What Makes a Good Guitar Teacher?
What Makes a Great Guitar Teacher? Since I started giving guitar lessons I have learned as much from my students as they learn from me. Specifically, I have learned how to be a better guitar teacher. WHAT MANY GUITAR TEACHERS DO WRONG I welcome beginning students, but many of my pupils have some playing experience, but they are "stuck" at a certain point and what they need is a breakthrough. The first thing I do with these people is listen to them play. I need to see what they can do naturally, what they already do well, and where they have gotten stuck. There are a lot of places a beginning guitarist can get caught, so I don't personally believe there is just one way to teach guitar to avoid all problems. I believe that people develop individual habits, and the key to moving them forward is to identify which habits are good, and which ones need to be addressed. This is does not mean I only identify what they are doing wrong. I always point out what a student is...