by Glen McCarthy | Sep 30, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks
Jason Venesky, Director of Bands, Ford City High School TRIBLive, a local paper in Western Pennsylvania, recently published a story about Jason Venesky, the Director of Bands at Ford City High School, and his school’s purchase of $5000 worth of guitar products...
by Glen McCarthy | Sep 22, 2014 | Classroom, Education, News, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
There has been a lot of talk about TAB on this site – is it legit or not? Your students are using it irrespective of TAB’s legitimacy, so we checked out a bunch of TAB sites to see who is for real and who’s not. UltimateGuitar.com Boasts...
by Glen McCarthy | Sep 22, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Gear, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Your guitars are being played 6-8 hours a day, they are being taken in and out of storage every day (hopefully), they are being handled by numerous hands, and the weather just went from 90 with humidity to a dry 75. If this sounds like your classroom, I’m...
by Glen McCarthy | Aug 6, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks
There are so many chords, how do I remember where to put my fingers? Easy: Barre chords! One of the best short cuts in music has to be the barre chord in which you place your index finger over a whole fret and make an E major or E minor shape with your middle, ring,...
by Glen McCarthy | Jul 29, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“Andrés Segovia (1963) by Erling Mandelmann” by Erling Mandelmann – photo©ErlingMandelmann.ch. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. If James Brown was, “The Godfather of Soul”, Andres Segovia was the “Father of Classical Guitar.” And...
