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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ I'm A Guitar Teacher!

Posted by: Pitch_Black Apr 9 2008, 10:31 PM

I'm finally teaching guitar! Ever since I started playing guitar I've wanted to teach. I'm teaching my brother, my sister, my uncle and three friends! Of course not all at the same time, but still, it's awesome. It's amazing how much you learn while your teaching. Like, you'll be showing them easy stuff, and you will see something there that you've never seen before Do you guys have any tips on what and how to teach beginners?

Posted by: Nemanja Apr 9 2008, 10:36 PM

great for you man...
tips..be patient with your new students...

Posted by: Trond Vold Apr 9 2008, 10:39 PM

QUOTE (Pitch_Black @ Apr 9 2008, 11:31 PM)

I'm finally teaching guitar!

Ever since I started playing guitar I've wanted to teach. I'm teaching my brother, my sister, my uncle and three friends! Of course not all at the same time, but still, it's awesome. It's amazing how much you learn while your teaching. Like, you'll be showing them easy stuff, and you will see something there that you've never seen before

Do you guys have any tips on what and how to teach beginners?

You can definetly learn alot by teaching

A good tip (in my opinion) would be to not bore the beginner student with alot of theory at first. That can kill the interest really fast.
Show something fun first, and get some interest that way and slowly sneak in the theory behind it.

and yes.. show patience

Posted by: Pitch_Black Apr 10 2008, 01:02 AM

Ok, thanks guys! Be patient and don't bore, got it

Posted by: Muris Apr 10 2008, 01:19 AM

Congrats,teaching people is awesome thing to do!

Posted by: Bogdan Apr 10 2008, 01:27 AM

Its great to teach ! Also you are improving that way too , so its beneficial for both parties ;0

Posted by: audiopaal Apr 10 2008, 07:10 AM

Nice, that's great
...and I agree with the others

Posted by: Siggum Apr 10 2008, 08:00 AM

show them whammy bar, and they are hooked for life

Posted by: Hisham Apr 10 2008, 09:20 AM

nice to hear that from you now try to draw a line for you teaching thats will help you more .congrats

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Apr 10 2008, 11:46 AM

Congratulations mate !!! I remember that I started doing lesson for some friends... it's a good way to start teaching

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Apr 10 2008, 07:50 PM

Congratulations, work as you teach

Posted by: Pitch_Black Apr 11 2008, 02:41 AM

Thanks guys for all your support You guys Rock

Posted by: JVM Apr 11 2008, 02:47 AM

I want to teach someday too I'd love to do personal lessons but working with something like GMC would be awesome (I get the feeling that by the time I'm good enough to teach at GMC we'll have too many guitar instructors anyway ) too.

So congrats

Posted by: ibanezkiller Apr 11 2008, 03:04 AM

QUOTE (Trond Vold @ Apr 9 2008, 05:39 PM)

CORRECT! When I started my dad tried to show me some chords, Instead of chords I went off and learned some Metallica riffs, and this sparked my guitar interest. Not being able to play the whole song made me WANT to learn the theory.

Posted by: g-forcelover Apr 11 2008, 02:52 PM

show them how to read tabs, then give them the address to ultimate-guitar.com. them show them like, 4 chords, and they are off!

oh yeah, i forgot. if they screw-up and play some weird thing, chances are you can take that weird thing and make it into a cool lick!

Posted by: Pitch_Black Apr 13 2008, 03:30 AM

QUOTE (g-forcelover @ Apr 11 2008, 06:52 AM)

Yeah, thats the site I go to for all my tabs. But I just tab by ear most of the time. Yeah, I have done that a few times already

Posted by: Darfuria Apr 13 2008, 03:36 AM

Once more, this is another area of guitar playing where being organised can really help you.

Anybody who knows how to play the guitar can teach somebody else how to play, but without motives and proper teaching, that could really mess somebody up.

If I were you I'd keep a plan of what you want to teach them, and also keep track of their progress so that you know what they need to work on and what they're good at. Make sure you advise them to practice properly and thoroughly, as doing that from the start can really kick off your guitar playing, instead of getting into the habbit of doing something badly, and then having to re-learn.

When I first started learning guitar, before I even learnt how to play chords, I learnt finger exercises. First finger, first string, downstrokes with a very light pick across the strings. Then the first and second finger. First and third finger. First and fourth finger. Second and third. Second and fourth. You see where this is going? Keep it going nice and slow, but in time, and that will really build up picking confidence and technique. Then you can move onto E and Am, and transfering between them, strumming, etc.

Posted by: Pitch_Black Apr 13 2008, 07:28 PM

Ok, thanks for the good advice

Posted by: Danilo Capezzuto Apr 13 2008, 07:35 PM

Teaching is the best way to improve! A tip for the beginners? They are different from one to another...just keep this in mind.

Posted by: Pitch_Black Apr 15 2008, 12:23 AM

QUOTE (Danilo Capezzuto @ Apr 13 2008, 12:35 PM)

Teaching is the best way to improve! A tip for the beginners? They are different from one to another...just keep this in mind.

Ok, thanks Danilo

Posted by: superize Apr 15 2008, 12:29 AM

I am helping my cousin to learn how to play....but i dnt see him that much so i cant realy tech him anything nut i supply him with excercises and gave him my old guitar and amp to practice with....

Hopefully we can play toghether one day so i really can teach him things