what is the least you should know to be a teacher?
what's the least you should know/ be able to play to be a teacher.....especially a metal teacher?¿
# 1
More than your student.
For teaching it's good to be familiar with as many styles as possible. Classical, country, blues, jazz, rock, metal, pop, ska, reggae, punk, everything someone might ask about.
For teaching it's good to be familiar with as many styles as possible. Classical, country, blues, jazz, rock, metal, pop, ska, reggae, punk, everything someone might ask about.
"If one has realized a truth, that truth is valueless so long as there is lacking the indomitable will to turn this realization into action!"
-A.H.
-A.H.
# 2
Well you've gotta be open. No more than the kid ur teaching... but if they ask something and you don kno the answer... found it out before the next lesson... you'll be surprised how much you learn in the process!
There are only two important things in life - There's music and theres girls, not necessarily in that order....
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The Ace's Guitar Tricks
# 3
You should definately, surely know proper technique in posture, right hand, and left hand. Theory-wise, I agree, you just need to know something more than the student. If you want to become a professional teacher, however, you need to know about different styles, know your theory inside out, and be prepared to answer a hoard of questions. Having internet access is helpful during lessons if a student requests you play a song they've been working on or something they want to learn, so that you can quickly look up the tab.
"You must stab him in the heart with the Bone Saber of Zumacalis... well, you could stab him in the head or the lungs, too... and the saber, it probably doesn't have to be bone, just anything sharp lying around the house... you could poke him with a pillow and kill him."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
# 4
You don't gotta know **** man, as long as your students are just starting out. tell em to go buy a beginners book and just work through it with them. Give em homework like work on excercise 1 through 7 and of course they won't do it because they're punks and then you'll do it all over again for 15 dollars a half hour lesson the next week (canadian) and you'll ponder what the point is after a few years.
# 5
Not everyone who gets lessons is a beginner.
"If one has realized a truth, that truth is valueless so long as there is lacking the indomitable will to turn this realization into action!"
-A.H.
-A.H.
# 6
True enough. I guess the least you should know to be a teacher is at least more than what your student knows, so it's all relative.
# 7
Hmm, I teach a bit.
Many of my students are beginners, a few are not, and a few are better than me (in a few areas of their playing). Lore is more important than technique in many ways. I took lessons from Michael Harris (I hope you've heard of him!) for a bit. I didn't always care for his playing (very often actually), but the guy was just really on top of things. He could play a simple lick, I'd ask "where did you get that from?" and he'd name 10 other guitarists who do similiar things, or where he first heard it, etc etc.
Many of my students are beginners, a few are not, and a few are better than me (in a few areas of their playing). Lore is more important than technique in many ways. I took lessons from Michael Harris (I hope you've heard of him!) for a bit. I didn't always care for his playing (very often actually), but the guy was just really on top of things. He could play a simple lick, I'd ask "where did you get that from?" and he'd name 10 other guitarists who do similiar things, or where he first heard it, etc etc.
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