The Students' Speak

"The single most valuable half-inch of space in the linear yard of my guitar books"

by Corrie Bergeron

Jamie, If your ears were burning on Saturday it was because I was once again telling a roomful of students to get "Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar."

I have an early spiral-bound edition. It is the single most valuable half-inch of space in the linear yard or so of guitar books I've accumulated over the last 45 years or so of playing. If I had a dollar for every time I've recommended it, I could buy a harp-guitar or a lute.

Here's the thing. I'm a professional educator. The science of instruction is what I did my undergraduate and graduate work in, what I've spent the last 30 years doing for a living. I teach teachers how to teach.

Your book explains HOW TO LEARN to play the guitar. Not *what* to practice, but *how* to practice.

I have used your break-it-down-into-minute-discrete-movements method for decades, and seen it work over and over and over, with my own playing as well as that of my students.

So I just wanted to say thank you.

Regards, Corrie Bergeron (aka "Brendan the Bard" - the US one, not the Australian)

"Spanish Romance"

A good teacher should be a good player