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Level One Classroom Guitar Pedagogy

Level I Guitar Pedagogy Workshop
Paradise Valley School District
Phoenix AZ
August 5, 2014
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Fees: In-district no charge; Out-of-district – TBA

Whether you have already taught a guitar class, or are just considering adding guitar to your teaching repertoire; whether an accomplished guitarist or a beginning player, you owe it to yourself to attend this professional development workshop. This workshop conducted by Mike Christiansen, covers many of the key concepts presented in Christiansen’s Classroom Guitar Pedagogy for music educator’s class he teaches at Utah State University.

Here’s the workshop outline:

  • Educators make the best guitar instructors
  • Signs of good teaching
  • Three elements of effective teaching
  • Incorporating Blended Learning
  • What to have in your classroom
  • What type of guitars to use
  • Class period allocation
  • Keys to Effective Curriculum -What every guitarist should know and when to teach it
  • Tablature vs. Standard Notation -They complement each other
  • Sequential teaching
  • Pacing
  • Implementing Ensembles
  • Constructing lesson plans
    Motivating practice
  • Theory for beginners – The chord Clock
  • Layered (differentiated) learning
  • Incorporating Improvisation
  • Non-Playing Topics
    • Tests
    • Stringing
    • Types of Guitars
    • Players
    • Listening
    • Care of the guitar
    • Tests and assignments (writing and composing)
    • Assessments
  • Playing Skill Development for Teachers and Students
  • Text and supplemental material
  • Incorporating contemporary / popular music
  • Recitals and concerts

Attendees will also receive an evaluation subscription to CMI’s Guitar Fundamentals – Beginning Level Course At the end of the workshop you receive free access to essential CMI resources including sample blended learning courseware, ensemble arrangements, class lesson plans in the Consonus Online Learning Site.

The Consonus Online Learning Site offers video tutorials on multiple aspects of teaching classroom guitar and access to CMI’s blended learning guitar courses.

For more information on attending or sponsoring CMI’s Classroom Guitar Teacher Training workshop e-mail us at training@cmilearn.org or call us at 866-714-2633.


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The Presenter

Professor Mike Christiansen

Mike is the author of over 40 instructional texts for guitar and is widely known as one of America's foremost experts in classroom guitar pedagogy. Read More

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