Classroom Guitar Pedagogy expert, Mike Christiansen, discusses reasons to change to Consonus Music Institutes Blended Learning curriculum for classroom guitar and ukulele.Read more…
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…
The Muted Strum
Sometimes it’s the small things that make the biggest difference. In the world of guitar accompaniment techniques good time and rhythmic feel can make you sound like a pro when playing even the simplest strumming patterns. One of the easiest ways to develop that feel is by adding muted strums to your playing. It’s the percussive pop Read the Rest…
Getting Started With Improvisation On Guitar
There are many ways that improvisation can be approached. Here is a sequential format that has been used successfully with many guitar students and provides a solid foundation for further study of improvisation. It seems as though guitarists come out of the womb playing the minor pentatonic scale. The E minor pentatonic scale is easy Read the Rest…
