by Glen McCarthy | Oct 1, 2016 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
You’ve been drilling your classroom guitar students for two months; teaching them open chords and the notes on the strings. Well, it’s almost Halloween – time for a crash course in tritones! Halloween brings out the augmented 4th or diminished 5th in...
by Glen McCarthy | Sep 9, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
We’re pretty guitar-focused here, but guitars don’t exist in a bubble. Where would we be without bass, drums, fiddles, and banjos? This post is dedicated to our little friend the Ukulele! Quick Facts: • Ukes have four strings (G, C, E, and A) • Originated...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 14, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Principles, Tips + Tricks
The Loop Pedal You may have already used a loop pedal yourself. If you have, you already know how much fun it is. If not, teaching improvisation to your students is the perfect time to use loops. It’s also a great tool for your class to learn how to use and part of...
by Glen McCarthy | Jun 24, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Principles, Tips + Tricks
With the introduction of Finale 2004 a new chord feature, the Fretboard Editor, was made available that greatly simplified creating custom guitar fretboards. As a Guitar Educator you can use this feature to design custom elements for your guitar classroom quizzes and...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
“The (Teaching Guitar Workshops) caused me to see guitar education in a whole different way. I now teach several high school guitar classes.” Name: Stacey Rubach School: Osbourn High School, Manassas, Virginia Guitar Students: 82 Teaching Guitar Workshops:...
