| A qualified guitar teacher will have gone through | | | | teacher one should have a broad knowledge of |
| many years of study, and taken many nationally | | | | different styles of guitar, and understand the |
| and internationally recognized exams, before | | | | basics of rhythm, and know how to read music |
| becoming qualified. Through choice, rather than | | | | and rhythms to be able to offer guitar lessons for |
| wanting to play guitar for a living by performance | | | | beginners. |
| to a paying public, a teacher will "perform" by | | | | You may want to take guitar lessons to help |
| passing on their skill and knowledge, learned over | | | | recall forgotten things, while getting an idea of the |
| many years, long sessions with a tutor of their | | | | techniques of teaching, perhaps something which |
| own. | | | | is overlooked when learning to play guitar. |
| For some guitarists, their method of performance | | | | Perhaps you attend jamming sessions with |
| is by teaching others. Teaching guitar, along with | | | | colleagues or contemporaries of the guitar, or |
| any musical instrument, is no different, say, than | | | | maybe guitar workshops. This will all add to your |
| teaching math or English. The end result is the | | | | knowledge base for you to pass on to your |
| same, but rather than academic, it is more artistic. | | | | future students. |
| Perhaps you are already an accomplished guitarist, | | | | Perhaps you are playing in a band, but the |
| and have a need inside to impart your skill and | | | | direction you are going is not rewarding, or |
| knowledge onto another generation. The art of | | | | perhaps it is a dead end completely, and it is not |
| teaching reaches back to the dawn of man, | | | | something you want to carry on participating in. |
| passed down through the ages, first in spoken | | | | Perhaps, work wise, you are not fulfilled. |
| history, subsequently in recorded history, such as | | | | Becoming a qualified guitar teacher is not beyond |
| in clay tablets, scrolls and books, through to the | | | | an accomplished guitar player. Perhaps it is |
| present day DVD, video and the world wide web. | | | | something you could give consideration to. |
| It is no easier teaching guitar than teaching math. | | | | Whether you give lessons without a formal |
| A good teacher will come into a students life, and | | | | qualification, or indeed take the recognized exams, |
| without the student realizing it, will impart | | | | imparting knowledge to eager students is huge |
| knowledge easily and fluidly to the student. The | | | | reward in itself. There are many ways an |
| skills for becoming a teacher is not in everyone | | | | accomplished guitar player can become a teacher |
| One never forgets a good teacher; likewise a | | | | of guitar, however some things remain the true |
| teacher will remember their students always, | | | | of all teachers. |
| perhaps though with time passing the images | | | | The patience of a saint, a desire to impart their |
| become a little faded. | | | | knowledge, and a dedication to the student will |
| As well as music theory, before becoming a | | | | always be the foremost qualities of a teacher. |