Kyle the Teacher?

Kyle · 2005-01-29T02:31:51Z

Guess What! I am now teaching guitar to one of my friends! We had our first lesson today. She is just starting out but I think we are making progress already! No kidding :lol: ! We started out with the importance of warming up and stretching before playing, then delved into her goals for playing guitar. She is an INCREDIBLE singer so one of her main goals is being able to sing to songs she has learned. She also loves jazz guitar, but enjoys many styles, so branching out will be a challenge, but I'm totally up for it. I have her working out of Berklee Basic Guitar by William Levitt for sight reading and music reading in general, Aaron shearer's basic elements of music theory for guitar for theory, I gave her tons of picking and strength excercises, and we also are working on learning to barre strings, and also working on hammer ons and pull offs to develop left hand strength. Next week we will be working on a piece of music she wants to learn, but this week, we worked on the riff from "The Ocean" by Led Zepplin. I also have her working on the first to positions of the minor pentatonic scales with the root on the 6th string. We did an extensive talk on propper technique, And I even made a little card for her reminding her of all the things she needs to be aware of when she's playin like making her thumb invisible, keeping her fingers close to the fretboard. We ended with a recap and even a bit of jamming on "The Ocean". She would play the rythm part (very slowly and choppy of course, but she is learning quickly) and I would play a solo over it. Things are going great so far and I think it should be a great experience for both of us.The one question I did have was should I be charging money, becuase currently I am not. I don't really want the money as she was nice enough to let me teach her, but I am curious if it will affect attitude she brings to practicing if she knows she is paying money for it. Let me know what you all think.Thanks.Kyle.

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04/02/2005 6:12 pm

I fix computers for a living and I don't charge family or real close friends to work on their equipment, but I would charge somebody that I may know and just see at work every day.

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