by Glen McCarthy | Mar 25, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks
Bill Purse – Tip 6 Tip 6 – Some string manufacturers (La Bella brand is one) make nylon classical strings that are called Folk Guitar Strings. These are different from regular classical strings in the fact that they have ball-ends and don’t have to be tied...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 22, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Stories, Success Stories
Eight high school boys in matching maroon T-shirts are focused intensely on Travis Marcum, our Director of Education. They are sitting with their left feet on footstools, holding classical guitars, playing a piece of music beautifully together. Their playing is not...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 22, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
Busy times at South Middle School! It’s been nearly a month since my last post….wow. We’re on spring break this week, and it always seems like the rest of the year just flies from this point on. When we return to class next week, we have a mere two...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 20, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Success Stories
Newsleader.com reported that Samson Trinh of Glen Allen Elementary in Glen Allen, VA is teaching third graders to play the ukulele. It seems like ukes are a great entry-level instrument that can lead to bigger (six-stringed) things. Read the article here:...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 19, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks
Teaching and giving instruction is ineffective if students are talking and/or playing when instruction is being given. As the Guitar Task Force Chair for the fifth largest school district in the U.S., I communicate regularly with our 62 guitar secondary guitar...
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