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cowman
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cowman
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11/29/2004 11:22 am
I'm going to start giving guitar lessons to some people I know. I never have given guitar lessons, and I feel I'm way to disorganized, so to avoid frustrating someone, I've started making a program with the topics I'll try to cover.

Here's what I have so far:

Basic technique:
-Explanation (including guitar position, hands position, picking, fingering, open string notes, etc.).
-Picking exercises (4 downstrokes, 4 upstrokes, alternate picking, 4 attacks patterns throuht the 6 strings).
-1 2 3 4 fingering pattern variations (played up and down the neck).
-Some small exercises in 2 strings I have to polish alternate picking.

Basic theory:
-Basic interval explanation and note naming (I'm having some trouble with this one, because I take it too much for granted)
-Explanation of note distribution in the fretboard
-1 octave Major scale and explanation of it
-2 octave Major scale 1st position (berklee system)
-Basic major and minor, diminished and augmented chord positions (open and transportable)
-Explanation on the diatonic harmonization of the major scale (including the "stacking 3rds" concept)
-modes explanation

from there, I would like to develop into natural minor scale and pentatonic scale.

I'm thinking of many other things I can teach, but I want to order the basics first, because I feel there are some holes in this program. What do you think of it?

Also, I'm not thinking of making this a strict program. I'm just making it to have something like a guideline to know what I can teach next. I would really appreciate some advice on how to make my students get involved in the class (like getting songs for them to learn and that kind of things).
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