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Guitarist Susan Palmer
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🎸 Guitar Instructor at Seattle University (2006-18) 📚 Author of “The Guitar Lesson Companion" ➡️ Fundamental Skills | Structure | Accountability LeadCatPress.com
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
🎸 10 Reasons to Take Guitar Lessons with Susan Palmer: leadcatpress.com/10-reasons-y...

#guitar #seattle #music #learnguitar #guitarlessons #musiceducation #jazzguitar #bluesguitar #rockguitar #guitarchords #guitarscales #musictheory #guitarsolo #onlinelearning #guitarteacher #guitarplayer
Guitarist Susan Palmer is smiling and holding her 1964 Fender Duo Sonic guitar while sitting on a red chair. Main text: 10 Reasons to Take Guitar Lessons with Susan Palmer. Tagline: Music Education for Guitarists: LeadCatPress.com
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 10
7 steps to make a great practice! leadcatpress.com/practice-tip...

#guitar #guitarpractice #guitarlesson #guitarist #guitarplayer
Background image is Susan Palmer holding a copy of a Fender guitar. Text reads: Practice Tips Part Two
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 4
Understanding a new concept by watching a YouTube video is totally different from applying and internalizing it. Learning is a process and it takes time, but it takes less time with an expert guitar instructor with targeted attention.

Music Education for Guitarists: LeadCatPress.com
White text on black background, and a faded black and white guitar headstock in the background. Text reads: A new concept is useless without the right exercise and application. Skills, Structure, Accountability. LeadCatPress.com
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
Do you learn guitar better with a clear structure and accountability?

Music Education for Guitarists: LeadCatPress.com

#guitar #musiceducation #learnguitar #guitarlove
Jazz 🎸 Comping Riff: Explanation, Exercise, and Application
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
Susan Palmer wearing headphones and a mic for teaching, holding her 1959 Fender Music Master guitar. Text reads: Online Guitar Lessons: Solid Skills, Clear Structure, Accountability LeadCatPress.com
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
10) My students are successful. Not all of my students decide to use their skills to pursue a professional career in music, but many of them have released albums, toured, and performed at these Seattle venues: The Comet, The High Dive, Skylark, Neumos, The Hard Rock Cafe, Chop Suey, The Tractor Tavern, The Rendezvous, The Sorrento Hotel, The Crocodile, The Mix, Cafe Racer, The Edgewater Hotel, The Sunset, Bumbershoot, and more.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
9) I do my research. There are new educational resources available all the time, and part of my job involves seeking out new learning tools for students, like the TrueFire supplemental courses.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
8) I have always worked to make high quality music education more accessible, and I also believe that teachers should be paid for their work. While I was teaching at Seattle University, I added an Academic Service Learning component to my courses so that my students could work with younger students in the area who might not have been able to afford guitar lessons. I started my YouTube Channel to provide the public with instruction to learn the fundamentals of music on guitar, and I occasionally offer free small group guitar classes online (details are in my newsletter.)
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
7) Teaching people how to play the guitar is my full time job, and while I do play regular gigs, my students' needs and goals always come first. If I'm not the best teacher for a student, I may be able to recommend another teacher.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
6) I hold students accountable. If a student doesn't practice, we talk about it and we develop a plan. If a student continues to not practice, I discontinue our lessons.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
5) Students are encouraged to ask for help between lessons, so we get the most out of our lesson time together. I ask students to send videos of their assignments so I can check them without taking time in our lesson, and I'm also available to answer questions via email between our sessions. On top of that, I have an extensive YouTube Channel with hundreds of jam tracks and lesson videos.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
4) I create a plan for each student, so we stay on track in our lessons and they reach their goals quickly and effectively. I'm probably one of the most organized guitar teachers you will ever meet. You can check out my 5 Year General Syllabus, which is the basic framework I use for all my students.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
3) I am dedicated to improving ways for guitarists to learn the fundamentals of music. When I realized that students and teachers needed a more effective method book, I wrote The Guitar Lesson Companion series, which is used in over 10 countries, including by faculty at Berklee School of Music.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
2) My experience makes me a more effective teacher. I was the adjunct professor of guitar at Seattle University from 2006-18, I taught at University of Washington's summer jazz workshop in 2018-19, I created The Rock Project at Cornish College of the Arts and I was the lead instructor from 2010-15, and I taught music at Seattle Girls School for the 2016-17 school year. Before the pandemic, I was teaching a full studio of private students along with weekend guitar classes for beginning through advanced students at my Capitol Hill Guitar Studio in Seattle.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
1) Teaching is my passion. Students sense this and they feel inspired to work hard. It's been several years since I had to close my physical studio space, and I have many successful students who have been surprised to learn that studying guitar online with me is not only convenient, but also highly effective, and fun!
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
🎸 10 Reasons to Take Guitar Lessons with Susan Palmer: leadcatpress.com/10-reasons-y...

#guitar #seattle #music #learnguitar #guitarlessons #musiceducation #jazzguitar #bluesguitar #rockguitar #guitarchords #guitarscales #musictheory #guitarsolo #onlinelearning #guitarteacher #guitarplayer
Guitarist Susan Palmer is smiling and holding her 1964 Fender Duo Sonic guitar while sitting on a red chair. Main text: 10 Reasons to Take Guitar Lessons with Susan Palmer. Tagline: Music Education for Guitarists: LeadCatPress.com
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
10) My students are successful. Not all of my students decide to use their skills to pursue a professional career in music, but many of them have released albums, toured, and performed at these Seattle venues: The Comet, The High Dive, Skylark, Neumos, The Hard Rock Cafe, Chop Suey, The Tractor Tavern, The Rendezvous, The Sorrento Hotel, The Crocodile, The Mix, Cafe Racer, The Edgewater Hotel, The Sunset, Bumbershoot, and more.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
9) I do my research. There are new educational resources available all the time, and part of my job involves seeking out new learning tools for students, like the TrueFire supplemental courses.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
8) I have always worked to make high quality music education more accessible, and I also believe that teachers should be paid for their work. While I was teaching at Seattle University, I added an Academic Service Learning component to my courses so that my students could work with younger students in the area who might not have been able to afford guitar lessons. I started my YouTube Channel to provide the public with instruction to learn the fundamentals of music on guitar, and I occasionally offer free small group guitar classes online (details are in my newsletter.)
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
7) Teaching people how to play the guitar is my full time job, and while I do play regular gigs, my students' needs and goals always come first. If I'm not the best teacher for a student, I may be able to recommend another teacher.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
6) I hold students accountable. If a student doesn't practice, we talk about it and we develop a plan. If a student continues to not practice, I discontinue our lessons.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
5) Students are encouraged to ask for help between lessons, so we get the most out of our lesson time together. I ask students to send videos of their assignments so I can check them without taking time in our lesson, and I'm also available to answer questions via email between our sessions. On top of that, I have an extensive YouTube Channel with hundreds of jam tracks and lesson videos.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
4) I create a plan for each student, so we stay on track in our lessons and they reach their goals quickly and effectively. I'm probably one of the most organized guitar teachers you will ever meet. You can check out my 5 Year General Syllabus, which is the basic framework I use for all my students.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
3) I am dedicated to improving ways for guitarists to learn the fundamentals of music. When I realized that students and teachers needed a more effective method book, I wrote The Guitar Lesson Companion series, which is used in over 10 countries, including by faculty at Berklee School of Music.
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Guitarist Susan Palmer @leadcatpress.bsky.social · Sep 3
1) Teaching is my passion. Students sense this and they feel inspired to work hard. It's been several years since I had to close my physical studio space, and I have many successful students who have been surprised to learn that studying guitar online with me is not only convenient, but also highly effective, and fun! 2) My experience makes me a more effective teacher. I was the adjunct professor of guitar at Seattle University from 2006-18, I taught at University of Washington's summer jazz workshop in 2018-19, I created The Rock Project at Cornish College of the Arts and I was the lead instructor from 2010-15, and I taught music at Seattle Girls School for the 2016-17 school year. Before the pandemic, I was teaching a full studio of private students along with weekend guitar classes for beginning through advanced students at my Capitol Hill Guitar Studio in Seattle.
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