Teaching Guitar

The continuing popularity of guitar guarantees there will always be demand for good teachers. Do you have what it takes to do this exciting and challenging job?

Teaching GuitarHave you ever wanted to teach guitar but then thought you might not be qualified? This month we will dispel a lot of the myths about what it takes to teach guitar. Be sure to look up the articles, both here and on our sister website, musiccareers.net, written by some great teachers who are also GN contributors, such as Darrin Koltow, Tom Hess, Tom Serb, Alan Green, Nick Torres and many more.

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Improve Your Guitar Teaching

Tom Hess describes how to break down a bad teaching habit so that both teacher and student can tackle it in easy, manageable steps.

Teaching Chords To Beginning Guitar Students

In his latest article, Tom Hess explores some of the problems that beginners tend to have making and changing guitar chords.

Guitar Teaching: Lesson One

Do you want teach guitar? This article answers that question with a detailed look at how to teach the all-important first lesson.

An Interview with Alan Green

Get to know Guitar Noise Moderator Alan Green a little better - you might see him on television one day!

The Magic Triangle Of Musicianship

There are three important creative aspects of musicianship that can help you move up from being someone who just dabbles with the guitar to a serious musician.

Building Your Own Songbook

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Simone Perandini shares with us some ideas of creating and maintaining a songbook - the essential item for any successful jam!
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Teaching and Education

Could You Teach Guitar?

Have you ever thought about teaching but then thought that you might not be qualified? Let’s dispel a lot of the myths about what it takes to teach guitar.

How do I teach guitar to children?

I don’t think anyone is ever too young to have a love of music instilled in them. My daughter wanted very much to play the alto sax when she was 8. (She’d been playing piano since age 5 or 6) We tried one, and she had excellent tone and rhythm, but she didn’t quite have [...]

The Spirit of the Guitar

Let yourself become part of the guitar by learning about where it came from. We’ll explain why it’s important to understand the history of the guitar.

Where Do You Go From Here?

Most people learn from their mistakes. Chris Juergensen, Guitar Noise’s man in Tokyo, is kind enough to let you learn from his! Here are some really great tips on numerous topics, complete with a few life’s lessons.

Band Creation 101

John Tucker returns with some very sound advice about putting your band together and getting things off the ground. There’s nothing like playing with other people, so take the time to make sure you get the right people for you.

Humble Pie

Sometimes learning what you don’t know can teach you an incredible wealth of things. Please welcome Guitar Noise reader Steve Schmeiding to our pages as he tells us of a point in his learning that I think many of us, if not all of us, can relate to.

Competition

Here’s another wonderfully personal and thoughtful take on the concept of competition among guitarists. My thanks go to John for taking the time out to share his ideas with all of us.

This Is Only An Exhibition

It was a rough draft of a different article that Steve sent me that led to my coming up with this month’s discussion of why musicians tend to look at things with such an eye toward competition. And he came up with this great piece in order to take part in the discussion!

Listening To Learn

Listening to music is one of the easiest ways to learn about your guitar – and one of the easiest things to forget about! Guitar Noise is pleased to introduce the first of a series of articles from David Wagle, which are here to help you expand your listening library in the hopes of becoming better guitarists and musicians. We start out with a list of Top Ten Great Guitarists Who Never Make Top Ten Lists But Should!

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