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Be a Guitar Teacher The complete course ebook edition By Stuart Bahn www.stuartbahn.com Contents Introduction ..................................................6 The course structure ....................................................................7 How to use this course.................................................................9 Unit 1 Getting started ................................10 Why teach guitar? .......................................................................11 Preparation and decision making..............................................11 Am I good enough? ...................................................................11 Practicalities ..............................................................................12 Your teaching space..................................................................12 Equipment .................................................................................13 What days and times can I teach in?.........................................15 One-on-one or group tuition? ....................................................16 How long should my lessons be and how often? ......................17 Do I teach electric, acoustic or classical?..................................17 How much to charge..................................................................18 Marketing .....................................................................................19 Website......................................................................................19 What if you really have no idea how to build a website?...........21 Choosing your domain name.....................................................22 Google business listings............................................................22 Other directories ........................................................................23 Social Media ..............................................................................23 Pay per click advertising............................................................24 Non-web related promotion .......................................................24 Dealing with enquiries ................................................................26 Scenario 1: They have emailed you and included their phone number ......................................................................................26 Scenario 2: They contact you by phone ....................................27 Scenario 3: They have emailed you and have not included their phone number ...........................................................................27 The call itself..............................................................................28 Follow up ...................................................................................29 Asking your advice ....................................................................29 Unit 2 Teaching material ...........................30 Introduction to teaching material ..............................................31 Why bother preparing teaching material?..................................32 How to present your material.....................................................33 Digital or physical? ....................................................................33 Handwritten or word-processed material?.................................34 Spelling and grammar ...............................................................35 Keeping your material organised...............................................35 2 Sourcing material.......................................................................36 Books.........................................................................................36 Guitar magazines ......................................................................36 NOT other teachers ...................................................................37 The internet ...............................................................................37 The last place you can get material from is YOU! .....................37 A note on terminology................................................................38 Chords – open chords ...............................................................38 Chords – bar / moveable chords ...............................................39 Chord-based repertoire ..............................................................40 Writing your own chord charts ...................................................43 Do you simplify the chords ........................................................44 Do you transcribe the guitar part only?......................................44 What if the song has no guitar part............................................45 Bass notes.................................................................................45 Riff-based and rock-based repertoire .......................................46 Blues ............................................................................................47 Major blues ................................................................................48 Minor blues ................................................................................48 Jazz blues..................................................................................49 Blues backing tracks..................................................................49 Jazz Repertoire............................................................................49 Unit 3 Scales, arpeggios and licks ...........51 Scales, arpeggios and licks .......................................................52 Teaching scales ..........................................................................52 Licks .............................................................................................55 Bending strings..........................................................................55 Varying licks ..............................................................................55 Major pentatonic ........................................................................56 The other scales ........................................................................56 Sourcing licks ............................................................................57 Do I need licks for every scale there is?....................................57 Modes of the major scales.........................................................57 Jazz licks ...................................................................................58 Arpeggios ....................................................................................58 Solos ............................................................................................60 What solos to teach? ..................................................................61 Minor and major pentatonics .....................................................61 Well known pentatonic solos .....................................................62 Seven note scale-based solos...................................................62 Students choosing solos............................................................63 Balancing solos with theory .......................................................64 Jazz solos..................................................................................64 Unit 4 Theory and its application .............66 3 When to cover theory? ...............................................................67 What to teach...............................................................................67 The major scale .........................................................................68 Harmonise the major scale into triads .......................................68 Harmonise major scale into sevenths........................................71 Variations of triads and sevenths (sus, 6, add9) .......................71 Modes of the major scale ..........................................................72 Extended chords (9, 11, 13) ......................................................74 Altered chords ...........................................................................75 The natural minor scale and renaming of chord numbers.........75 The harmonic minor scale chords .............................................76 Phrygian dominant.....................................................................77 Melodic minor and symmetrical scales......................................78 Unit 5 Technique ........................................80 Fundamentals............................................................................81 Striking a balance ......................................................................82 Technique basics – classical .....................................................82 Technique basics – popular music ............................................83 Left hand technique ...................................................................83 Chord changes ..........................................................................84 Bar chords .................................................................................85 Holding a pick ............................................................................86 Strumming .................................................................................87 Arpeggiating chords...................................................................87 Alternate picking ........................................................................87 String bending ...........................................................................89 Vibrato
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