3 Questions to Help You Choose the Right Guitar Teacher

Looking for a guitar teacher? Here are 3 essential questions to ask a prospective teacher. (Plus a few important questions to ask yourself!)

1. Do you teach private lesson or group classes?

Many students make the mistake of thinking that one-on-one lessons are the best way to learn guitar.

But before you assume one-on-one lessons are best, consider why you'd like to play guitar in the first place.

Who are your favorite guitarists?

Does your favorite guitarist play in a band?

The vast majority of guitarists play and perform as part of a group. In private lessons where you are just learning from one teacher, you simply develop the skills to play with other musicians.

Are you planning to share your guitar playing skills with family or friends?

Or maybe you are dreaming of performing publicly?

In small group classes you practice playing in front of others, another skill you won't learn in private lessons.

Group classes offer you a supportive community environment of musicians who will challenge you, encourage you, keep you motivated, engaged and accountable. And this is even more true when you are taking lesson from a teacher who is specially trained in group guitar teaching.

2. What will I learn?

This seems like a basic question but how the prospective teacher answers this question is important.

Does the teacher talk only about what they will do in a lesson or do they ask you about your goals and interests?

You want a teacher who works to understand where you are with guitar, what you enjoy, and why you want to learn to play the guitar.

Listen to determine if you will just be learning songs or if this teacher has a curriculum and a strategy for training skills.

You can figure out how to play songs on yoru own. A great music teacher will train you to become a better musician by improving your technique and musical knowledge.

3. How did you learn to teach guitar?

Most guitar teachers out there are simply guitar players who stopped performing or who are playing professionally or semi-professionally and are teaching by trial and error as a side hustle.

Look for a teacher who has specific training in teaching others to play guitar.

Even better? Choose a guitar teacher who has a certification in teaching guitar. This means they care not just about playing the guitar but that they are invested in developing strategies to support your learning.

Want to see if we are the right place for you to learn to play guitar?

We'd be happy to answer these questions and any others you have.

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