Guitar Teacher’s Roadmap – Phase 3: Teaching

Creating a successful guitar studio from start to finish

This is the third course in a five-course series, designed to take you from start to finish in creating a successful guitar studio. Phase 1 was all about planning your future. Phase 2 guided you through designing the kind of studio you’d like to run. This phase will help you get set up to teach students. Phase 4 will assist you with developing your teaching skills. Phase 5 will help you grow your studio to take it to the next level.

Course outline

  1. 3.1 - Planning a Curriculum
  2. 3.2 - Planning Lessons
  3. 3.3 - Choosing Your Teaching Approach
  4. 3.4 - Should You Teach Sight Reading?
  5. 3.5 - Teaching Your First Lessons
  6. 3.6 - Teaching Technique
  7. 3.7 - Preparing Students for Effective Learning
  8. 3.8 - Finding Music to Use
  9. 3.9 - Taking Students Through Exams
  10. 3.10 - Studio Goals and Themes
  11. 3.11 - Managing Student Motivation
  12. 3.12 - Managing Student Performance Anxiety
  13. 3.13 - Beginner Methods
  14. 3.14 - Teaching Younger Learners
  15. 3.15 - Teaching Kids
  16. 3.16 - Teaching Teens
  17. 3.17 - Teaching Adults
  18. 3.18 - Teaching Seniors

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Guitar Teacher’s Roadmap – Phase 3: Teaching was created by

Michael Gumley

Founder and CEO of Melbourne Guitar Academy and Head of Guitar at TopMusic

Michael Gumley is founder at Melbourne Guitar Academy, creator of Guitar Dojo Online and Guitar Ninjas, and TopMusic’s Head of Guitar. He rocked his start at guitar playing at age 15 and was instantly hooked. Michael brings his passion for music and love of all things guitar to every lesson, and seeks to help students capture that same excitement and wonder on their own journeys.

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Welcome to the Guitar Teacher’s Roadmap - Phase 3

The purpose of this roadmap is to guide you through the complete process of creating a successful guitar teaching business, whether as a solo teacher or music studio owner. No matter which stage of the journey you are current at, simply follow the steps outlined in this course to effectively plan and build your business, or to grow it from the point it’s currently at into your dream studio! Whether you’re a total beginner starting fresh, or have been in business for a couple of months or a couple of years, we recommend that you start at the beginning and work your way through. This way you’ll avoid gaps in your knowledge and systems and might even pick up a few things you hadn’t yet thought of. Remember, the height of your building is determined by the strength of your foundations. Build solid foundations and your business will be able to grow to enormous heights.

Phase 3: Setting up your teaching

This is the third course in a five-course series, designed to take you from start to finish in creating a successful guitar studio. Phase 1 was all about planning your future. Phase 2 guided you through designing the kind of studio you'd like to run. This phase will help you get set up to teach students. Phase 4 will assist you with developing your teaching skills. Phase 5 will help you grow your studio to take it to the next level.  

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