Music Education

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...