by Glen McCarthy | Mar 26, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
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 at...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 25, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
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 the...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 16, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
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...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 10, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
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...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 5, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
You convinced your principal to let you start a guitar program! Great! But what happens when you’re in it for the long haul? Do you have all of the gear and equipment you need? Use this blog as a checklist or download the white paper to keep by your side....
by Glen McCarthy | Feb 11, 2015 | Classroom, Education, Gear, News, Principles, Stories, Tips + Tricks
As a guitar class instructor, I think the most important thing I can do is make the learning meaningful for my students. While method books are great, if I taught from page 1 to the back cover as my sole instructional method, I truly feel like I would be committing...