Help with lesson plan-group guitar lesson

Subject: RE: Help with lesson plan-group guitar lesson
From: banjoman
Date: 20 Oct 15 - 04:42 AM

Not done much group work for a while, but I found a good trick was to find the one who was having the most difficulty and let them play my guitar, which in those days was a Taylor. It was amazing the reaction to holding and playing a good instrument. I varied this among the group and most went on to become proficient players. That aside, it was a matter of slow and steady.

Subject: RE: Help with lesson plan-group guitar lesson
From: GUEST,FloraG
Date: 20 Oct 15 - 03:05 AM

Drunken sailor - easy to make up words.
FloraG

Subject: RE: Help with lesson plan-group guitar lesson
From: The Sandman
Date: 19 Oct 15 - 12:24 PM

pastures of plenty woody guthrie two chords, tom dooley two hords

Subject: RE: Help with lesson plan-group guitar lesson
From: Margo
Date: 18 Oct 15 - 11:42 PM

Cool, thanks. I like the Iko Iko suggestion!

Subject: RE: Help with lesson plan-group guitar lesson
From: GUEST,Stim
Date: 18 Oct 15 - 08:21 PM

Iko,Iko is a familiar two chord song you can teach it to a group of beginners for their first lesson-I've done it many times.

Subject: RE: Help with lesson plan-group guitar lesson
From: GUEST,alex s no cookie
Date: 18 Oct 15 - 06:13 PM

Google "one chord songs for guitar" for some ideas. Best of luck :)

Subject: Help with lesson plan
From: Margo
Date: 18 Oct 15 - 05:05 PM

Hi all,
I teach once a week at a drug rehab for teen boys. They only had one guitar, and I previously could only teach one at a time. Now they have five guitars.

I am looking for your suggestions for teaching five at once. Most of them have never picked up a guitar before. My goal is to teach something really simple that we can all play together at the end of the hour. (I could sing) So... perhaps a song? What would you choose?

Thanks everyone, for any suggestions.