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One of the greatest challenges facing the guitar teacher is finding good students, and avoiding bad students. Good students can be defined as interested, eager to work, and enthusiastic about learning guitar. They are stimulating to teach, they make you feel like you are getting "money for nothing"! Bad students are the opposite, the agony of being in the lesson is quite evident on their faces, and as the teacher, you feel like someone has opened one of your veins, and… Continue

There are a few things I find myself repeating over and over to the many students I meet in the course of my teaching days, students of all ages, genders, and guitar styles. One is "your shoulder is tense, relax it". Another is "you have a lot of talent for guitar, but it is covered up by bad habits you got from wrong practice".Almost always, the student is shocked to hear this. In fact, they have trouble believing it. They don't think I am serious when I tell them they have a lot of talent for… Continue

There are a few things I find myself repeating over and over to the many students I meet in the course of my teaching days, students of all ages, genders, and guitar styles. One is "your shoulder is tense, relax it". Another is "you have a lot of talent for guitar, but it is covered up by bad habits you got from wrong practice".



Almost always, the student is shocked to hear this. In fact, they have trouble believing it. They don't think I am serious when I tell them they have a lot… Continue

From time to time I receive books from guitar teachers who want me to read their new method book and give them my estimation of its value. Sometimes they even ask me to recommend the book, and write a blurb for them. I am then put in the position of telling them that I never do that.



The reason I don’t do that is quite simple: I have no way of knowing the value of someone’s guitar method book. It is amazing to me that they are even assuming I could know the value of their book.… Continue

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you know that right now, at my web

site GuitarPrinciples.com, we are offering our Beginner Guitar Package

at it's lowest price ever, but only for 4 more days!



The package includes my teaching materials, "The Principles for Correct

Practice for Guitar" book and DVD and "The Guitar Principles Path Level

One: Chords & Rhythm" book.



This package was put together with the beginner guitarist in mind. It

is also… Continue