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Post by AlanC on Mar 15, 2018 8:34:18 GMT -5
I think she is serious. She will get on her swing set, stand on the double swing, and sing nonsense words to a non-melody at the top of her lungs for, seemingly, hours. I am not going with the uke to start as I would have to learn the uke and then buy her one. I have decided to get nylon strings for an old Yamaha that Jerry gave me years ago. OK, have any of you ever taught a 6 year old to play guitar? Have any of you TRIED to teach a 6 year old the guitar? I can't just get a book and throw it in her lap. I want to make a better effort than just teaching her G, C, & D. Suggestions?  Why does is turn the pic sideways??? Anyway I don't have time to fight with it and get mad. |
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Post by Marshall on Mar 15, 2018 8:38:15 GMT -5
Get her a ukulele.
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Post by billhammond on Mar 15, 2018 8:40:54 GMT -5
Get her a ukulele Taylor. |
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Post by RickW on Mar 15, 2018 8:41:36 GMT -5
Lol. No success with any of my girls. They didn’t find it interesting. I worked with them through a book of kid songs. The music was not something they cared about. The little one took violin for a while. The middle one, seeing the little one have some success, also took it up, played long enough to get better than the little one, prompting the little one to quit. After which, having achieved her goal, the middle one quit. Little one took piano for a couple of years, but again, none of the music she was listening to had piano in it, so she quit.
My eldest didn’t join the family until the age of 18, and was already a lost cause. Not a creative bone in her body, or if she did have it, it was crushed.
Youngest and middle are both quite creative, as far as the visual arts go, so I’m not a complete failure.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 15, 2018 8:44:46 GMT -5
Alan, Uke chords are easy. The exact same shapes you know, in different places. For instance, if you play a D chord on the guit, the same fingering in the same place on the Uke is the G chord. Guitarist pick up the Uke easily.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 15, 2018 8:50:24 GMT -5
Of course she is serious. She is 6! She may change her focus a million times before she is a adult. All you need to do is give her encouragement and support her, no matter what direction she heads. Mike On edit: you might try exposing her to the classics. You know, like the Doobie Bros., Steely Dan, Great American songbook... |
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Post by coachdoc on Mar 15, 2018 9:22:34 GMT -5
When I was teaching full time in Suburbia, the store wouldn't accept a guitar student until they were 8. Ukelele, ok, but get them a keyboard. It's the future, and a more direct route to understanding music
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 15, 2018 9:28:42 GMT -5
I agree with the doctor here.
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Post by AlanC on Mar 15, 2018 9:31:30 GMT -5
OK, a good start. I didn't want to go the Uke route yet as I didn't want to buy unplayable junk or a real instrument just to have it gather dust or be destroyed by her wreckingball little sister.
Keyboards is a good idea but she (and my daughter) keep saying that I am going to "teach her how to play guitar". They seem pretty insistent on it. I don't have the several hundred dollars at this time to buy something (that might get ignored or destroyed) so I thought I would put some nylons on an old beater guitar and see if she will practice before I shell out money.
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Post by Marshall on Mar 15, 2018 10:10:32 GMT -5
Get her a ukulele Taylor. Taylor GS-Mini is my second choice. |
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Post by RickW on Mar 15, 2018 10:34:30 GMT -5
OK, a good start. I didn't want to go the Uke route yet as I didn't want to buy unplayable junk or a real instrument just to have it gather dust or be destroyed by her wreckingball little sister. Keyboards is a good idea but she (and my daughter) keep saying that I am going to "teach her how to play guitar". They seem pretty insistent on it. I don't have the several hundred dollars at this time to buy something (that might get ignored or destroyed) so I thought I would put some nylons on an old beater guitar and see if she will practice before I shell out money. Only issue will be size. If it's too big, she won't be able to play very well. |
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Post by AlanC on Mar 15, 2018 12:01:07 GMT -5
Yes, my wife and daughter agreed with the keyboards idea. When the women are behind something, the funds just magically seem to appear. That may just be a local phenomena. Does it work that way in your world?
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Post by RickW on Mar 15, 2018 12:18:06 GMT -5
Yes, my wife and daughter agreed with the keyboards idea. When the women are behind something, the funds just magically seem to appear. That may just be a local phenomena. Does it work that way in your world? I refer to my wife as the "Chancellor of the Exchequer". |
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 15, 2018 12:57:32 GMT -5
Yes, my wife and daughter agreed with the keyboards idea. When the women are behind something, the funds just magically seem to appear. That may just be a local phenomena. Does it work that way in your world? It never worked like that in Estrogenia. A keyboard gives a nice visual of what's going on in music. Great place for her to start. |
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Post by timfarney on Mar 15, 2018 13:14:53 GMT -5
A pop star? Buy her an auto-tune and a sparkly dress. No, seriously, if they think you should teach her guitar, a Gs miniis probably the thing. Or if you want something you can use if she gives it up, an Eastman Parlor.
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Post by coachdoc on Mar 15, 2018 13:50:56 GMT -5
98% of the time the best a six yr. old can do on a stringed instrument is one and two fingered chords. They do not have the strength or coordination to pull off more than that. Plus it hurts tiny fingers to hold down more than that. A baritone Uke tuned to the intervals of the top 4 strings of a guitar is sometimes something you can get past a young kids ego and expectations, but a keyboard is best.
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 15, 2018 14:04:52 GMT -5
A pop star? Buy her an auto-tune and a sparkly dress. No, seriously, if they think you should teach her guitar, a Gs miniis probably the thing. Or if you want something you can use if she gives it up, an Eastman Parlor. You left out the wrecking ball. She'll need that too to be a real rock star. The sparkly dress is optional I believe. |
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Post by AlanC on Mar 15, 2018 15:10:33 GMT -5
It’s over. We walked into Guitar Center for strings and right up front was a display of tenor ukes one being pink. She snatched it up and it was hard to pry it out of her hands long enough to pay for it. It was GC’s brand-$40. I paid 8 more dollars for unconditional insurance because of her wrecking ball little sister.
Looks like Uke it is for now. Maybe keyboards for her birthday.
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