Hi Jacobins,

First of all good luck in teaching guitar in a group setting. This can be very trying as each student will advance at their own rate, making it very difficult to keep everyone’s attention for 30 minutes.

Second if you don’t already know, familiarize yourself with some basic guitar techniques such as finger placement, when to anchor your hand and when not to, holding a pick, double picking etc.

If students want to learn to read music I would suggest Hal Leonard’s Guitar Method book 1

This will teach the student (and you if you are not familiar with) some of the techniques I described above. It also teaches some first position chords and chord strumming. You can purchase the book alone or with a DVD.

For just learning chords I suggest Mel Bay’s Guitar Chords It shows you exactly where and how to place your fingers for chords.

Note both of these books shows you with pictures the proper techniques needed to play guitar. Also note these are the two main books I teach out of so if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Good luck!

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