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Again.. Just like the previous guy.. Thats great advice for advanced guitarists.. but for a complete beginner.. guitar is overwhelming and without any skills.. trying to transcribe a song is useless and highly irresponsible as a teacher.. If someone asked me to transcribe a conversation in russian.. it would be almost impossible.. i have no skill, no grammar or vocabulary understanding
I'm sure the guy means well, but I've just commented in his other thread. Me personally, I found both threads a bit too "in my face" and loud. There is something annoying about continually being told what to do...
Just sayin'....
Sit a beginner down and have them learn fingerings and chord changes is only going to go so far. Have them learn them in a context of a song is going to be way more interesting for them. Why isolate chords without context? That's not making music which, at the end of the day, is most likely the ultimate goal.
It's the equivalent of walking into a pub and stopping everyone's conversations.
Tom.. this is a forum and everyone likes to discuss things, especially music.
However, treating it like it's an extension of YouTube or Facebook doesn't work. There are several great players here, dealers and manufacturers too, but the ethos and point of the forum is to not spam like it's an advertising platform... Its to chat with a bunch of mates
If you join in and chat to people then you'll get a better response.
Best of luck with your YT channel
Clearly as you progress you get better at it but the time to start is as early as you can.
You come across as somone who has a fixed approach to teaching.
What I can tell you though is you have to be flexible in how you teach.
Students all have different goals, aspirations and available time- you have to bend your method to fit them.
When I started teaching in 1992, at age 20 I also had very fixed ideas.
In the subsequent 25 years of doing it I've learned that you have to give the student the next piece of the puzzle that they need to progress.
That piece is different for each student.
Having a fixed method is easy for you, the teacher, because you just drip feed them the next bit in your method but it is rarely good for them.
I'm not impressed with your assessment that I'm 'highly irresponsible' for having students transcribe. That is a pretty ignorant thing to say too, because you don't understand that what I do is show them how to transcribe.
There are also several different ways to do that.
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You really do waffle on, 12 mins in and you haven't explained anything of note, just going on about rock climbing and boxing analogies.
Also I'm not sure who this is aimed at. Beginners? If so you'll have lost them already as you're describing a chord progression and the key its in. Not exactly beginner friendly.
Intermediate? It's no use to us as we're over that hill already.
Other teachers? I doubt many would take notice.
If you want to gain a following on social media you've got to be more professional. Videos in the bedroom with washing in the background or in your conservatory just don't cut it nowadays
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