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5 year olds vs 9 year olds – the differences in guitar teaching strategies.
Lesson Content and strategies designed for five year old children can have a huge impact on their learning.
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Bryce Leader
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Chords for the Young Beginner - Resources for Guitar Teachers
It can be difficult to come up with new ideas and different methods to teach young children how to play the guitar. The young beginner...
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Bryce Leader
Nov 4, 20203 min read
The Suzuki Method for Guitar; the benefits, shortcomings and how they might be overcome
The Suzuki method guitar books are made from a series of brilliantly graded and sequential pieces, each building on the last. Once the...
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Bryce Leader
Oct 28, 20204 min read
Inspiring Guitar Students to Reach Their Goals. How a nine year old boy overcame adversity for his.
Learning guitar is a common pursuit and is a goal of many children. Most parents want the best for their children and having heard about...
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Bryce Leader
Oct 21, 20204 min read
Do your young students practice their guitar?
A student’s lack of practice is a constant source of frustration for guitar teachers. As musicians and guitar teachers, we generally find...
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Bryce Leader
Oct 14, 20203 min read
Is Music a Language?
Music evokes memories and emotions and can soothe the savage beast. The signs and symbols that written music use are universally...
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Bryce Leader
Oct 7, 20204 min read
Can 5 Year Olds Handle a 30 minute Lesson?
First of all, thanks to Nelson for this question. It is a great question and one I do get often so I thought I would write about my...
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Bryce Leader
Sep 30, 20204 min read
Should 5 year olds be taught to play guitar? Absolutely!
I recently posted an infographic on Facebook about the reasons five-year olds should learn to play guitar. It started quite a...
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Bryce Leader
Sep 23, 20203 min read
The End of Year Concert – Celebration or Chaos?
Our students have been working hard all year, so we are putting on a concert to showcase their abilities. There are always mixed feelings...
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Bryce Leader
Sep 16, 20203 min read
If children are better visual learners, then why the importance of learning to read music?
Reading music is difficult. Reading music requires analysis, thought and concentration. Playing a piece of music requires children to...
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Bryce Leader
Sep 9, 20204 min read
Visual or Auditory? What is the best method to teach your students?
Guitar and music teachers reading this are probably already aware of the benefits of musical education on a young growing brain and that...
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Bryce Leader
Sep 2, 20205 min read
Are You An Ordinary Or Extraordinary Guitar Teacher? 10 Tips For Keeping Young Students Engaged
10 tips for keeping young students engaged.
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Bryce Leader
Jun 13, 20204 min read
How I got more guitar students!
Losing students to YouTube? less money coming in? This is how I went from not having enough students to having more than enough.
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Bryce Leader
Jun 10, 20202 min read
Tunes for Guitar Kids
You can make good money as a guitar teacher. This is how I went from very low student numbers to having more than I could cope with.
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Bryce Leader
Jun 3, 20202 min read
Effective strategies for teaching guitar to young people.
Kids imitate teacher. Students learn. Whether learning to walk or talk kids learn naturally by imitating the actions of a parent or teacher.
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Bryce Leader
May 27, 20202 min read
Kids love Copy, Play and Learn Guitar. Lesson + Tutorial number 26. Designed just for them.
Learning guitar has never been easier. The music is fun, age appropriate and the teaching process is in line with the way young kids learn.
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Bryce Leader
May 20, 20202 min read
Effective guitar teaching strategies for young people. Guitar lesson and tutorial No.25
For effective learning to take place, kids must see their lessons as important, pleasurable and interesting. That's the goal of this method.
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Bryce Leader
May 13, 20202 min read
Play Guitar Now! Small steps to reading music
Kids can play guitar now and take small, manageable steps to reading music in a way that naturally resonates with them.
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Bryce Leader
May 7, 20202 min read
Teaching guitar so it makes sense to kids.
Secrets to teaching kids guitar? No, Just teach them the way they learn!
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Bryce Leader
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Bringing guitar tuition for young beginners into the 21st Century.
Kids educational pedagogy has evolved. But, why is it that we teach them to play guitar and read music the same way Mel Bay did in 1948?
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