https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:14:35 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/paged/2/#post-271664 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:09:03 +0000 I have no formal teaching qualifications, but i did go back to college at the age of 40 and did a 3 year part time music course, to bring my theory up to scratch. I also learned a lot from the tutors on how to teach. I now have a 2 year teaching plan, based on my experiances as a teacher, which is adaptable to the tastes of the individual student. Plannin, and Preperation are 2 very important watchwords for succsessful teaching.

Good Luck.]]> Guitar Players Discussion RickyB https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/paged/2/#post-271664 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-269018 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:05:33 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Fretsource https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-269018 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-269008 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:34:58 +0000
I'm doing a couple of hours free tuition in my old secondary school as a way of preparing for taking private students, s hopefully I'll get some clients out of that. If not, splattering the city with adverts should help. :lol:]]> Guitar Players Discussion Scrybe https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-269008 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-269004 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:59:55 +0000 For this job, think of yourself as an educator first and a guitarist second. Make sure your courses are well structured, with plenty of printed teaching material. Good luck.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Fretsource https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-269004 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-268992 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:05:12 +0000
many thanks for the swift and thorough reply. I'm looking to teach privately in the North West of England from January onwards. I got A's in both GCSE and A level music and played a lot of Hendrix and Jeff Beck stuff around that time, although now I'm trying to get my head around jazz and put my theory knowledge to more practical use, lol. I'd guess that I'm somwehere between grade 6 (based on my A level results) and grade 8 on elecrtic guitar and somewhere between grade 5 and grade 7 on acoustic (not classical, since my sight reading is somewhere around grade three :oops: ), so I reckon I have the knowledge and practical skills to provide a service to people wanting to learn guitar, and I've had the experience of working with several different music teachers over the years, so I've learned a lot about structuring learning from that. I just didn't want to start advertising my services only to be shut down by someone within a couple of months for not being qualified!

that said, I'm gonna put my head down on the grades situation and get that piece of paper sometime over the next year or so - I'm guessing I'm already that standard on some aspects of playing, but would like to fill the gaps (e.g. improv. over difficult harmonies or rhythms) and I may as well have the piece of paper if I'm going to get the skills.

I was thinking of chargin 10-15 quid per hour (for one-on-one tuition) to start of with, and then increase/create price bands depending on the students' level. Does this sound reasonable to you?]]> Guitar Players Discussion Scrybe https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-268992 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-268990 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:46:59 +0000
For teaching beginners or near beginners in schools, adult education centres, etc, qualifications may be required, depending on the particular local education authority. Advanced courses held in colleges that specialise in music are taught by professional teachers/musicians. If teaching to groups that are considered potentially 'vulnerable', e.g., kids, then you may also need a 'disclosure', which is a police criminal records check, (which the school/centre arrange and pay for).

By the way, the practical element of A level music is (or used to be) considered equivalent to grade 6.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Fretsource https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-268990 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-268982 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:06:40 +0000
in the UK do you need to have passed Grade 8 Electric guitar (or any other music qualification) in order to teach guitar? I was under the impression that you needed a certain grade to be able to teach, but I'm not sure if this also covers teaching privately or just refers to e.g. teaching in schools.

I did well at both GCSE and A level music, and have taught friends informally, so I'm pretty confident I have enough theory and practical knowledge to teach privately, but I haven't taken Grade exams. :roll:]]> Guitar Players Discussion Scrybe https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-268982 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/teaching-guitar/#post-268490 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:15:19 +0000
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