Teaching a Group Guitar Lesson
Teaching a group guitar lesson is one of the more difficult scenarios of guitar instruction. With more than one person, you will have to deal with the fact that all of the students will be at different levels and have different amounts of commitment. This may create some challenging situations, but with a solid plan and a few helpful strategies, teaching a group lesson can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience for a guitar instructor. This article will detail how to prepare for and operate a group guitar lesson.
Usually groups lessons are situated by basic skill level. Most people interested in group lessons will be beginners or somewhere between beginner and intermediate. This means that some of the students in the group will be completely new to the instrument and may not be able to progress very fast. At the same time, other students may have a little experience and a little more natural hand coordination and pick things up quickly. So how do you make the lesson interesting for both types?
January 08 2010 | Guitar Instruction