Daniel W  
Instruments: Guitar
Styles: Classical

I started teaching 5 years ago, helping a college student expand his skills in music. Since then I've taught a number of others in all age groups. I've found that the best way to teach is to not teach; I feel that the experience is more fun and beneficial for the student if I help guide them through their own journey in music. Rather than set a strict curriculum that I the student must rigidly follow I have a number of resources that I draw from to make a flexible program to keep it interesting and enjoyable, as well as sharpening important concepts. This does not mean that I expect little from my students. I expect quite a high standard from them, and I will do everything in my power to help them achieve that.

This is the basic pattern I use for all my students. I will adjust it depending on the age of the student. I like to start with the Christopher Parkening Guitar Method. Once basic note reading is learned the student will move on to easy solo repertoire; I want to introduce "real" pieces as early as possible to give a sense of accomplishment to the student. At this point I start teaching music theory to give a thurough understanding of what the student is playing. After learning most of the notes we will work mostly with individual pieces to increase the students musicality and skill.