In Tune…

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