This readers question is:
I might try teaching beginners online as a way to connect with others, but with the AI onslaught I’ve become discouraged.
You can see my video response here and a written article below:
Teaching Beginners This is a great way to start teaching guitar. However, teaching online is a lot harder than you think it is. The way students respond to the online and offline markets are very different.
Today’s question is a good question that a lot of teachers struggle with when starting out - how to structure a lesson so that the student isn’t overwhelmed, but you still cover the topics that you need to cover.
Here’s the question:
How could/should I structure a lesson including warm up, music theory, fingerstyle, comping and strumming without overloading the student? How to structure it correct with the appropriate portions (or percentage)?
This question came in from a reader - it’s a great question because every guitar teacher struggles with this when they’re starting out:
I am struggling to judge how much to cover in a single lesson - both the lesson itself and itself and the homework / practice assignments. I don’t want to overwhelm a student, but I would also like to offer variety of areas to work on. I recognise that a lot of this is down to the individual, but wondered if there were any general pointers.