This question comes from a reader who was expecting to teach intermediate to advanced level guitar players, but is finding most of his enquiries are from beginners.
Here is his question in full:
In starting out, I feel more confident to teach intermediate adult players, but in “testing the water”, it seems that the greater interest is coming from parents for their children, and complete beginners / individuals returning to guitar having forgotten everything.
When it comes to teaching guitar, a lot of teachers are very worried about exactly what they are going to teach. This week I had the following question from a beginner teacher:
When starting to teach, it takes a long time to prepare learning materials. This might include chord boxes, neck diagrams, tab / notation, backing tracks and written guidance / explanation. What can I do to ensure a student has some documentation relating to the lesson and something to practice, without infringing copyright or having to work several hours to put something together?