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Teaching Guitar – A Classroom Diary – Week 3
Week 3 (sort of)… Elementary Guitar Unit As I told you I teach 4 classes of 5th grade during the week. Well, last Tuesday school let out early and tomorrow our 5th grade will not be attending specials because they will participate in Wax Works. Of course this means...
5 Reasons to Teach Guitar in Elementary School
A lot of Elementary school teachers ask me if they should teach classroom guitar. The answer I give them is a definitive, "Heck Yeah!". If you're one of those teachers who doubts whether guitar could be used effectively in your music classroom, consider this: 1....
Teaching Guitar – A Classroom Diary – Week 2
This week’s main goals are: • Teach 2 new chords • Have students be able to change chords in a song • Strum up and down • Compose using 3 main chords. “Guitar again?” The line leader grins as she comes through the door. All the kids seem excited to come in and have...
Teaching Guitar – A Classroom Diary – Week 1
My name is Shelley Brobst and I teach guitar… to elementary students! Yes, I may seem a little crazy to try such a thing but, stick with me and you’ll see that it’s a lot easier than you think! I’m starting my guitar unit for the next 9 weeks and I’ll be updating...
More Sticky Notes from Shelley
1. My guitar doesn’t have a button for a strap at the top of the body. What can I do/recommend to students with a similar setup? Installing strap buttons is a lot easier than you think it might be. But, if you’re not comfortable, your local music store should be...
Sticky Notes from Shelley
By Ragesoss (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons If you've been to a Teaching Guitar Workshop, you've put your questions down on Sticky Notes and passed them to your instructor. Sticky Notes are our crude - yet effective - way of taking questions...
Enjoy Bill Swick’s Weekly Guitar Newsletter!
Uh oh! It's the first week of guitar class and you're drawing a blank! Bill Swick, Chair of the Las Vegas Guitar Task Force, has your back. Bill's weekly newsletters contain step-by-step instructions on how to move your class along. To sign up for his newsletters,...
3 Ways to Create a Guitar Culture
There are few things that have as strong of an impact on culture than music. Many students use music as a symbol of their personality. Tapping into this social element has the potential to affect local school culture, too! Here are three ways you can create a...
21 Tips for Becoming a Better Guitar Player
Congratulations! You made it through to the end of the year. Your guitar class had tons of very interested kids, but it's not over! You've got a line of kids out the door who want to take guitar next year. Take the summer to get a little better at guitar. It will...
Become a Capo Master in 35 Minutes
We spend a lot of time talking about capos during the Teaching Guitar Workshops because they are an awesome tool! Capos create an artificial barre chord that effectively changes the position of the nut on your guitar. So if you and/or your guitar class are having...
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