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| centsibleme |
Original Post: Jun 30 '07, 7:30 pm |
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What do you look for in a Guitar teacher/
I was wondering about this the other day. I have been taking lessons since April 2007. I have a really good teacher. He is patient and honest with me, and doesn't hesitate to give me feedback.
What qualities do you look for in a guitar teacher?
Michelle
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| shopaholic_man |
Posted: Jul 02 '07, 5:45 am (Updated: Oct 10 '07, 9:09 pm) |
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RE: What do you look for in a Guitar teacher/
Quote: centsibleme I was wondering about this the other day. I have been taking lessons since April 2007. I have a really good teacher. He is patient and honest with me, and doesn't hesitate to give me feedback.
What qualities do you look for in a guitar teacher?
Michelle
My and I also really lucked out with our guitar teacher. He is the shop owners brother and everyone that works there is a professional musician. He is very skilled, and also very patient. I love my son, but I am the first to recognize that he is not always patient, nor does he always pay attention to things he isn't interested in. Paul taught him as much basics as he could, then he just teaches my son the lead licks to the songs he wants to learn. He is having fun with the songs, and truly enjoys his guitar lessons.
Me, I am learning the basics all the way through, and I am building the basic skills I need to play.
I guess Patience is number one. We also really both like Paul though, because he is able to put into TAB just about any song you would want just by listening to it. He has learned songs by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Guns N Roses and MegaDeth. He even learned the theme from the Godfather!
I also appreciate that Paul has a very solid musical background and is able to teach me not only the basics, but why they are so important to understand. |
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| centsibleme |
Posted: Jul 02 '07, 3:42 pm |
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RE: What do you look for in a Guitar teacher/
Quote: shopaholic_man Nick (my 12 year old son) and I also really lucked out with our guitar teacher. He is the shop owners brother and everyone that works there is a professional musician. He is very skilled, and also very patient. I love my son, but I am the first to recognize that he is not always patient, nor does he always pay attention to things he isn't interested in. Paul taught him as much basics as he could, then he just teaches Nick the lead licks to the songs he wants to learn. Nick is having fun with the songs, and truly enjoys his guitar lessons.
Me, I am learning the basics all the way through, and I am building the basic skills I need to play.
I guess Patience is number one. We also really both like Paul though, because he is able to put into TAB just about any song you would want just by listening to it. Nick has learned songs by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Guns N Roses and MegaDeth. He even learned the theme from the Godfather!
I also appreciate that Paul has a very solid musical background and is able to teach me not only the basics, but why they are so important to understand.
Shopaholicman:
I think it is great that both you and Nick have a teacher that you like. I think that it is important that teacher and students are on the same page.
My teacher loves classical guitar, but is willing to play and teach anything, even if it isn't his personal favorite. I even teased him about a song list that he was working on. He had gotten a gig backing up a Neil Diamond impersonator, and I teased him about it not being classical music.
He is helping me play a Christian song called "You are my all in All", and he will be helping me learn some Lovin Spoonful songs too.
Michelle
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| quarternotes |
Posted: Nov 04 '07, 3:56 am |
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I have 6 guitar teachers. From experience only, I can reassure you on some things about this:
There are two types of students.
Every teacher is different.
My philosophy on hiring teachers are first, this has to be a passion of theirs. There are teachers out there that only teach the application of music. No passion. it doesn't take long for the student to quit.
There are also the ones who only there to make money. These teachers are the easiest to spot. They are the ones who watch the clock closely while teaching, worried more about the time then the lesson.
Then there is the type of teacher i just fired. The type who ONLY teaches licks. The type who plays the whole song to a student, then says "O.K, your turn".
As stated, there are two types of students, the one's who pay to be taught music, and the ones who want to learn licks and songs. There is nothing wrong teaching someone to play songs, but there is nothing wrong with ADDING music theory to this either.
All in a nutshell. The best teachers are the type of teachers that pay CLOSE attention to you and your speed of learning.
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