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Guitar Discussions -> any teachers
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any teachers - paranoid - 01:33 16-11-05
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Any teachers in here?
I am looking to start teaching at my house soon, and wondering if anybody
has any pointers as far as obtaining students, and keeping them. Seems the
music stores stay slammed with lessons, how can one obtain that many
students on there own?
Thanks
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Re: any teachers - Alai - 08:31 16-11-05
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"paranoid" <none@noneya.com> wrote in message
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> Any teachers in here?
>
> I am looking to start teaching at my house soon, and wondering if anybody
> has any pointers as far as obtaining students, and keeping them. Seems the
> music stores stay slammed with lessons, how can one obtain that many
> students on there own?
At first it was just some family relatives of mine, then their friends
wanted lessons from me. The size grew quite a bit(at once I had 8 kids in a
week), and although I taught them all seperately at first, I eventually had
2 seperate classes in groups session, beginner and intermediate. They
really enjoyed playing with other kids of similar abilities and most became
very good friends jamming with each other.
All that said, I think it's very important to have a very set-in stone kind
of instructions as a teacher especially in the beginning, showing that I am
serious. They might bark a bit at first saying "I don't like to play these
basic chord stuff, I want to play Hendrix now!", but they all come around in
the end, noticing that the teacher is not just in it for money, but really
want to see their students progress.
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Re: any teachers - Sasquatch - 09:42 16-11-05
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> All that said, I think it's very important to have a very set-in stone
> kind of instructions as a teacher especially in the beginning, showing
> that I am serious. They might bark a bit at first saying "I don't like to
> play these basic chord stuff, I want to play Hendrix now!", but they all
> come around in the end, noticing that the teacher is not just in it for
> money, but really want to see their students progress.
>
That is some good advice. Anyone can teach someone a few barre chords and
how to drop tune and play some heavy riffs or play open chords and do
strumming patterns. When I get people who insist on learning a song now I
try my best to utilize it to teach theory and technique. Let's say they want
to learn a blues based rock and roll tune. Use it to teach the I IV V
progression. Or the pentatonic scale. Or the difference between 4/4 and 2/4
time. The possibilites are endless.
Sasquatch
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