Teach music confidently without the stress
Strengthen your foundations with integrated music teaching strategies, elevating your students and your business.
Teach music confidently without the stress
Strengthen your foundations with integrated music teaching strategies, elevating your students and your business.
Teaching Blues Guitar in 5 Easy Steps
Keep energy high and frustration low with beginners – show them how to rock the blues with these 5 simple steps.
Practice Challenge
Amp your students’ motivation for playing guitar at home.
10 Ways to Get More Guitar Students
Get booked solid with these 10 actionable tips for enrolling students.
LESSON PLAN
No Book Beginners Framework
Hook beginning students right from the start with fun and quality in-lesson activities
Sheet Music
How to Build Practice Independence
Nurture strong analysis and practice habits using the Build Great Music FREE resource. Plus, get a complimentary studio licensed composition by Kevin Olson
Free Guide
Ultimate Guide to Left Hand Styles and Patterns
Easily explore the most common patterns from block chords to Alberti bass, arpeggiations and more.
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Since 2016, TopMusicPro has helped thousands of music teachers re-connect with today’s busy, overscheduled music students. We provide you with resources, guidance and expertise empowering you to create more meaningful music lessons.
Whether you are a new teacher wanting to start a music teaching studio, or a seasoned educator looking to refresh your approach, TopMusicPro membership is the key to unlock the creative teaching tools, business advice and support you need to become a more confident teacher and savvy studio owner.
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Since 2016, TopMusicPro has helped hundreds of music teachers re-connect with today’s busy, overscheduled music students. We provide the resources, guidance and expertise to create more meaningful guitar lessons. Whether you are a new teacher wanting to start a guitar teaching studio, or a teaching veteran looking to refresh your approach, TopMusicGuitar membership is the key to unlock all the creative teaching tools, business advice and support you need to become a more confident teacher and savvy business owner.
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I chose Turkish Delight for a student who has particular tastes and she’s loving it! I look forward to exploring more of these songs to use with my students.
Sheri Morris
Sheri Morris Get the professional plan, best money you will ever invest. And I am really fussy!
Sofie Arhontoulis
Sofie Arhontoulis In discussion with teachers, Tim always generates a wealth of ideas. During the Five Day Challenge, many creative ideas were bounced around, teased out and applied to actual students in the Studio setting. It was very inspiring to see examples of how other teachers developed…
Roslyn Walters
Roslyn Walters I had been feeling like I needed some professional development for a while and since discovering and joining Inner Circle, I have found exactly what I needed and more! I have limited contact with other teachers and the direction my piano teaching has taken over…
Loretta
Thanks I shall do that later but I would like to say that your commitment and quality of what you offer is mind boggling. I was hoping to gather more resources that would save me prep time. My studio, so called, is small and run…
Heather
Heather I did manage to quit my full time (non musical public school) job. Another (part-time) opportunity came along this summer, teaching piano at a very good nearby college. That also gave me the extra time to grow my private studio from 5 to 25 in…
Tina M Toglia
I chose Turkish Delight for a student who has particular tastes and she’s loving it! I look forward to exploring more of these songs to use with my students.
Sheri Morris
Get the professional plan, best money you will ever invest. And I am really fussy!
Sofie Arhontoulis
In discussion with teachers, Tim always generates a wealth of ideas. During the Five Day Challenge, many creative ideas were bounced around, teased out and applied to actual students in the Studio setting. It was very inspiring to see examples of how other teachers developed…
Roslyn Walters
I had been feeling like I needed some professional development for a while and since discovering and joining Inner Circle, I have found exactly what I needed and more! I have limited contact with other teachers and the direction my piano teaching has taken over…
Loretta
Thanks I shall do that later but I would like to say that your commitment and quality of what you offer is mind boggling. I was hoping to gather more resources that would save me prep time. My studio, so called, is small and run…
Heather
I did manage to quit my full time (non musical public school) job. Another (part-time) opportunity came along this summer, teaching piano at a very good nearby college. That also gave me the extra time to grow my private studio from 5 to 25 in…
Tina M Toglia
I chose Turkish Delight for a student who has particular tastes and she’s loving it! I look forward to exploring more of these songs to use with my students.
Sheri Morris
Get the professional plan, best money you will ever invest. And I am really fussy!
Sofie Arhontoulis
In discussion with teachers, Tim always generates a wealth of ideas. During the Five Day Challenge, many creative ideas were bounced around, teased out and applied to actual students in the Studio setting. It was very inspiring to see examples of how other teachers developed…
Roslyn Walters
I had been feeling like I needed some professional development for a while and since discovering and joining Inner Circle, I have found exactly what I needed and more! I have limited contact with other teachers and the direction my piano teaching has taken over…
Loretta
Thanks I shall do that later but I would like to say that your commitment and quality of what you offer is mind boggling. I was hoping to gather more resources that would save me prep time. My studio, so called, is small and run…
Heather
I did manage to quit my full time (non musical public school) job. Another (part-time) opportunity came along this summer, teaching piano at a very good nearby college. That also gave me the extra time to grow my private studio from 5 to 25 in…
Tina M Toglia
Thank you so much @timtopham for making it so easy for me to work on this stuff with my students. No matter how well I think I know my chords, I was not able to find a way to make it approachable to my students…
Amy
Amy A great webinar! Some really good repertoire suggestions and ideas. I enjoyed seeing and listening to all the teachers on the call. I’m so excited about TopMusic Publishing! Thanks, @timtopham, that we members will have the opportunity to give our input and ideas for what…
Sheri
Big thanks to Tim and the TopMusicCo Team for inviting Ilya to have this opportunity. It’s so valuable to see you encouraging Ilya in his abilities and helping him to be spontaneously creative as well as interacting with the expression of a piece he knows…
Rebecca Stewart
Rebecca Stewart Dear Tim and the Topham Team Thanks for your email, and for checking in on my progress. To bring you up to date, discovering your work, Tim, and joining the Inner Circle, has made huge differences to my teaching, and my studio, and also opened…
Mark Fitton
Mark Fitton I just wanted to thank you for all the stuff that i learned from you. Yesterday i had my first piano lesson with two little girls aged 6. And we had sooo much fun thanks to you! 🙂 They were thrilled about improvising. I am…
Katrin Eidenberger
Katrin Eidenberger I absolutely love the Teaching without a method book that you put online. All of my beginners have ended up being better and faster learners because it is set out so well.
Christy Kimball
Christy Kimball Thank you so much @timtopham for making it so easy for me to work on this stuff with my students. No matter how well I think I know my chords, I was not able to find a way to make it approachable to my students…
Amy
A great webinar! Some really good repertoire suggestions and ideas. I enjoyed seeing and listening to all the teachers on the call. I’m so excited about TopMusic Publishing! Thanks, @timtopham, that we members will have the opportunity to give our input and ideas for what…
Sheri
Big thanks to Tim and the TopMusicCo Team for inviting Ilya to have this opportunity. It’s so valuable to see you encouraging Ilya in his abilities and helping him to be spontaneously creative as well as interacting with the expression of a piece he knows…
Rebecca Stewart
Dear Tim and the Topham Team Thanks for your email, and for checking in on my progress. To bring you up to date, discovering your work, Tim, and joining the Inner Circle, has made huge differences to my teaching, and my studio, and also opened…
Mark Fitton
I just wanted to thank you for all the stuff that i learned from you. Yesterday i had my first piano lesson with two little girls aged 6. And we had sooo much fun thanks to you! 🙂 They were thrilled about improvising. I am…
Katrin Eidenberger
I absolutely love the Teaching without a method book that you put online. All of my beginners have ended up being better and faster learners because it is set out so well.
Christy Kimball
Thank you so much @timtopham for making it so easy for me to work on this stuff with my students. No matter how well I think I know my chords, I was not able to find a way to make it approachable to my students…
Amy
A great webinar! Some really good repertoire suggestions and ideas. I enjoyed seeing and listening to all the teachers on the call. I’m so excited about TopMusic Publishing! Thanks, @timtopham, that we members will have the opportunity to give our input and ideas for what…
Sheri
Big thanks to Tim and the TopMusicCo Team for inviting Ilya to have this opportunity. It’s so valuable to see you encouraging Ilya in his abilities and helping him to be spontaneously creative as well as interacting with the expression of a piece he knows…
Rebecca Stewart
Dear Tim and the Topham Team Thanks for your email, and for checking in on my progress. To bring you up to date, discovering your work, Tim, and joining the Inner Circle, has made huge differences to my teaching, and my studio, and also opened…
Mark Fitton
I just wanted to thank you for all the stuff that i learned from you. Yesterday i had my first piano lesson with two little girls aged 6. And we had sooo much fun thanks to you! 🙂 They were thrilled about improvising. I am…
Katrin Eidenberger
I absolutely love the Teaching without a method book that you put online. All of my beginners have ended up being better and faster learners because it is set out so well.
Christy Kimball
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