• Physics of Guitar Institute Teachers Certification Program

    Helping Guitarist Practice Better, Play Better, Perform Better

Guitar Teachers –
Helping Guitarists Play Better

Stop only teaching chords, scales, licks, and songs – things that students can memorize on their own! Students need your help to play faster, easier, and better. Our unique and incredibly effective method will help you help students shred and play like pros.

It All Starts With the Three Pillars-
of Great Guitar Playing

And you can help.

Technique

It all starts and ends with the quality of practice.

Practice Skills

Improving technique.

Musicianship

Where the rubber meets the road.

Become a POG Instructor

Help More Students Play Better

1.) Apply

We are putting together our first Advisory Board of teachers and players, experts who will help shape the Institute and guide in course development.

2.)Take Our Certification Course

The idea is for our site to be a comprehensive Free site for informational articles on how to play guitar well.

3.) Use the Logo and Get the Word Out

We are building an Ask the Experts forum, a place where guitar players can ask questions of experts about technique and effortless guitar playing.

4.) Become Eligible to Get Leads for New Students

Out national Ad program can send you inquiries for students looking for a POG Certified Teacher In Your Area.

We’ve developed four new Guitar Wikis (see links below). These Free Wiki sites invite the participation of everyone knowledgeable about guitar technique.

About the Physics of Guitar Playing Institute

Welcome to the Physics of Guitar Playing Institute!

Creators of the Physics of Guitar Playing Courses (physicsofguitarplaying.com), the staff is dedicated to helping guitar players the world over learn to play better and enjoy the guitar more.

Membership in the guitar Institute is free, always will be, so please join below.

the Physics of Guitar Playing Institute is also developing the following free sites for guitar players:

  • ​RockGuitarWiki.org
  • BluesGuitarWiki.org
  • JazzGuitarWiki.org
  • FreeGuitarLessonsOnline.org

Meet Our Staff & Advisors

Bruce Arnold

Bruce Arnold

Chief Course Advisor

Bruce Arnold has taught at some of the most prestigious music schools in America, including the New England Conservatory of Music, Dartmouth, Berklee, and he currently teaches at Princeton and City College of New York. Mr. Arnold is director of the New York University Summer Guitar Intensive, a program focusing on advanced improvisational skills, where Mr. Arnold‘s hand-picked faculty reads like a Who’s Who of guitar players and educators.

Scott Allen

Scott Allen

Course Advisor

Scott Allen is a Musicians Institute (G.I.T) graduate whose band Scott Allen Project has opened for national acts such as Lynch Mob, Michael Schenker, Gary Hoey, Dave Meniketti of Y&T, Eric Gales and more. While attending Musicians Institute, Scott studied with Steve Trovato, Nick Nolan, Keith Wyatt, Paul Hanson, Frank Gambale, Brett Garsed, T.J Helmerich, Scott Henderson, Tommy Tedesco, Daniel Gilbert, and Tom Kolb. Scott has been an instructor, performer, recording artist and session player since graduating from G.I.T in 1996.

James Goff

James Goff

Consulting Physicist

Jeff Goff is a Laboratory Instructor, Physics, at Colorado Mesa University.
He also provides expertise in chemistry, physics, computation, and materials science for product development and educational resources, advises in data work-up and management,
and performs independent, theoretical research in chemical development.

Jose Salazar

Jose Salazar

Consulting Engineer

Ph.D, Biomechanical Engineering, Newcastle University

Jeff White

Jeff White

Director, Physics of Guitar Institute

Jeff White, MBA, CFP, formerly of Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon, is a lifelong guitarist, a member of Los Angeles del Tango Ensemble, and has always wanted to be Keith Richards.

Al

Al

Team Mascot

Whether teaching physics, racing cars, or playing guitar, always our inspiration.

Join Us!

It’s Free and always will be!

Are You A Teacher Interested In Technique? Do You Know Someone Like That?

  • Join now! It’s Free.
  • We pay for articles. Submit your article or article idea to us.
  • Volunteer to help us with the Ask the Expert Forum.
  • Visit our Guitar Wikis and contribute.

Join the Physics of Guitar Playing Institute. Always Free.

  • Join now! It’s Free.
  • Read technique articles.
  • Get your questions about technique answered on the Ask the Expert Forum.
  • Visit our Guitar Wikis and contribute.