ArtistWorks’<\/a><\/strong> online tutorials. After all, Vieaux already teaches classical guitar at both the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, in addition to having given countless master classes over the past two-plus decades. \u201cWhen ArtistWorks called me a few years ago, initially, because of my biases [about online teaching] it was hard for me to wrap my head around how revolutionary this thing was and how complete it was. And then when they mentioned that Billy Cobham was going to be the jazz drum teacher; and John Patitucci the bass teacher . . . well, they got me through the jazz guys! And it\u2019s been great so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Among many appealing aspects of ArtistWorks\u2019 online tutorials is that students can interact directly with the teachers, swapping videos to ask and answer specific questions, get tips, or to measure progress.<\/p>\n
To date, more than 450 students in 20 countries have signed up for Vieaux\u2019s Guitar School, with more coming on board each month, and he estimates that about 15 percent of those students have chosen to submit videos to be evaluated. \u201cMost are just going to enjoy the massive amount of content that\u2019s on the site.\u201d<\/p>\n
And it is seriously substantial: \u201cWe\u2019ve filmed an entire curriculum, from the very first lesson on holding the guitar, how to put an index finger on a string, through all sorts of beginning, intermediate, and advanced techniques and pieces. So far there\u2019s something like 30 DVDs worth of material, and in a sense you never have to stop making new videos\u2014I can literally do whatever I want to fill in some gap or add new things.\u201d<\/p>\n
The teaching videos are shot at an ArtistWorks studio in Napa, California: \u201cThe first time I did 140 videos in five days, the second time it was for three days and 70 videos, and this past November I did another 70\u2014I filled in a bunch of beginner etudes, like Carulli, Carcassi, and Giuliani, and some intermediate etudes as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
For legal reasons, the curriculum is weighted heavily toward composers whose works are in the public domain\u2014most living composers of guitar music sell their scores through commercial publishing companies as an income source. Vieaux comments, \u201cI\u2019d love to have the [Leo] Brouwer etudes on there. I\u2019d love to have any modern etudes on there, but there are copyright issues. However, I\u2019ve also said that Giuliani, Sor, Carcassi, and Carulli are something every student should know.<\/p>\n
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