[Pepino]

Hi, I am from Bulgaria. I play the guitar for 10 years or more. I realy enjoy this site.It`s the best you can find in the net about guitar playing.
I live in a small town in north Bulgaria where playing the guitar is not so popular unfortunately. But now things are changed.
Last month I was invited to teach guitar playing in our local Culture Club, may be because I am one of the few who can play in this town. But, there is a problem I have never been teaching before.
Please, help. There is no music store near my town. We have no even books and nobody cares. But, the parents of my students want to see them as soon as posible on the stage. We work without any lessosn`s plans, I gave them some things I found in internet because this is all I got. But, all I found in the net is too difficult for them.I am afraid I will give up. What am I suppose to do. There are many kids who want to play. Please, give any suggestions or music lessosns.
Thank you!
E-mail: pe_pino@abv.bg

[nagukush]

Hey Pepino

Atlast i find a guy who has similar situations ,lol . I'm from India and had a same situation (remember , i say "had") because now i'm a proud member of this family, which has given me more than i could even dream of. All my friends here are responsible for any improvement that i'm making. You'll love this place, and get whatever you need. Anyways welcome mate. (I think our forum covers whole of the earth's surface, lol) and we are proud, are'nt we ???

Regds teaching your students, i have a few point that'll help (i hope)

1. As Kirk always says, its not necessary to sight read to learn music, its a matter of feelings that is really essential.

2. I would personally suggest you to give your students a few chromatic exercises to make them develop some finger-strength, calluses and atleast some basic control over the axe.

3. Then you can plan your further course of action.

4. Be very careful in getting them or lending them Guitars, because a good-instrument will give them all the confidence and whereas a mediocre int with bad-action etc , which would be difficult to play will just shatter them.

Hope it helped buddy.

Regds

Kush

[allthumbs]

Start by going trhough these lessons with them.
Brand new to playing the guitar?...read this first.

Then Kirks' beginners lessons and Neslonites' strumming lessons. You will find some of Kirks' song lessons pretty simple. Go through them and find the ones suited for your students' skill level.
Capo Lane is a good lesson to teach finger independence and makes a great warm up exercise though you wouldn't want to start them off with it. The JT lesson is a good one for new students to work on. House of the Rising Sun and Unchained Melody are both popular lessons as well. Good luck and keep us informed.