Teaching beginning guitar class
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: Bill Swick
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780190661922; 9780190661915
Subjects: Guitar; Instruction and study
Description: "As guitar instruction increases in popularity in secondary schools, many band, choir, and orchestra teachers are asked to teach guitar. In one helpfully concise volume, Teaching Beginning Guitar Class: A Practical Guide provides all of the practical tools that are necessary to teach guitar in the classroom, especially for music instructors who are not guitar specialists. Formatted to follow the school year from summer planning to opening weeks of the fall semester to a week-to-week timeline for the full school year, Teaching Beginning Guitar Class encompasses all possible needs for a non-guitar playing music instructor navigating the world of guitar instruction in a classroom setting. In twelve expertly organized chapters, author and veteran guitar teacher Bill Swick gives hard and fast guides for instruction, providing reassurance alongside invaluable tips for novice guitar educators. This book addresses questions such as 'I Do Not Play Guitar, Why Do I have to Teach Guitar?'; 'What is the Classroom Lifespan of a Guitar?'; and 'New Students in January?' while also providing practical solutions including basic setup, how to select the correct method book, and equipment maintenance." --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started; title: Being prepared prior to the start of the school year; title: Organizational ideas; title: A potpourri of practical ideas and simple thoughts; title: Lesson plans, curriculum, objectives, and standards; title: Philosophy of classroom guitar teaching; title: Applying the 80/20 rule; title: Quarter1: The timeline; title: Quarter 2: The timeline; title: Quarter 3: The timeline; title: Quarter 4: The timeline; title: Daily procedures.