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nafmeadminI am currently teaching at private school and building a program I am considering starting a guitar class however I am not much of a guitarist. I know around 10 chords but not I do not have great control over my left hand on the neck. Everything I know is self taught and it is not very much. My question here is, how would I teach this class with little experience. I know the school would go for the idea. Any advice is accepted. Thanks!
nafmeadminI would highly recommend taking the Teaching Guitar workshops given in the summer around the country. Here is a link:
I knew nothing about guitar before taking it, and have had much success with my guitar classes ever since. You get an amazing amount of resources (a guitar and a bunch of lesson books) and great instruction in one week. I can’t say enough good things about it!
nafmeadminThe Teaching Guitar Workshops are a life saver for someone starting a guitar class. If you can fit that in your summer schedule, you won’t regret it. You will get an intensive week on training on how to play guitar and how to approach guitar instruction in a classroom setting.
There are other resources you can look at as well to help you get started.
This website is a great place to get ideas from teachers who are currently teaching guitar classes. Every month a member of the NAfME Council for Guitar Education is on this site to help teachers make the most of their guitar classes.
The Teaching Guitar Workshops website (www.guitaredunet.org) also has articles and lesson plans that you can help you with ideas.
The guitar method books have also become very excellent tools for approaching a guitar class. Class Guitar Resources, Hal Leonard, Mel Bay, Jerry Snyder and others all have very good methods. In picking those methods, you will want to determine the length of your class and the age level you are approaching. Each method book will work. Some work better for a semester class versus a year-long class. There are also books that focus on elementary students or middle school/high school classes.
Your biggest asset will be asking questions. There are plenty of guitar teachers who want to help others start successful programs. Many of them look at this site. I know that I am happy to share anything I have that will help you!
Traci Bolton
Lafayette High School
Wildwood, Missouri
http://staff.rockwood.k12.mo.us/boltontraci
Twitter @LafayetteGuitar
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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