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David James
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October 28th, 2006 @ 6:01 pm GMT |
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Can I Teach Music?
by David James
There are many people asking this question. There are many people feeling a need to teach other people how to do this thing we all do, and to play this instrument we all love. They are perhaps asking this question for different reasons; some may be looking for fulfillment, some may be looking for a job, and hopefully many are doing both.
And very likely, the person asking this question is feeling some degree of doubt about their ability to teach, doubt about either their guitar knowledge, or their teaching skills.
Well, the first thing to be clear about is that neither of these doubtful things need be, or should be, the object of our first concern. You will never know what your teaching skills are until you begin to teach. And as far as musical knowledge goes, the only requirement for teaching someone anything is this: you must know at least one thing the person you are teaching doesn’t! Teach them that, and then do your best to keep at least one step ahead of them so you can keep on teaching them! If you know more than one thing the other person doesn’t, you are already ahead of the game!
Study The Principles, and study the lesson plans and approaches on our site. Teach to the end of your knowledge and understanding, and then work to go beyond.
The views and opinions in this blog post are those of its author.
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