jlg1
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Re: Hard Rock Lead Guitar - Methods
I wish I had time to develop some sort of "course" so I wasnt worried about lesson planning as much.
Lately - its been a bit difficult getting songs for the various abilities - mostly beginners but even within that there's an older man, adults 20-30's age range - and then younger kids - completely different approach for each...
I spent the whole summer redesigning the website (3 months of work in total) so this left me little time for anything else - I definitely need to at least update my songlist's etc....and gather up the songs that were most requested (the ones I cant remember off the top of my head anyway)..
It sounds like you've pumped a lot of time into the stuff you mentioned Don - it will probably be next summer before I can really concentrate on some sort of "program" or at least get really organized with a structured lesson plan or plans that hopefully will suit most students.
Weekly - its a case of keeping a note of whose doing what and having a quick run over (probably parts of a solo - which are usually the most time consuming things)...
At least Ive got back into playing a bit again (I was totally unmotivated that way for a long time) but have noticed myself playing outside of lessons a bit more again...bought a new Telecaster and planning on a Hollowbody and selling off one of the other guitars...
Quite a few studying for the RGT exams with myself have mentioned they've got "bored" with the same stuff (weeks and weeks in some cases before exam date) over and over and Ive made a point of keeping them interested by bringing songs in - if I can find some that are in relation to their current exam type stuff - level; even better...
Its always been a "balancing act" teaching I mean - and it seems to go in "peeks and troughs" where I'm always having to come up up with ideas or I can use the same song/s and get a load of people working from them - saving a lot of lesson planning.
I'm planning to hopefully in the near future start Skype lessons and have been looking into it a bit more - I think that will eventually be the way forward...
There is an amalgamation of 3 of the local schools I'm in into one school in about 4/5 years and I don't know what will be the outcome of that - I'm thinking I may be working from home a lot more and Skype would be the way forward or at least part of it...I hope...
Had quite a few parents ask if I teach in their homes and once I said I dont travel they switched off - that could be potential Skype students maybe...?
Child Protection these days seems to be at the front of parents minds a lot which is totally understandable...
Sorry I know I went off topic....
All sounds like a good courses/s youve got sorted anyway....
James
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Paul Guitar
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Re: Hard Rock Lead Guitar - Methods
Don P, your rock programs sound like an excellent idea, can you give us more of an idea of the content? What's covered and required at the different levels? I'm fairly new to teaching rock and would appreciate any pointers to help me out.
Thanks, Paul
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11/10/2014, 3:08 pm
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Re: Hard Rock Lead Guitar - Methods
Just want to also give two thumbs up to Troy Stetina's books. They are the best, and probably the only really well organized method books for rock/metal guitar.
Like Steve I don't force the traditional method books down students throats. I give it a go with them to see if they take to it, but I have no problem with not using the method book (I never used one!). For someone who just wants to play the popular styles at the level that most of the popular bands play....they don't need to know how to read music. It also depends on the parents. If the parents make it clear to me for example they want their child to have classical guitar lessons, then I'll do that. Most of the time parents don't make any specific demands and they just want their child to have fun learning guitar, and so I will tailor it more to the students interests. I always remind my students that the most advanced musicians do read music. I try to explain to them that if they are already committed to being the best possible guitarist they can be, learning to read is a no-brainer, and doesn't take that much time to learn if they are planning to be a life-long guitarist. I also tell them that learning to read music was the single most important thing I ever learned as a musician. I play mainly solo fingerstyle / classical / jazz guitar, so learning to read was a necessity for me to play at a high level. But if someone just wants to play 3 chord songs, there's no need to learn reading. One thing I have found however, is that you can never predict the students that will really take to the reading or not. You may have a young punk rocker come in and he ends up being the best reader of all. My two best readers ever were a 5 year old boy that nobody else in my town would take on as a student because he was "too young", and a 13 year old girl into thrash metal. So the point is you should try music reading with all students, of all ages and interests and give it a chance to flourish.
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Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions. Sorry I didn't respond sooner. This student ended up injuring his finger pretty badly and is taking a long break from lessons.
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