by Glen McCarthy | Apr 10, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
The G and D chords and learning about a progression. I had a restful two week spring break! And so did most of my students so, I was a little worried about how much they would retain. Back to our regularly scheduled classes! I started this week’s lesson letting...
by Glen McCarthy | Apr 3, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Being a musician helps you see patterns. So, after years of teachers telling us that they wanted more guitar sheet music for their classroom guitar programs, we started to see a pattern. Eureka! All you can eat guitar music. Step up to the buffet and start getting...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 27, 2016 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
You’re a teacher…even better…a school music educator! You have navigated budget cuts and lived to tell the tale, you are used to ambiguity (communicating through dots on a page), and you know you’re going to have to figure out how to run your...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 20, 2016 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized, Videos
OK, your kids can play the notes on the first few strings and they can play a few chords in first position. They’re excited, but they’re constrained. Let me tell you, the first giant leap out of the box on guitar involves two words – Barre Chords!...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 13, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Week 6…Tuning and Review It’s about time the students know at least a little about tuning a guitar. Spring Break is around the corner and they will be taking trips, trying out their guitar skills at Grandma’s on Mom’s OLD guitar. It needs to be...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 5, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“Show me what you know” I’ve spent 4 weeks showing students where to put their fingers on the guitar and how to make sounds on this 6 string instrument. They learned to play the Em, G7 and C chords, single notes on the first 2 strings, reading on the staff and...
