Lesson Content and strategies designed for five year old children can have a huge impact on their learning.

It can be difficult to come up with new ideas and different methods to teach young children how to play the guitar. The young beginner...

The Suzuki method guitar books are made from a series of brilliantly graded and sequential pieces, each building on the last. Once the...

Learning guitar is a common pursuit and is a goal of many children. Most parents want the best for their children and having heard about...

A student’s lack of practice is a constant source of frustration for guitar teachers. As musicians and guitar teachers, we generally find...

Music evokes memories and emotions and can soothe the savage beast. The signs and symbols that written music use are universally...

First of all, thanks to Nelson for this question. It is a great question and one I do get often so I thought I would write about my...

I recently posted an infographic on Facebook about the reasons five-year olds should learn to play guitar. It started quite a...

Our students have been working hard all year, so we are putting on a concert to showcase their abilities. There are always mixed feelings...

Reading music is difficult. Reading music requires analysis, thought and concentration. Playing a piece of music requires children to...

Guitar and music teachers reading this are probably already aware of the benefits of musical education on a young growing brain and that...

10 tips for keeping young students engaged.

Losing students to YouTube? less money coming in? This is how I went from not having enough students to having more than enough.

You can make good money as a guitar teacher. This is how I went from very low student numbers to having more than I could cope with.

Kids imitate teacher. Students learn. Whether learning to walk or talk kids learn naturally by imitating the actions of a parent or teacher.

Learning guitar has never been easier. The music is fun, age appropriate and the teaching process is in line with the way young kids learn.

For effective learning to take place, kids must see their lessons as important, pleasurable and interesting. That's the goal of this method.

Kids can play guitar now and take small, manageable steps to reading music in a way that naturally resonates with them.

Secrets to teaching kids guitar? No, Just teach them the way they learn!

Kids educational pedagogy has evolved. But, why is it that we teach them to play guitar and read music the same way Mel Bay did in 1948?