There have been a number of times when I've been in a position to teach something that I don't have a hot clue about... a high school computer class, French music class, and even a violin class but it hasn't happened in a long, long time! I guess being around for so long and having my name in at so many schools means I can be a bit more selective about what I'm teaching nowadays.
That is until you end up at a school with a grand total of 2.5 teachers (one only works in the afternoons). When you're in a school with only 1 other full time teacher you pretty well just do it all... and this includes guitar class.
Do I play guitar?
Absolutely not.
Did I learn the first couple of lines of "Petit Jean" on the guitar.
You better believe I did!
You see, I've often found that the best way to teach something you don't know is to have the class teach you instead. In this guitar class I was lucky and only had 4 students which meant I could fiddle around on the guitar to my hearts content pretty well as we were just a small circle of guitar players.
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