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a day ago
4 min

Lennie and Ginger Mick; The Australian Story Inspiring Guitar Students to Reach Their Goals

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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Do your young students practice their guitar?

Bryce Leader

Oct 21
4 min

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
3 min

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 understo...

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Can 5 Year Olds Handle a 30 minute Lesson?

Bryce Leader

Oct 6
4 min

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 exper...

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Should 5 year olds be taught to play guitar? Absolutely!

Bryce Leader

Sep 29
4 min

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 conversatio...

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The End of Year Concert – Celebration or Chaos?

Bryce Leader

Sep 22
3 min

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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If children are better visual learners, then why the importance of learning to read music?

Bryce Leader

Sep 15
3 min

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 pro...

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Visual or Auditory? What is the best method to teach your students?

Bryce Leader

Sep 8
4 min

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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Are You An Ordinary Or Extraordinary Guitar Teacher? 10 Tips For Keeping Young Students Engaged

Bryce Leader

Sep 1
5 min

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
4 min

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
2 min

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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Kids imitate teacher. Students learn! Lesson + tutorial 27

Bryce Leader

Jun 3
2 min

Kids imitate teacher. Students learn! Lesson + tutorial 27

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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Kids love Copy, Play and Learn Guitar. Lesson + Tutorial number 26. Designed just for them.

Bryce Leader

May 27
2 min

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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Mums, kids, teachers happy. Everybody wins. Guitar lesson and tutorial No.25

Bryce Leader

May 20
2 min

Mums, kids, teachers happy. Everybody wins. 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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Play Guitar Now! Small steps to reading music

Bryce Leader

May 12
2 min

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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Teaching guitar so it makes sense to kids.

Bryce Leader

May 7
2 min

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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Bringing guitar tuition for young beginners into the 21st Century.

Bryce Leader

Apr 30
2 min

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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Teaching kids the way they naturally learn.

Bryce Leader

Apr 22
1 min

Teaching kids the way they naturally learn.

Teaching kids to read music and play guitar can be easy if you tap into their natural learning characteristics!

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Lesson 20, Using all four fingers. Easy!

Bryce Leader

Apr 15
2 min

Lesson 20, Using all four fingers. Easy!

In today's tutorial we revisit the sharp, some finger patterns and rhythms. Students get to use all four fingers.

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Playing guitar needn’t be hard. This lesson uses two techniques that make it easy!

Bryce Leader

Apr 8
2 min

Playing guitar needn’t be hard. This lesson uses two techniques that make it easy!

These lessons use a child's natural learning instincts. Children are visual learners and will naturally imitate the actions of a teacher.

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