How to Adopt The Best Attitude & State of Mind For Learning
How to Adopt The Best Attitude & State of Mind For Learning You can always tell as a private guitar teacher when a student is not having fun. If you are a private guitar teacher, then you probably already know that (unless you’re not good at what you do) the student not having fun doesn’t … How to Adopt The Best Attitude & State of Mind For Learning
Am I Too Old to Learn Guitar?
Am I Too Old to Learn Guitar I sometimes get asked the question: “Am I too old to learn guitar?” Usually, that question comes from someone who contacts me to start lessons, but who is worried that there’s an age limit to learning an instrument, beyond which learning guitar becomes too difficult. Needless to say: … Am I Too Old to Learn Guitar?
Students Who Follow Practice Directions Always Have More Fun
Students Who Follow Their Teacher’s Practice Directions Always Have More Fun with Guitar. Remember the student I talked about in last week’s blog The Art of Following Directions for Success? Well… here’s another thing that that student said: “The most fun thing I did was learn the Pink Floyd song” My response: I agree… The … Students Who Follow Practice Directions Always Have More Fun
Miscommunications & Misconceptions About “Tonicization”
Email to a Student About “Tonicization” This was written after a lesson with a student of mine, who also takes music classes at his college. In one of those classes, his teacher had apparently been talking a lot about “tonicizing”. This somehow led that student, to think more of this term than it is. I … Miscommunications & Misconceptions About “Tonicization”
The Naming of The Pentatonic Minor Scale Fingerings
The Naming of The Pentatonic Minor Scale Fingerings. There seems to be quite some confusion about the correct naming of the fingerings in the minor pentatonic scale. I’ve had quite a number of students through the years who learned the fingerings as the 1st fingering, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingering. There is unfortunately … The Naming of The Pentatonic Minor Scale Fingerings
