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Meet Your Clinician: Romana Hartmetz
1. Give us some background on your teaching experience? I have taught guitar from elementary to college level and I learn new things every year! I love Brazilian music and get an opportunity with my top level students to play and perform some really hot tunes! I...
6 Do’s and Don’ts for New Music Teachers
You've just been told to teach guitar and you quickly google, How many strings on a guitar?!! Sound like you? Whether you're a newbie getting thrown into the pool sink-or-swim style or a classroom veteran check out these do's and don'ts for new music teachers. 1....
Meet Your Clinician: Rob Pethel
1. Tell us about your Guitar Teaching Experience? Guitar has always been my primary instrument, but schools rarely advertise an opening for a "guitar teacher". After graduating with a degree in music education, I saw a posting for a chorus teacher at a nearby...
6 Options for a Guitar Class with No Budget
Budgets stink and worse, they're never big enough - especially if you're trying to run a classroom guitar program. Luckily, you have options. There are tons of free tools out there from videos that will teach you guitar, to instructions on how to build your own...
5 Ways to Keep Your Students Awake in Class
I never slept through the night when I was in high school. Fortunately, I had some terrible classes - where I caught up on my sleep -, so that I could be wide awake for my great teachers! All over the world their are great teachers and...well...not-so-great...
Meet Ed Prasse – TGW Clinician
Tell us about your classroom guitar experience. I have been teaching guitar for 21 years at the same school. I even did my internship at this same school! My day consists of 3 Guitar I classes, 2 Guitar II, and 1 Guitar III/IV. All told that equals 186 students....
Meet Rob Goldsmith-TGW Clinician
Briefly describe one or more of your guitar teaching jobs. I taught middle school guitar for 13 years. I taught a 3 level program with 5 classes daily (2 beginning, 2 intermediate and 1 advanced). Each class had 25-40 students. I have also taught beginning guitar...
Meet Traci Bolton – TGW Clinician
1. Describe your experience as a classroom guitar teacher. I have been teaching guitar for 11 years at Lafayette High School. Lafayette offers 2 semester-long classes as part of the school day. I spend the majority of my day teaching classroom guitar and fill out...
5 Websites Every Classroom Guitar Teacher Must See
The nice thing about being a musician these days is that you can find so many resources online. You can buy your instrument online, get lessons online, jam with people online, upload your songs and videos, etc. You name it, it's online. That said, there's a lot of...
Creating Ensembles
by Bob Denney: tgwcanada@rogers.com Download the White Paper Performing with other musicians is a great way to share knowledge as well as acquire new skills and repertoire. The guitar is an instrument which is quite approachable and rewarding for those who learn to...
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