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Looking for beginner lessons/plan

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BahamaBass

Nov 15, 2008
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#1
I play guitar as well and found these great guitar lessons and plan for teaching beginners: Link Removed

as I also teach bass it would be great to find something like this for teaching beginner bass. does anyone know of a site that might have some beginner bass lessons. I've checked About.com but can't find any for bass. I need something I can base my own lessons on. I've tended in the pass to teach too fast and I had no plan.

Thanks.
 
#3
In my life before retirement I produced training aids -- and found that you need not reinvent the wheel every time you have to train on a new product.

Now you do need a lesson plan, but more than likely someone has already broken the ice, been down that road before you. Bass for dummies, for example. Look at page one - start there; now add or subtract what you think is important. Research several how to books you feel have value - then incorporate your style. Duuooogh, I suppose that is what you are asking us for. StudyBass.com IMHO follows a logical progression and builds on itself. Dummies and StudyBass would be two I'd look into.

Now speaking as a student. The best teacher I ever had gave me three things to work on each week. AND those three things were typed out and handed to me as I left the studio. Great help as most of the time I was in a fog, stressed out and remembering only half of what he said. If you are training kids make sure you put it in their guitar case, it'll have a better chance of getting home with them.

Have fun.
 
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MalcolmAmos said:
In my life before retirement I produced training aids -- and found that you need not reinvent the wheel every time you have to train on a new product.

Now you do need a lesson plan, but more than likely someone has already broken the ice, been down that road before you. Bass for dummies, for example. Look at page one - start there; now add or subtract what you think is important. Research several how to books you feel have value - then incorporate your style. Duuooogh, I suppose that is what you are asking us for. StudyBass.com IMHO follows a logical progression and builds on itself. Dummies and StudyBass would be two I'd look into.

Now speaking as a student. The best teacher I ever had gave me three things to work on each week. AND those three things were typed out and handed to me as I left the studio. Great help as most of the time I was in a fog, stressed out and remembering only half of what he said. If you are training kids make sure you put it in their guitar case, it'll have a better chance of getting home with them.

Have fun.
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I've been using study bass for a while. good site.

The Bass for Dummies...got to check it out. Thanks.

Very good idea about putting homework in their gig bags. I plan on using teachwombat.com to download chords charts and other material. I used to draw all my stuff by hand. I want to be more professional this time. Thanks for the tips.
 
#8
looks like I'm going to have to sit down and really figure out my own lesson plan. can't find any guide out there like the about.com one for guitar.

for the first lesson (which could take longer than one lesson) I have a rough idea...

LESSON 1:
1. the names of many parts of the guitar
2. Holding the guitar
2. the names of the open strings
3. the process of tuning the guitar
4. how to hold and use a pick
5. how to play a chromatic scale
6. Playing fingerstyle

any simple songs that can be played by an absolute beginner? I used to teach the U2 song "with or without you" cause it only has 4 notes and can be plucked downward with a thumb or pick. it helped with timing.
 
#9
BahamaBass said:
looks like I'm going to have to sit down and really figure out my own lesson plan. can't find any guide out there like the about.com one for guitar.

for the first lesson (which could take longer than one lesson) I have a rough idea...

LESSON 1:
1. the names of many parts of the guitar
2. Holding the guitar
2. the names of the open strings
3. the process of tuning the guitar
4. how to hold and use a pick
5. how to play a chromatic scale
6. Playing fingerstyle

any simple songs that can be played by an absolute beginner? I used to teach the U2 song "with or without you" cause it only has 4 notes and can be plucked downward with a thumb or pick. it helped with timing.
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IMO #4 and #6 should be part of the same curriculum. and before you get to #5, you should be teaching the student how to read standard notation, key signatures, time, and then progress into scales.
 

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