In this video blog Guitar Pedagogy Expert Mike Christiansen gives you tips on what to look for in a private guitar teacher. You can also find a link to our self-study site where you can continue your guitar or ukulele studies with access to all the courses we offer. Read more…
Classroom Guitar: Tips for Tuning the Class
Classroom Guitar expert Mike Christiansen gives you tips and tricks for tuning your classroom guitar class. Quickly tune your class with the included video. Read more…
Memorizing Music
In this video blog Classroom Guitar expert Mike Christiansen gives you tips and tricks for memorizing music. Watch the Video…
Classroom Guitar: How, When and Why to Use a Capo
In this video blog, Consonus Classroom Guitar Curriculum author Mike Christiansen discusses how, when and why to use a capo. Probably the most common use of a capo is to change key but when teaching very young classroom guitar students… Watch the Video…
Classroom Guitar: Silence is Golden
When teaching classroom guitar or classroom ukulele having some tools to get your class to quiet down can be essential. In this video-blog Mike Christiansen teaches the concept of “rest position” and gives you some tools to help calm the chaos. Watch the Video…
Teaching Classroom Guitar – Flipped
Consonus Music Institute’s Classroom Guitar and Classroom Ukulele curriculum provides everything you need to “flip” your class. In fact, this is one of the most productive uses of technology in the classroom. We asked David Jackman, a teacher in the Apline School District in Utah to tell us about his experience using CMI’s classroom guitar curriculum to “flip” his guitar class. This is his story. Read the Rest…
Classroom Guitar Concert Tips
It’s that time of year when classroom guitar teachers are putting together concerts. Of course, any time of year is a good time to put together a guitar concert. Nothing, and I mean nothing, will motivate students and stimulate practice like concert preparation. Besides motivating practice, the concert allows the parents and administration to see Read the Rest…
Rhythm Studies for Classroom Guitar Are Here
For many students reading rhythms accurately is a challenge. When I was a guitar professor, I noticed that when students would audition to enter into the guitar program, reading rhythms was a stumbling block. I think this was because many of the students had not placed as much emphasis in their practicing on reading rhythms Read the Rest…
Practice While You’re Teaching Guitar
Many music educators reach a point where they’ve mastered the material in the classroom guitar curriculum they’re teaching and find themselves becoming a bit bored with their own playing. If you can relate then keep reading. The guitar class offers the perfect opportunity to practice while you’re teaching guitar. There’s no better time to refine and Read the Rest…
How to Practice Guitar
This week Mike Christiansen shares a few tips to help get the most out of your guitar practice sessions, including goal setting, environment, mind set, attitude, and more.
