Teaching Classroom Guitar

Contents

• Part 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Effective Planning
• Chapter 3 Assessment Techniques
• Chapter 4 Applying the National Standards for Music Education
• Chapter 5 Your Strengths as an Educator
• Part 6 Preliminaries
• Chapter 7 Preparations
• Chapter 8 Quick Start: Your First Week
• Chapter 9 Hand and Body Positions: Learning How to Learn
• Chapter 10 The Right Hand: Using the Thumb and Pick
• Chapter 11 The Left Hand
• Chapter 12 Strength and Motion
• Chapter 13 Teaching Individual Tuning
• Chapter 14 Group-Tuning Techniques
• Part 15 Music Reading
• Chapter 16 The Natural-Note Scale
• Chapter 17 Music Reading
• Chapter 18 Ensembles
• Part 19 Chords and Accompaniments
• Chapter 20 How and Why to Teach Power Chords
• Chapter 21 Playing Bass
• Chapter 22 Teaching Chords
• Chapter 23 Strumming
• Chapter 24 Chord Progressions
• Chapter 25 Finger Picking
• Chapter 26 Teaching Songs
• Chapter 27 Teaching Singing and Playing
• Chapter 28 Barre Forms and Transposition
• Part 29 Intermediate Skills
• Chapter 30 Improvisation
• Chapter 31 Student Combos
• Chapter 32 Teaching Music Theory
• Chapter 33 Teaching Jazz Chords
• Chapter 34 Teaching Solo and Classical Guitar
• Chapter 35 Tablature
• Chapter 36 Hammering-On, Pulling-Off, and Two-Handed Tapping Techniques
• Chapter 37 Reference Frets and the Entire Fretboard
• Part 38 Remedial Techniques
• Chapter 39 Remedial and Artistic Uses of the Capo
• Chapter 40 The Benefits of Teaching Melodies on One String
• Chapter 41 Using Riffs for Educational Purposes
• Part 42 The Guitar Room, Guitars, and Independent Study
• Chapter 43 Setting Up the Guitar Room and Equipment
• Chapter 44 Guitars and Accessories
• Chapter 45 Independent Study