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Approaches to bowing for VMTs

This resource seeks to provide an overview of some of the most influential pedagogues’ approaches to elementary bowing – without promoting one method above another. Also included are various...

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Boosting sightreading for bowed strings with alternative notations

Many young string players find reading staff notation difficult. This can become demotivating and hinder progress. Alternative notations not only provide an interesting insight into other musical...

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Warm-ups for guitar

The first question with warm-ups is: why should my students warm up? The simple answer is that it will make them better musicians.

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Guitar repair for music teachers

Over the years, I’ve picked up a lot of knowledge about the workings of a music department and what are the best, most effective and value-for-money ways to keep it running. For the sake of space,...

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Arranging music for guitar

The subject of arranging is vast, so in this resource I’ll focus on chord and riff arrangement, since it’s the staple of most popular guitar playing. I’m also only working in the realms of popular...

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From tab to score: teaching student guitarists how to read music

There’s no denying the fact that there are a lot of guitarists who can’t read music. (I’d like to stress that this is focused more on electric or acoustic guitarists, rather than ones who are...

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Teaching a successful guitar group

Throughout my musical career, one of the main areas I've found to be a constant source of learning, encouragement and inspiration is playing and performing music with a group of people. Within a...

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