HAVE YOU SEEN EDDIE?

Eddie Gibson has not been heard from since October 24th when he emailed his mother to say he was planning to return to UK from Cambodia on a flight due to leave Bangkok, Thailand on 1st November. He was last seen in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and is not thought to have crossed the border into Thailand to catch the flight.

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The basics of teaching Guitar Music Theory Part 3
Don't believe a word your
 student says!
written by Nick Minnion

You've just spent 15 minutes explaining to your student the basis of the chromatic scale:

"So E has no sharp(#) and F has no flat(b); B no sharp(#) and C no flat(b)"

You conclude with a smile.

"Have you got that?"

"Yes!"

They smile back. Hoping that you can get on to something interesting, loud and heavy now.

Don't believe them!

My Golden Rule Number 3 says:

Never take your student's word for it when they say they've understood something!

Get them to prove it. This is best done by getting them to think with the newly-learned information:

Okay!" You say. "That's the end of the explanation. Now let's put this information to use. Play me the note B on the 6th string. - Good, now work out the name of the note at the 6th fret on the 5th string ...." etc.

As they put the information to use several things happen.

  • You discover what they have understood and what they haven't.
  • They process the information mentally and this fixes it in memory.
  • They gain confidence as the subject de-mystifies.
  • They discover that theory is actually useful and relevant!

So never, never, never just explain a point and accept your students word that they have understood it. Always get them to demonstrate their understanding by actual application.

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