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The Starland Guitar System
The Starland Guitar System is not only a step by step method to take the beginner from the early stages of playing guitar to mastery. The system, developed using sound educational principles, is designed to teach self esteem and character traits such as focus, patience, persistence and concentration along with expertise on the guitar.
The Founder Tomas Michaud The system was originally developed in 1989 by guitarist/recording artist Tomas Michaud when his 9 year old daughter asked for guitar lessons. Tomas, a gifted guitar instructor, decided to use his years of teaching experience and knowledge of learning psychology to give his daughter the best of what he could offer.
Tomas, already a successful recording artist, teacher and entrepreneur, realized that there are mental patterns and ways of thinking that could help achieve success at learning a skill like playing an instrument. In addition to learning to play guitar, he wanted to give his daughter a mental blueprint for success. The idea was to use the system to teach a method of breaking a complex skill down to manageable and learnable parts; then put the parts together.
The Starland Guitar System was born After months of analyzing his current teaching methods Tomas was able to identify the basic building block skills involved in playing guitar. The building blocks include: 1) technical skills such as playing chords, scales, strums, chord progressions and note reading and ear training 2) intellectual skills such as music theory and understanding musical concepts 3) creative skills – improvising and creating songs and 4) emotional factors, an area often ignored, that helps the student experience their accomplishments and progress and stay motivated.
The System
This final review is an opportunity to refine all twenty
steps and prepare for the “presentation”. The “presentation” is a ritual
in which the teacher presents the student to another teacher. This
provides an added sense of accomplishment and motivation to complete a
level and learn the material well enough to feel confide
The Teachers The teachers for the program are carefully selected for musical ability, experience and teaching character traits. These traits include good communication skills, professional attitude, patience, a sincere desire to help people learn and grow and the ability to break a concept down into bite size pieces and help a student put them back together. Once a teacher is selected for the position they are trained in the Starland Guitar System Teacher Training Course. The system is taught in private lessons once or twice a week. At times additional classes are offered to students of similar levels to have a chance to play in a group setting.
The Goal The course is created with the intention of giving the student the fundamentals as quickly and efficiently as possible so that he can get to the creative part of playing the music that they love and creating their own music. By following this step by step systematic approach the student will have the confidence that, with patience and practice, he will clearly attain the skills necessary to play the guitar. Even more, our hope is that this confidence and the method of thinking learned in the process will provide a strong foundation to be successful in whatever goal or skill the student wishes to achieve in the future. |
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when moving on to new material. When the student and teacher decide they
are ready the teacher sets a date for another teacher to come into the
lesson and listen to the student perform the
entire level. Assuming the teacher did his job correctly the “presentation”
ritual ends with a congratulations, pat on the back and the teacher
presenting a certificate of completion.
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