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Essential Posters for Your Guitar Class

by Glen McCarthy | Oct 22, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized

Classrooms should not be dreary places. They should be delightful, engaging, inspired and everywhere you look you should have a chance to learn and grow. That’s why we put together some ideas for essential posters for your classroom guitar program. Notes on the...

Capo Q&A

by Glen McCarthy | Sep 25, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized

It’s a tradition at every Teaching Guitar Workshop to give attendees sticky notes so they can write down questions as they arise. When there is a critical mass of stickies the TGW Clinicians answer all of them. Not surprisingly lots of attendees ask questions...

Technology in the Classroom

by Glen McCarthy | Sep 11, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized

Tech is everywhere…and not just in the hands of your students. Technology can augment your classroom, change the way you teach and in a lot of ways levels the playing field making music education more accessible to more students. We asked some of our TGW people...

School Is In Session – Better Get In Shape

by Glen McCarthy | Aug 28, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized

It’s been a long summer – thank goodness – but now you’ve got to teach guitar again. If you need a little refresher, you’re not alone. No worries! We’ll get you in shape for your new crop of eager guitar players. Let’s get...

10 Takeaways on TAB

by Glen McCarthy | Aug 21, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized

The debate continues! TAB is a touchy subject – some people love it, others despise it. When we use TAB are we doing players – especially newbies – a disservice or helping them learn the instrument more quickly? Can TAB and musical notation ever be...

5 Classroom Guitar Hacks

by Glen McCarthy | Aug 7, 2016 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized

If you’re starting a guitar program on a budget, you’re not alone. How do you buy guitars, store them, give your kids picks every 5 minutes when they lose them? Where does it end? It ends when you decide to do some or all of it yourself (or with the help...
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