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When starting a student on a new exercise or new song to
learn, always stop and think about how to present it to your
student in a way that they can learn it quickly, easily and
enjoyably.
This means MAKE IT EASY to learn!
Suppose you want them to play a riff-based blues. Don't try and teach the whole
thing at once. First get them to locate the underlying chords and just strum
their way through the piece. Next, once they're doing this confidently, play
the riff over the top of their strumming so that they can hear how it fits.
Then get them to learn the riff thoroughly, but just over the first chord of
the sequence. Beginning unaccompanied until they can play it fluently, then
with you strumming along. You can then get them playing the riff over the sequence
- again let them do it unaccompanied until its up to speed, then play along
with them to keep them in strict time.
Even an advanced guitarist will enjoy learning this way. The point is that
if the student picks each step up immediately you can move straight along to
the next bit.
Being thorough is always more important than being fast
You can learn more about the philosophy behind this tip from the following
article:
The Virtuous Circles of Confidence building.
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