Teaching Classroom Guitar

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This is a much-needed approach for guitar educators since it will assist both experienced and novice guitarists teaching popular styles in the classroom. For any musical style, there are many good tools to manage class progress in this book, delivered in a sensitive and very positive way. -- Michael Quantz, education director, Guitar Foundation of America Teaching Classroom Guitar is full of great tips for guitar teachers at all levels of teaching, tips that you don't find in standard methods books. -- Suzanne Shull, MENC guitar education team clinician and career classroom music teacher A complete education should include music education, shown to improve performance in both math and science. Education is for life, teachers who continue to educate themselves improve their ability to engage students and pass along the skills relayed in this book. -- Brian Schweitzer, governor, Montana An impressive collection of a wide array of tools useful for general classroom guitar education. Steve Eckels demonstrates that he is an educator of experience, breadth, and depth. The information is accurate and methodology well thought out. A veritable treasure trove for the general classroom guitar teacher. -- Gregg Goodhart, chair, Music Department, and director of the classical guitar program, Servite High School, Anaheim, California I've been teaching a one semester generic guitar course at the University of Maine and the University of Southern Maine for 25 years. The course has morphed into guitar course for music education majors. Your book has been instrumental in furthering this gradual transformation. It is a formidable text! Every idea I've ever had or stolen about teaching this course is in your book plus many more. As a classical guitarist I appreciate the inclusion of good posture and sensible use of the hands etc. Congratulations on such a thorough and no nonsense book. There is absolutely no fat in it! -- Keith Crook, classical guitar instructor at The School of Music at the University of Southern Maine