I have taught some and enjoy it, more as a hobby than a profession.

With the guitar students I have had, I have tried to start early and only teach those who want to learn to read music, and do hours of boring exercises at first.

As I have explained to them, if you work your butt off, there will come a point in time when you will look at the fret board and see a series of beautiful, glimmering math equations, and say to yourself "I got it!"

Then you are not struggling anymore. You are sailing.

There is NOTHING in the world to me that beats that moment when a student turn to you and smiles and says "I got it."

NOTHING.

smile

Well, maybe one thing.