What Parents Should Expect

Here at UGA, I often come across parents who have had their child in guitar lessons at a local music school for several months, but are unsure of how their child is progressing. They contact us to discuss what their child’s ability should be like after attending lessons for this period of time.

Common issues are that the student:

• Doesn’t know the parts of the guitar or string names
• Doesn’t know any scales
• Hasn’t learnt a full song
• Hasn’t played a song along with the music
• Hasn’t really memorised any content such as chord shapes
• Still finds guitar to be very difficult
• Is unsure of what they should be practicing
• Hasn’t had much consistency with their weekly lessons
• This is extremely common and if it sounds like you – you have every right to be concerned.

Keep in mind that every person is different and will progress at different rates depending on a huge range of factors such as their age, how effective their tutor can communicate with them, what curriculum they’re following and the frequency, duration and efficiency of their home practice regime.

Generally speaking, this is how parents can expect their child to progress if they follow our recommendations and practice the minimum amount.

Of course, this will vary amongst students, but this is the progression I expect from most students who follow our recommendations, constantly applies themselves and has a healthy home practice regime.

Anyone with questions about their child’s progress (or their own progress) should contact us here.