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teach them to play some 3 string chords - some on the top 3 strings, some on the bottom 3 strings.
teach them how to hold a pick and strum / pick up and down
Do Not EVER pretend that there is something called a Fmajor chord at the 1st fret - deny all existence of it,no matter what their mates say. If pushed, accept that there is such a thing as Fmaj7. And if really pushed admit that there is such thing as Fmajor but only further up the neck.
Good luck BTW.
'Designing a guitar' curriculum
Can't type much at the moment (broken finger recovery still) so can't really help with the docs thing
The age of Youtube has changed the way people learn, I might have a 17 year old lad asking about BB King one week and then Snarky Puppy the next.
I see it as my job to nurture this and show them what they want to learn, if you don’t then they’ll go to someone that will show them.
We all know the theory run before you can walk but unfortunately Youtube lessons have altered all that in my experience.
Another issue from a teaching materials point of view is that copyright makes it tough for books to contain any popular or current pop/rock tunes and as such they're filled with music anyone under 40 can't relate to. There are also pretty much zero method books, online teaching courses or tutor books I am happy with. In fact most are pretty awful and seem to focus on stuff which is completely irrelevant, especially to beginners. The amount of beginner books that go straight into learning full chords baffle me. Have they ever taught a beginner in their life?!
I'm definitely interested in compiling materials. I've been gradually creating my own over past few years and even pondering writing my own tutor books, specifically with the teacher in mind, though again if I wanted to release it I wouldn't be able to put in the popular tunes I know work well due to copyright.