COU-02 Chicken Pickin'

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About this lesson plan

This guitar lesson plan will teach your student how to use Chicken Pickin'. Chicken Pickin' is a form of hybrid picking used to create a 'clucking' sound in country licks. Even if you don't know how to play Chicken Pickin', the Teacher's Guide will explain the technique and how to teach it to your student. This is a great introduction to country style playing and hybrid picking.

This lesson will teach your student:

  • The Chicken Pickin' technique
  • Various licks using Chicken Pickin'
  • How to use the technique in improvising

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COU-01 Basic Country Style Licks

COU-01 Basic Country Style Licks

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About this lesson plan

This guitar lesson plan will introduce your student to country style licks and rhythm. The idea is to give your student a broad overview of different approaches to country style playing so you can see if your student is interested in learning more. There are three rhythm licks and one lead lick so the student will learn a few different approaches to the style.

In this lesson your student will learn:

  • Three different approaches to rhythm
  • Using open strings in a simple pentatonic lick
  • How changing the tempo can dramatically change the feel of a piece
  • Using fingerpicking to change the mood of the piece

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Update to all downloadable resources

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Latest business guides and lesson plans 21 May

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We've added some new business guides to help you gain control over tough situations like students not showing up to lessons. Check out the guides and remember there's more available in the Business Guides Section.

BQA-03 Students Cancelling Lessons

This guide will help you deal with any student who repeatedly cancels lessons. While it's understandable that sometimes students need to miss lessons, some students go too far and consistently cancel lessons. This can result in a big drop in income for you so it's important to handle properly. The guide will give you plenty of advice on how to take care of the issue.

BQA-04 Handling No-Shows

This guide will help you deal with any student who simply doesn't show up to their lesson. It can be an extremely frustrating thing to happen when a student doesn't call ahead to let you know they need to miss a lesson. The guide will give you advice on how to effectively handle the situation and prevent it from happening in the first place.

BAS-06 Introduction to Rhythm

This basic lesson plan is suitable for complete beginners who have never learned music before. The lesson plan clearly explains how rhythm is notated on the staff and more importantly, how the student can count along with any rhythm. The included Teacher's Guide will help you explain the most important points.

BTD-01 What To Do When Your Timetable Fills Up Completely

Eventually you may reach the point where your timetable fills up completely. This guide will help you look at options you can take to further improve your situation. Planning ahead will save you headaches and can even help you earn more income.

BTD-01 Your Timetable Fills Up Completely

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About this guide

This guide will help you decide what to do next if you find your timetable fills up completely. If you have been promoting your lessons and taking care of your existing students you will eventually reach a point when your timetable fills up. Once you do have a full timetable it's important to consider what options you have going forward. How do you deal with any prospective students? Should you adjust anything? This guide will give you information on what to expect and help you plan ahead.

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BAS-06 Introduction to Rhythm

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About this lesson

This guitar lesson plan will introduce your student to note names, symbols and rests. The student will learn how to understand the rhythm for each note type and understand how a four bar measure can be split up with different note values. This is an important step to ensure the student learns to count the beat out while playing. Both the UK and US naming conventions are used so your student can easily refer to this resource if they need to check what the other version uses for any note.

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BQA-04 Handling No-Shows

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A student not showing up for their scheduled lesson can be one of the most frustrating experiences for a guitar teacher. If the student warns you in advance and they have a decent reason why they will miss the lesson it's not too bad. But when they simply don't turn up it's very frustrating. This guide will help you handle no-shows and give you advice on what you can do to prevent it from happening in the first place.

Conversation templates are provided to give you specific ideas on what to say to the student to stop the issue happening again.

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New Lesson Plans - Celtic, Metal and more

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Here's a few more new resources available to members. We're trying to create a wide variety of resources so you will always have new and interesting lessons to give your students. More to come shortly!

CEL-01 Basic Celtic Solo Piece

This lesson plan will introduce your student to a Celtic style piece. The lesson plan breaks the structure of the piece down so the student can actually learn how to create their own similar piece. This lesson is also handy when teaching your student how to create any solo piece - not just Celtic influenced.

 

MET-05 Metal Riff Exercises 1

The exercises in this lesson plan are very handy when teaching students wanting to learn metal. The exercises focus on coordination between both hands and applying palm muting. Once your student develops the skills used in these exercises they will find a lot of metal riffs much easier.

 

SCE-03 F Major Scale Exercises

These exercises will help your student feel comfortable with the F Major Scale. The exercises focus on different intervals so the student will also learn to move up and down using different intervals.

 

New Business Guide: BPL-10 Setting Your Rates 3: Changing Your Rates

This business guide continues on from the first two on setting your rates. This one will explain the importance of regularly reviewing your lesson rates and how much of an impact it can have on your overall income. The guide continues to give you strategies on how to increase your rates and how to deal with existing students who may not like the higher rate. All teachers should read this guide as it's important to regularly review your rates.

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BPL-10 Setting Your Rates 3: Changing Your Rates

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This is the third part in our guide to help you set your lesson rates. If you haven't already done so, make sure you have read:

BPL-08 Setting Your Rates 1: Comparing the Competition

BPL-09 Setting Your Rates 2: Prepaid Lessons & Discounts

This part will focus on the importance of reviewing your rates after you initially set them and how it impacts your earnings over your life. You will be given different strategies to ensure you're always getting paid a fair rate for your lessons. You will learn how to change your rates while keeping your existing students happy.

Why You Need To Review Your Rates

A dollar today doesn't have the same purchasing power it did ten or twenty years ago. When we consider inflation, a dollar today is worth less than a dollar ten years ago. As a guitar teacher this is important to understand because the income you're receiving from lessons today will actually be worth less in the future unless you review your rates regularly. The sad reality is that many guitar teachers are not earning what they deserve simply because they never considered reviewing their rates over time.

If you teach guitar full time or plan on teaching to make a living, setting your rates right is even more important as you will depend a great deal on your rates. When was the last time you reviewed your rates? Let's have a look at a hypothetical example so you can get an idea on the impact inflation has on the money you earn.

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MET-05 Metal Riff Exercises 1

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About this lesson plan

This lesson will give your student useful exercises to prepare them for typical metal riffs using palm muting. The exercises are designed to develop the student's rhythm and coordination between both hands. These exercises work best when practiced with a metronome. Build up the tempo gradually to ensure the student remains in control of their playing.

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