Links Related to Music Education and the Guitar

I originally promised some links related to guitar in the music classroom. Most things that come up in searches are for on-line courses and lessons. There are also method books you can download or order for your classroom. Some of these look interesting but I'm not going to go through a bunch of commercial sites right now.

One site that's non-commercial that I keep coming back to is the MENC site on guitar in the classroom. This one is definitely worth checking out if you're introducing guitars into the music classroom for the first time. They focus heavily on getting non-guitar-playing music teachers to introduce guitar in music class.



This video is awesome! Very exciting for guitar teachers. It's from the "Video" section of the Discover Guitar site. It discusses the growth of guitar in the music classroom. It's produced by a group for marketing in the guitar industry. It features a school system in Nevada with an incredible guitar program. More about it at classroomguitar.com.


I also just found this book. It's from a series often referred to as the "Berklee books". It's interesting if you're looking for something that's different than the typical E-F-G, B-C-D methods. It starts with the C major scale in first position.

I think it's a little too fast for average students without prior musical experience but it's interesting in that it's different. He also dives straight into triads using the notes in that C scale. You can look at sample pages at Amazon.