Three Key Mistakes You Must Avoid If You Teach Guitar Lessons

You don’t achieve success as a guitar teacher by making the common mistakes unsuccessful guitar teachers make. These crucial mistakes stop you from making a living and lead to poor results for your students.

Avoid these 3 mistakes in your guitar teaching business:

Mistake #1. Copying Other Local Guitar Teachers

Copying other guitar teachers is a recipe for disaster, because:

1. Most guitar teachers have zero training on how to teach guitar the right way. They have mediocre teaching skills that they developed through trial and error.
2. Most guitar teachers have low standards. They don’t really care about turning their students into exceptional guitar players and they are happy to earn little money in their businesses. Copying them only ensures the same mediocrity and struggle for you.

Mistake #2. Teaching 1-1 Guitar Lessons

It’s a popular (false) belief that teaching students one on one is the best way to get results for them and make a good living teaching guitar. Fact: 1-1 guitar lessons limit your guitar students’ progress (and your income). Your guitar students miss out on:

• Learning to play music together with other guitarists
• Friendly, yet motivating competition by learning with others. This positive pressure builds students’ motivation to get better at guitar and helps them grow into better musicians more quickly.
• Learning how to play guitar in front of others without getting nervous

Teaching guitar in various different formats is crucial for helping them become great players fast. It is also essential for making good money and building your guitar teaching business to a high level.

Mistake #3. Being Scared To Begin Teaching Guitar Lessons

Being a good guitarist and a good guitar teacher are two separate issues. A lot of guitarists second guess themselves when they think about teaching because they don’t think they are skilled enough on their instrument. Others only teach a small handful of students while charging cheap prices because they don’t think they can offer much value. These fears keep you from becoming successful.

Answer: Begin teaching guitar once your skills move to an intermediate level. Keep working to improve your guitar playing as you build up your guitar teaching experience. Most critically, find a guitar teacher trainer fast. This gives you more confidence and boosts your skills.

Extra tip: it is possible to make a killer living teaching only beginner guitar students even if you aren’t an advanced player.

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