Teaching Beginning Guitar Class by Bill Swick, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

As guitar instruction increases in popularity in secondary schools, many band, choir, and orchestra teachers are asked to teach guitar. In one helpfully concise volume, Teaching Beginning Guitar Class: A Practical Guide provides all of the practical tools that are necessary to teach guitar inthe classroom, especially for music instructors who are not guitar specialists. Formatted to follow the school year from summer planning to opening weeks of the fall semester to a week-to-week timeline for the full school year, Teaching Beginning Guitar Class encompasses all possible needs for a non-guitar playing music instructor navigating the world of guitar instruction in aclassroom setting. In twelve expertly organized chapters, author and veteran guitar teacher Bill Swick gives hard and fast guides for instruction, providing reassurance alongside invaluable tips for novice guitar educators. This book addresses questions such as "I Do Not Play Guitar, Why Do I haveto Teach Guitar?"; "What is the Classroom Lifespan of a Guitar?"; and "New Students in January?" while also providing practical solutions including basic setup, how to select the correct method book, and equipment maintenance. | Teaching Beginning Guitar Class by Bill Swick, Paperback | Indigo Chapters