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...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 18, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks
Bill Purse – Tip 5 Tip 5 – Certain strings break more frequently than others, so always have extra strings ready; single strings can be purchased inexpensively at any music store. On nylon guitars, the 4th string (D) usually breaks, and on electric or...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 11, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks
Bill Purse – Tip 4 Tip 4 – A small tool called a string winder is essential for changing strings on multiple guitars. A string winder is a small crank that you place on the tuning peg and allows you to rapidly raise or lower a guitar string’s pitch by...
