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Normally I start with some chords and then some strumming so they can at least hold a tune or few in their first few months. Then add in single note melody stuff before the scales. They need something they can relate to before doing any fancy stuff. So if its just strumming some simple 4 chord songs to start off with then that's what it'll be. They will eventually train their ears to hear where chord movements occur, how long they last for and what the rhythm is.
Also it looks like said teacher just prints off material off the internet expecting you to just learn it like a parrot. A good teacher will be making sure they find the method that brings out your full potential. And not using it as an excuse to show off!!
Firstly, if you're at a point and ready to learn scales, a good teacher will feed in just one scale (either Major or minor pentatonic) and focus only on one pattern, not lots and lots and lots.
One scale pattern will take quite some time to explore and learn before one more in introduced.
But, if you're only been playing a few months, I would not even be looking at any scale just yet.
You need basic foundations ...
You 100% need to change teacher if you want to continue with private 1-to-1 lessons.
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I found when I started playing guitar that me and my friends progressed a lot faster when we played together, then went off and practised in our own time in between.
Sometimes you'll find that another player can help you avoid pitfalls and bad technique. Or just show you a nice new chord or fingering of a chord you already now etc.
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Lessons - tutor / online to suit your preferred learning requirements - should help your theory / knowledge / technique ..
But time with others is where the magic happens .
I think I was getting disheartened but hope the new approach will help.
I really had no knowledge at all or what I should expect to achieve in a few months.I got that totally wrong.
Unfortunately I dont know anyone who I could play with.
Hope this is the way forward as I really do want to learn
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Now when I look back I realise he probably wasn’t the best teacher in the world but he had at least one essential quality - he inspired me to want to practice and get better.
The North Manchester location means it must be the same bloke.
I rarely have to play any advanced stuff in lessons, so most material is slow tempo'd chords or pentatonics. Or simple picking exercises. I never ever show off either. That's not what they pay me for. Just keep it basic and demonstrate.
And having structure is key, not random made-up winged lessons each week.
It is my responsibility as an experienced teacher to read between the lines: she wants to be able to play guitar in a way that doesn't mean she's performing on stage but that she can recall some tunes to play for anyone who asks "oh you play guitar?".
I've been teaching her for 2 years and although she puts in practice, she's slower to pick certain things up (like chord fingering). So I just do LOADS of it. I start of with Em and Am and work through some two chord songs. I introduce a capo so things sound slightly different, but the cognitive load is still low as not to intimidate her or to collapse her self esteem. The idea of scales is alien to her, and until she asks to learn them, I'm not going to show her.
There's a million blues tunes out there with tiny variations on 3 chords, and I separate both hands to keep the cognitive load low.
I know most guitar teachers don't consider pedagogy, and I think every one of their students suffers for it.
I'd reckon most of my students want to just 'play guitar and get better'. I would start with some good books. Something like Rockschool grade 1 or lower depending on how comfortable with the material you are. Get books with actual songs and riffs and a few technical exercises. That's a good start.
The first book I bought was 'The Guitar Handbook' by Ralph Denyer. It's very good, and as a bonus there's loads of stuff about pentatonics. Seriously though, it's got a lot of information in it, not much in the way of songs though. There's lots of great stuff for beginners. It's worth looking at.
Edit. Didn't read OP properly. Dude is not ok. If you had three hours you should have really been playing for about 2 hours 30 minutes maybe. With a bit of demonstration and explanation and good old fashioned Q&A. Tutor asking 'is this A or Bb minor' for example. That kind of thing.
Not telling you about gigs. It's kind of an unwritten rule amongst tutors. You know, try to not show off too much. And always try to teach. It's not standup.