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Rob Pethel – Video Learning: Building Barre Chords
In these videos TGW Clinician, Rob Pethel takes us through finding the bass note, power chords, major chords, and barre chords. These videos can easily be turned into 6 weeks of lesson plans. Add a song or two and you're golden! Bassline Scavenger Hunt A great and...
5 Thanksgiving Songs for Guitar Class
Source: Giphy It's getting dark earlier, you're tired, your throat is sore...well look on the bright side. What do you have to be thankful for? 1. You're a guitar teacher. 2. You have admiring and adoring students. 3. There's tons of great music out there that is...
10 Benefits of Ensembles for Classroom Guitar
By Bill Swick 1) Teamwork The profile of a typical guitar student is a person who does not spend a lot of time playing sports, does not participate in scouts, does not belong to a youth group at church, etc. The guitar ensemble may be the first time a guitar...
5 Easy Songs You Can Play with Power Chords
Power Chords are one of the greatest things about guitar. Just put your index finger on a bass note on the low E string then put your ring finger down on the A string two frets over (or use the A and D strings). Done! You can use power chords as a proxy for any...
Workshop Refresher: Warm Ups
Rob Pethel Warm Up Video In this video Rob Pethel demonstrates a warm up pattern for playing a major scale on a single string. Other benefits: • The scale pattern is the same on all six strings, so students will hear/play five major scales (and E major in twice)! •...
Sports Quotes for the Guitar Classroom
Being a classroom guitar teacher is a great! You get to play music, think music, and breathe music, but the day-to-day can be challenging. Fortunately, when you are trying to motivate and help a classroom full of kids become a classroom full of awesome guitarists,...
5 Ideas for Working with At-Risk Kids
Tough kids, bullies, trouble makers, at-risk kids. We've all heard these names before and every teacher teacher has their horror story. However, year after year our teachers tell us that classroom guitar both attracts at-risk kids and is effective in turning them...
Students, Turn ON Your Devices!
Students, turn on your devices! Does that sound counterintuitive or unproductive? You normally tell your students to turn their devices off in your class, so that they can focus. What if their devices made them focus on music more?!?!? Here are 6 apps you can use...
An Interview with Suzanne D’Addario Brouder, Director of the D’Addario Foundation
An Interview with Suzanne D'Addario Brouder, Director of the D’Addario Foundation Teaching Guitar Workshops - What's the mission of the D'Addario Foundation? Suzanne D'Addario Brouder - The primary mission of the D’Addario Foundation is to support community based...
New Sponsor: D&A Guitar Gear
D&A Guitar Gear recently signed on to support the Teaching Guitar Workshops and help music educators start great classroom guitar programs. D&A Guitar Gear began with a simple question: Why can’t there be music accessories that look great, work well and...
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