Guitar Education

NAfME webinar

Teaching Guitar through Riffs and Licks: Stepping Away from the Method Book

Building a guitar curriculum? The guitar elective usually has teachers reaching for a guitar method book, and for good reason: they give a scope and sequence in both fretboard knowledge,…

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NAfME town hall

Guitar Educator Town Hall Fall 2025

Join the members of the Council for Guitar Education, chaired by Kevin Vigil, as we answer your pedagogical guitar questions. We will create breakout rooms to specifically address your needs…

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NAfME town hall

Guitar Educator Town Hall

Join the members of NAfME’s Council for Guitar Education as they answer your pedagogical guitar questions. Breakout rooms will be created to specifically address your needs in the classroom.   We…

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NAfME town hall

Town Hall: NAfME Council for Guitar Education

Join the members of the NAfME Guitar Council as we personally answer your pedagogical guitar questions. We will have different breakout rooms to specifically address your needs in the classroom!…

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guitar advocacy

Best Practices for the Guitar Classroom

Best Practices for the Guitar Classroom Using Moveable Major Scales for Improvisation By Jayson Martinez, NAfME Council for Guitar Education Eastern Division Representative Guitar teachers who wish to include improvisation…

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electric guitar with American flag design

Guitar Class in 50 States: Coda

Guitar Class in 50 States: Coda By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair (2018-2020) Since November 2017, the Guitar Class in 50 States “Music in a Minuet”…

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West Virginia high school music class

Guitar Class in the Mountain State

Guitar Class in the Mountain State Number 48: The State of West Virginia By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Immediate Past Chair Images in this article were…

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Jason Jasper Hoosier state educator playing guitar

Guitar Class in the Hoosier State

Guitar Class in the Hoosier State Number 47: The State of Indiana By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Immediate Past Chair Images in this article were taken…

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guitar students on stage

Guitar Class in the Bay State

Guitar Class in the Bay State Number 35: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts By Thomas Amoriello Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair The NAfME Council for Guitar Education introduces Harry…

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students playing in guitar class

Guitar Class in the Sooner State

Guitar Class in the Sooner State Number 34: The State of Oklahoma By Thomas Amoriello, Jr. NAfME Council for Guitar Education Chair In this edition of “Guitar Class in 50…

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