giving lessons.......

[saleen]

well I have a lot of friends that want to play guitar and I offered to give them some lessons for some free lunch because I wouldn't mind having people to jam with either.......... so

what are the most basic things to teach? I have always been good at explaining things to people but I just want to know if I am forgetting something, I always start with come as you are by nirvana just to let people play a song they recognize before giving them boring scales and such and then I work on the open chords and major and pentatonic scales.

an suggestions>?`

[PureDaveAddict]

one tip, always give people a song to refer to when teaching them scales. The more you can get them to understand how important it is to learn scales without boring them to death, the quicker they'll learn and the more fun you'll have

[DreaminBassMunky]

I taught for a little while. It was kinda random so it didn't go so well, but yeah if you can find some songs that use basic chords (trust me there are a lot of them) and refer to them when teaching the chords, it makes the experience all the more better.....hmm....more better? Anyway, it's also a good idea to plan what you teach before giving a lesson. Sorry to sound like a dork, my dad is a teacher, but anyway that's my advice.