Philadelphia Guitar Lessons
Get the most of your guitar lessons
If you want your guitar lessons to go well, your teacher will need a few things from you. Without good students, there are no good teachers. So, make sure you are a good student to get the most out of your lessons and learning. Chat with Philadelphia’s David Joel!
Attendance
Come to your lesson on time and do not miss any lessons. It sets a bad precedent. If you do this, you are saying to yourself, “Guitar is low-priority for me” and even worse, you are telling yourself, “I cannot honor my commitments.”
Practice daily
Make a goal and stick to it. There is no such thing as a person who does not have time to learn the guitar. There are only people who are too preoccupied with other activities to make that time. But if you are taking lessons, you are not one of those people.
Take notes
The fastest learning students are those who organize their practice by setting goals, taking notes, and keeping a record of their practice.
Play by the rules
If your teacher assigns you an exercise, make sure that you spend some time on it during the week. Sometimes this means you must make a compromise and trust that your teacher has your best interest in mind.
Give and get feedback
Your teacher is there to help you. No matter how much you might love or dislike your teacher, their job is to help you learn. You can only help your teacher do their job by giving feedback. Your teacher needs to hear it, so don’t hold back. But, on the same token, you need to get feedback. Your teacher isn’t doing this to punish you, he or she may be trying to break some bad habits or get you more motivated to play. It’s called constructive criticism and it is crucially important.
Watch the clock
If you see your teacher looking at the clock, it’s not because they’re thinking about lunch time. It’s because teachers only have a few minutes with you each week and want to spend the time wisely. You can help by trying to stay focused on guitar during the lesson, and nothing else.
Good teachers are created by good students. The more committed you are to your learning, the more you will get out of your teachers. After all, you are the one learning to play the guitar. Your teacher is just there to guide you. A great learner can do wonderfully with an average teacher. But the world’s best teacher cannot make a guitar player out of a student who doesn’t practice.
To make the most out of your guitar lessons, be a good student and obey the rules. Listen to your teacher and trust that he or she has only your best interest in mind. They want to see you succeed because it also means they have successfully done their job as well.