No matter what method or style, teachers should be able to accomplish three essential goals for first-year classroom guitar.

Beginning Guitar Ensemble Music Most music educators ackknowledge that ensemble is an essential component of any study, providing benefits like: Concentration and reading. Musical expression.  Rhythmic Development.  Following a conductor.  Community Building and...

Most guitar teachers would agree on the importance of starting a class or lesson with warm-ups for limbering up joints and reinforcing a technical concept. In fact, the warm-up can accomplish so much more,

If you’re currently involved in a guitar ensemble within your community, here are some helpful tips to make your experience better. Topics include using rest stroke, pre-reading, controlling tempo, and general preparation.

These days more and more middle and high schools are offering class guitar, which is a healthy sign of the growing legitimacy of our instrument in music education. How does one control/manage/evaluate such a large group of students…