Skillshare Workshop - Guitar

Plan

For my skillshare workshop, I decided to teach some basic guitar skills to other children.
My plan was to teach them the following:

• The notes of the six open strings.
• How to tune the guitar.
•  Hand positioning and pick(plectrum) control.
• How to play some basic chords. 
• If time allowed, to make up simple tunes with the chords.

   It went mostly to plan, though the children didn't have much of a chance to make up their own songs.

Why I chose guitar for my Skillshare

I have been playing guitar for 3 years and I thought it would be a good idea to share some of my knowledge and enthusiasm with the children in the Skillshare. It is also reasonably easy to start playing tuneful melodies and chord progressions.

Preparations

I gathered all of the guitars, my picks, and the tuner. I also made sure that all of the guitars were in tune.

Materials

4 Guitars

1 Electronic Tuner

Some picks(plectrums)

                               

   I think the workshop went well, though it was difficult to help all of the five children, as I had to check on them individually. I also had to cater for different levels of guitar skill, as some of the children were complete beginners and others were quite advanced. It was also quite noisy in the building so it was difficult to make myself heard. It would have easier if the skillshare was done in a smaller room, in my opinion.
  I was pleased that the children said that they enjoyed the Skillshare.