One which is the best is Malcolm Knowles book 'The Adult Learner' bit heavy but has more than you'll ever need.Can you reccomend one for someone without a clue?
I totally agree! When I took guitar lessons from a guy at a guitar shop, I always had the feeling he only wanted to make money, and not teach me how to play the guitar properly.I think as long as you have a genuine desire to improve the guitar playing of your students, then you are ready to teach.
I'm sure many of us have stories of guitar teachers who spent the whole lesson showing off their playing, forcing you to learn what they wanted to teach, etc, etc, etc
Although I agree with this sentiment, it is also important that you don't teach your students anything wrong, or allow incorrect technique.I think as long as you have a genuine desire to improve the guitar playing of your students, then you are ready to teach.
This is an excellent point one of the Principles of learning is that of Primacy i.e. Things learned first create a strong impression in the mind that is difficult to erase.mark wrote:Although I agree with this sentiment, it is also important that you don't teach your students anything wrong, or allow incorrect technique.I think as long as you have a genuine desire to improve the guitar playing of your students, then you are ready to teach.
As a personal example, my first violin teacher was lax in getting me to adopt the correct left hand/arm position (even more "unnatural" than the guitar one). When I switched to a better teacher who insisted on the correct position, I was frustrated and lost my enthusiasm (what there was of it...I was only 10, and really wanted to play the guitar anyway), and gave up on the violin. And so the world lost a second Yehudi Menuhin and/or Stephane Grappelli.
