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Besides my tutorials on GuitarTricks,
I've got a bunch of free lessons on my site,
for folks who want to see if we'd be a good fit.
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Beginner-friendly Holiday Guitar Songs
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"Hi George,
I do not have personal experience with that book, but Gibson is the real deal and I would trust them to put out a good product.
Also, I teach online at GuitarTricks, which offers some very structured courses via the internet. I don't…"
George Callier replied to Lisa McCormick : Guitar Teacher's discussion Beginner-friendly Holiday Guitar Songs"Hi Lisa, I'm living in the Dominican Republic and I have hit a wall as far
as instructors are concerned here on the Island. I still practice each day
for 30 minutes but I need more structure. I've researched the Gibson's Learn &…"
"Thanks, John!"
"Hi John,
I've got a whole section on this topic at my website, Getting Started with Guitar.
There are five videos, and a complete buyer's guide to talk you through picking out the right guitar for a young (or any age)…"
"Exactly. One, Four, Five. It's all good.
Have a wonderful holiday, Donna.
All best wishes,
Lisa"
Donna Zitzelberger replied to Lisa McCormick : Guitar Teacher's discussion Beginner-friendly Holiday Guitar Songs in the group Acoustic Newb"Hi Lisa,
I teach the tiny ones ukulele. The easiest chords to start with on uke are C, F, and G7. So just transpose the songs to key of C, and you will have a ball with your neice.
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Don Edwards replied to Lisa McCormick : Guitar Teacher's discussion Beginner-friendly Holiday Guitar Songs in the group Acoustic Newb"I agree with everyone here these are great songs for the beginner to learn, I went ahead and purchased the ebook as well. Made a copy for me and one for my grandson who's taking guitar lessons at school, going to add it to his Christmas gift.…"
"I got my little niece a ukulele for her birthday in November. I am hoping she and I can use the book when I see her at Christmas to sketch out a song or two. Even if she just strums along on the open strings, that will be fun!"
Jay Murray replied to Lisa McCormick : Guitar Teacher's discussion Beginner-friendly Holiday Guitar Songs in the group Acoustic Newb"Hi Lisa,
Same thing for me. My youngest daughter is also taking guitar lessons. These are songs we can play together, which makes it more fun. They are easy to play. So this year we can add something new to…"
"Welcome Nick and James! Please keep us posted.
-Lisa"
"I use a couple of different shots to cover this. I have what I call the "talking head" shot, angled in such a way that you can see both of my hands, but also, see me talking to you. Then when I want to do a closer shot of one of my hands,…"
Tony Burt left a comment for Lisa McCormick : Guitar Teacher"Hi Lisa ,, re last comment ,,, too kind.. thank you"
"Dear Donna,
Thanks so much for your comments! As a fellow guitar-teacher who has used these materials with my own students for years, it does my heart good to know you are finding them useful and enjoyable with your own students.
I'm…"
"Dear Donna,
Thanks so much for your comments! As a fellow guitar-teacher who has used these materials with my own students for years, it does my heart good to know you are finding them useful and enjoyable with your own students. Thank you,…"
Donna Zitzelberger replied to Lisa McCormick : Guitar Teacher's discussion Beginner-friendly Holiday Guitar Songs in the group Teachers"Hi Everyone,
I tried out the free downloads on some of my little students and it went really well. I wanted to add something like this to the beginner Christmas' list for my students and it really saved me time from having to write these…"
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Hi, I'm Lisa McCormick, guitarist and guitar instructor.
My very favorite students are Adult Beginners, Re-Beginners, and "Chronic Intermediates".
Besides teaching in my own studio, I teach online at Guitar Tricks, a top guitar lesson subscription site where my specialty is acoustic guitar lessons, especially for beginners through intermediates. I have close to 400 video guitar lessons posted there!
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Easy Holiday Guitar Songs
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As an online guitar instructor, I especially love creating beginner-friendly lessons and resources that focus on getting right into enjoying the music, even on a pretty basic level.…
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Comment Wall (16 comments)
- At 11:35am on April 1, 2011,
Loren Neufeld said… - Hi Lisa. Listening to your song "This is A Kiss". Sounds good!
- At 5:09am on December 12, 2010, Tony Burt said…
Hi Lisa ,, re last comment ,,, too kind.. thank you
- At 3:18am on December 7, 2010, Tony Burt said…
- Hi Lisa , thanks for your comments,, the Tui was so amazing to play with,, and picked up on the melody and timing ,, natural talent :-))
- At 4:59pm on August 5, 2010,
Luis Motta da Silva said… - Dear Lisa,
The pictures are no longer at the "main" page; but they'se stil at my page, in the "my photos" section. There´s an album called "steel string guitars", click on it to open, the two last pictures show the new guitar. Click on them to maximize and enjoy this new beauty (I should be more modest, but sometimes I just can't). If you prefer so, you may always send me a mail message, and and answer it sending photos. Thank you very much for your kind interest, it really flatters me... and I expect you to give me your opinion: is it a "he", or a "she"?
- At 1:16pm on July 19, 2010, Luis Motta da Silva said…
- Aha! You got me!
"Cavaco" (which, by the way, is the name of the Portuguese president) means a piece of wood, a wood split you put in the fireplace to burn; Cavaquinho has the -inho termination which is, either a diminutive or a pet meaning: we say "docinho" as you say "sweetie". But, no rule without an exception: Cavaco is a male word, and so is Cavaquinho. I love your sense of humour... My mail: mluisa.baptista@sapo.pt. Nice to hear from you...
- At 12:53pm on July 19, 2010, Luis Motta da Silva said…
- Hi,
Only now I noticed you wrote "...whatever SHE is, SHE's a little beauty".
There is no neutral gender in Portuguese language. Guitars are feminin, except for basses, that are obviously masculin (hope this makes sense to you...). So, the use of the feminin is only natural for me and I didn't notice at first sight, but now I realize you spiced your comment with a little grammar subtlety. How sweet, thank you...
- At 4:31pm on July 5, 2010, Luis Motta da Silva said…
- Hi, Lisa!
I apologize. I didn't want to mislead you, but it seems I did: It's not a mandolin, it's an odd-shaped uke.
As you probably know, ukuleles descend from Portuguese "Cavaquinhos", that were taken to Hawai'i islands by Portuguese emmigrants in late xix century. Though the traditional Cavaquinho is guitar shaped, with an upper bout and a lower bout, there are indeed some strangely shaped cavaquinhos, like this one. And the Portuguese mate to the legendary cigarbox uke is the olive oil can cavaquinho... Sorry, didn't want to mislead you. Luis
- At 3:59am on July 4, 2010, Luis Motta da Silva said…
- Dear Lisa,
I'm glad you enjoyed my page. The mandolas and mandolins shown there are instruments I repaired, except the small mandolin at the right side, which I did design and construct. I make mostly guitars, a new one every two years or so, the rest of the time I repair and restore. It's a hobby, you know, I'm a lawyer, but the hours I spend at the workbench take all the stress away. And it taught me to value handwork, and love the beauty, the smell and touch of fine woods. Maybe this picture talks to your heart: It's a naif countryside instrument, made of poor woods. The top was cracked, it was brought to me for repair. No big deal, but there's a certain poetry in this modest little thing, don't you agree?
Thank you very much for your comment. Coming from someone that can play (and sing) the way you do, I'm really flattered!
Luis
- At 4:14am on July 3, 2010, Luis Motta da Silva said…
- Hi, Lisa,
Thanks for the friendship offer, it's an honor. Please be welcome to my page, maybe the pictures and sounds of Portuguese guitars seduce you. Whether you like them, or not, your comment will be very welcome...
Luis
- At 7:52pm on January 7, 2010, joseph scheunemann said…
- hi
if you have to fly somwhere and you bringa utar ho doyou prep yur guitar for the flight?
i love your video seris on youtube by theway.
thans joseph sceunemann
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