by Glen McCarthy | Jan 27, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Last year, our school district set off to do something new and incredibly special. Our Education Foundation (who provided my school with our classroom set of guitars) decided to organize a collaboration to serve as a fundraiser for the foundation’s endowment. The idea...
by Glen McCarthy | Apr 22, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Restring Your Bass Guitar with GARY BRAWER courtesy of Jim Dunlop [social_button button=”facebook” furl=”http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teaching-Guitar-Workshops/98983006090?ref=ts&fref=ts” flayout=”standard ”...
by Glen McCarthy | Apr 8, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Bob Denney and Laura Lee Matthie developed the Pedagogical Pyramid for Guitar to help teachers build a firm foundation for classroom guitar before moving up to the next step. The pyramid helps teachers concurrently present melodic and harmonic skill development with...
by Glen McCarthy | Mar 4, 2013 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Bill Purse – Tip 3 Tip 3 – When you buy strings for a beginning guitar class purchase very light gauge strings which will be easier on the students fingers. If your budget permits, you should change all the strings each semester. [social_button...
by Glen McCarthy | Feb 20, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Learn how to restring a classical guitar in this video courtesy of our friends at D’Addario.
by Glen McCarthy | Feb 13, 2013 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
A Day in the Life – Improvisational Magic This week in guitar class at Salina South Middle School, I teach the students the magic of the minor pentatonic scale. Our concert this last week was a perfect segue into improvisation as I had two students from last semester...
