[Mbroady]

When I was teaching I would always asked my students what they wanted to learn and what their expectations were. No matter what they answered I would always incorporate theory in to the first couple of lessons and then refer back to basic theory as we progressed and learned new stuff. I also explained that a good percentage of their (initial and on going) practice time should be dedicated to finger movement and muscle memory. Just working on getting both right and left hand to move as you want them to is something you do at home, not during a lesson. The ones that did the exercises, practiced the scales, and chord changes improved, the ones that did not, did not?