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Steve Giddings
Mar 29, 20203 min read
5 More Ideas for Teaching Music Online
This tech stuff can be intimidating, I know. I wrote an blog post earlier this month called “6 Ideas for Teaching Music Online,”...
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Steve Giddings
Apr 2, 20184 min read
Why You Should Not Teach Your Students to Play Lefty Guitar Even if They are Left-Handed: A Guide fo
It Is a Disservice to Your Students to Teach Them Left-Handed Guitar: Here’s Why! I have been hearing/seeing a lot, recently, in person...
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Steve Giddings
Nov 17, 20172 min read
8 Ways to Simplify Rock Tunes for Your Students
Making rock music sound authentic with your student rock group can be difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are some ways to...
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Steve Giddings
Sep 15, 20174 min read
How to Teach Classroom Guitar in an Authentic Way
Every year I execute this Guitar Unit with my kids at school. It is designed to get them reading a little bit and learning some chords...
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Steve Giddings
May 22, 20174 min read
Inspiring Kids and Workshopping a Rock Band
The PEI Jazz and Blues Festival School Tour, headed by Andrew Waite and The Firm, was a huge success at Montague Consolidated School. We...
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Steve Giddings
May 4, 20171 min read
8 Easy Guitar Songs
Many of the 2 chord songs can be learned with the easy versions of the chords and therefore can be learned in 1 class. What a way to hook...
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Steve Giddings
Dec 28, 20161 min read
Now Offering Workshops
Sound_with_Steve_Presentation.pdf You may have noticed a new Workshops page on the site. I want to do more workshops like these with more...
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Steve Giddings
Apr 30, 20167 min read
How to Get Your Students Writing Their Own Songs
Lately, at MCS we have been working on learning the guitar. Before this, we had done recorder and many of the students learned what C...
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