A Twenty-First Century Guidebook for Guitarists: Practice, Performance, and Teaching
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 112
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 112
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A textbook resource for college and high school guitar students and the first publication of its kind, A Twenty-First Century Guidebook for Guitarists: Practice, Performance, and Teaching provides both a strong creative foundation for guitar students and walks the student guitarist through the modern necessities of a career path in today’s ever-changing music world.
Designed for student guitarists aspiring to careers in music,A Twenty-First Century Guidebook for Guitarists: Practice, Performance, and Teaching provides a singular resource with detailed practical information in the areas that comprise the foundation of a modern career path as a guitarist.
- Part I focuses on practice and how to make the most effective and efficient use of practice time to progress as an artist on the guitar. A comprehensive framework for practicing is provided that includes approaching rhythm, chords, scales, arpeggios, improvisation, and sightreading.
- Part II examines the different facets of a performance career including booking gigs, touring, live streaming, recording, utilizing social media and YouTube channels, apps, gear, and performance etiquette.
- Part III discusses the different career pathways for teaching guitar and music including freelance private teaching, online teaching via Zoom or Skype, teaching at a school or business, K-12 classroom teaching, and college level instruction. Special emphasis is given as to how musicians must now be fluent in utilizing multiple technological platforms with the ability to transition instruction online.
Introduction
Part I: A Scatting and Rhythm-Based Approach to Practicing
Vocal Scatting is the Wellspring of Improvisation
Rhythm Is a Dialogue (Not a Machine)
Your Sight-Reading Is Atrocious
Hearing and Understanding the Harmonic Context of Chords
Fretboard Knowledge
Scales: Templates of Tonality and Age-Old Technique Builders
Arpeggios
Ear Training and Slowdown Apps
Part II: Performance
Band Leader Versus Sideman
Be on the Scene
Booking Gigs
Private Party and Wedding Gigs
A Few Notes on Performance Etiquette
Touring
Live Video Streaming Concerts
Recording
YouTube Channels
Flying With Your Guitar
Gear
Acoustic Gear
Electric Gear
Music Notation and Recording Software
Part III: Teaching
Online Lessons and Private Lesson Settings
Teaching Private or Group Lessons through A School or Business
Freelance Private Lessons
First Day Lesson Plan for a Beginner Kid
Full-Time K-12 Music Teacher Positions
College Full-Time and Adjunct Teaching
Nonteaching Guitar-Related Paths
Dr. James Limerick Kerr is a resonator steel guitarist, classical guitarist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and educator based in the NYC/Connecticut area.
James completed a doctorate in classical guitar performance in 2016 at Stony Brook University (SUNY). He studied jazz as an undergrad at the University of Michigan, and received a master's in music education from Columbia University. James Limerick Kerr is a fountain of American musical influences and his solo performances incorporate gospel blues, bluegrass, and Delta blues, along with original compositions for the resonator steel guitar (Dobro).
Dr. Kerr is Associate in Music Performance faculty at Columbia University, where he teaches applied classical and bluegrass guitar and directs the Bluegrass Ensemble. He also teaches guitar at Naugatuck Valley Community College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), and Neighborhood Music School in his hometown of New Haven, CT.
Dr. Kerr is the author of A Twenty-First Century Guidebook for Guitarists: Practice, Performance, and Teaching (Kendall Hunt), a textbook for college guitar students.
As a sideman or ensemble member James Limerick Kerr has performed at such New York area venues as Irving Plaza, The Knitting Factory, Gracie Mansion, Trinity Church, The Wetlands, Symphony Space, as well as the Juilliard School and Yale University. James has performed as a soloist with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and festival performances have included the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, The Craftsbury Chamber Festival, The Long Island Guitar Festival, The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and the Battery Park Summer Concert Series in Manhattan.