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Archive for April, 2010
My mother has been hounding for weeks now about my daughter’s upcoming seventh birthday. She wants to make sure all the birthday party preparations are ready to go even though her birthday isn’t until next month. I guess that’s what retirement does to a person. I mean she DEFINITELY doesn’t have enough to do! Anyway she seems to infer that I must be a bad mother since I haven’t yet begun birthday shopping,
My daughter wants to play guitar and has been telling me that for quite some time now. I have been debating whether she is old enough to play guitar and take guitar lessons. I spoke with a friend of mine the other day and he said that his son learned to play guitar with a kids acoustic guitar and has loved guitar ever since. So I think I am going to tell my very “over involved” mother that a childrens acoustic guitar would be the “perfect” gift. I’ll do the leg work to get the guitar and she can pay for it since she is more than willing to do so. Now, time to start my own shopping!
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After deciding to take guitar lessons you first need to find a guitar that is suitable for you. Do you want to play electric or acoustic? There are many different beginner guitars to choose from. After you decide which type of guitar you want to play then you have the choice of deciding what style of lessons you want. You can take lessons from an instructor or learn how to play guitar from courses on the internet. Just remember that no matter what type of lessons you take, there are certain fundamental things to keep in mind in order to become a good guitar player.
First and foremost, it is absolutely essential that you know how to tune your guitar. Every guitar player should start to play guitar with the knowledge of how to tune it. As a guitar player you must know where to place your hands. For guitar beginners it’s so important to learn how to hold the guitar and place your hands correctly. All musicians should learn to read music. The notation and tabs are the international language for all musicians from around the world. Strumming techniques are essential if the guitar player wants to play rhythm in his music. For beginners finger picking is an extremely important skill to learn even if you choose to play electric guitar. Finally you cannot be a good guitar player if you do not learn how to play basic chords and chord progressions which will help you learn actual songs. Best of luck in this very fun and worthwhile hobby!
My little girl has been begging me for guitar lessons for quite some time now. She will be turning nine next month and I have begun my search for beginner acoustic guitars. She is a good kid and I think that she is ready to learn. I even have somebody in mind to instruct her. Her older brother plays electric guitar and my daughter has looked up to him for years. We started him out with a beginner electric guitar and off he went!
I am happy when my children are happy as long as they keep their hobbies in perspective and live well balanced lives. My husband is usually very supportive as well. Life isn’t always easy but we do try to take stock of the many blessings that we do have. We look forward to future “jam” session with both of our musical children!
Allowing Your Child To Understand The Value Of The Dollar!
Monday, April 19, 2010
posted by Drummer Dad 12:44 AM
My son wants to continue his career as a drummer. He has been playing the drums since the age of five when e bought him a kids drum set. Now as a drummer in a band he is forming with his friends called “Camouflage”, my son is all but insistent that he needs an amateur drum set to get started on the right foot with his new band. So I guess he just assumes that good old Dad will come up with the money, No problem!
It’s not always easy as a single father but I will help my son get some beginner drums. However, he needs to get a part time job to help pay for these drums. My son is surprisingly in agreement with this plan and since I hold the purse strings I do have some say in what my son purchases. We are looking at amateur drum sets online and bookmarking sites that not only we like but are also affordable. I think having my son earn this drum set makes it that much more meaningful when he actually does receive it!
What father doesn’t want to spoil their little girl? I love my two sons and I have a very special relationship with both of them but a daughter is a whole other kettle of fish. My sweet little eight year old daughter is a “daddy’s girl” and she knows it! She also knows that she has me wrapped around her little finger! She has been begging me for months to get her a childrens electric guitar. She knows that her older brother plays bass guitar and that I played acoustic guitar “back in the day” and she figures that the guitar is a valued possession in our family.
My wife warns me that finances are tight since she got laid off from her job six months ago. I have always been the less thrifty one in our marriage. I have however been showing her websites that feature beginner kids guitars that are very affordable. I think I am starting to convince my wife that kids guitars are more affordable than she thought because the other day she told me she saw a beginner kids guitar she thought was really cute and our daughter would love! I am delighted because my daughter will be nine in June and I know she will have a Very Happy Birthday!
What is a mother to do? Kids seem to grow up faster than they used to these days. Before you can even turn around they’re married with kids of their own. My kids are no exception. We only have one left at home. My oldest son is living in an apartment in New York City and is hoping to go to law school next year. My daughter is a junior in college and absolutely loves it! Our youngest son will be in high school next year and while he hopes to continue to be a good student, he also wants to play amateur guitar in a band with a few of his buddies.
When our son was a eight years old we bought him a childrens electric guitar and he practically wore the thing out.
He basically taught himself and while he played pretty well, he never really learned proper technique. My son says he wants a beginner electric guitar so he can learn from some of his friends as well as take courses online. My husband didn’t want to spend the money right now but has since changed his mind. Together we have begun looking at beginner electric guitars on websites that our son bookmarked for us. I just hope that my son can slow down the aging process just a little bit so we can enjoy him a little while longer!
My son has been the center of my life for pretty much all of his life. Now that he is a father, I am delighting even more as a grandfather who has the sheer joy and privilege of spoiling his grandchildren. Birthdays provide the perfect reason or “excuse” to “pull out all of the stops”. My super ambitious, fun loving and very capable grandson will be all grown up at the ripe old age of eight! My grandson really wants a childrens electric guitar but my son doesn’t think we need to spend that much money for his birthday. I have told my son that I absolutely want to get my grandson a kids electric guitar.
I have begun looking in music and toy stores for childrens electric guitars. I have now finally convinced my son to also look online, (since the computer is still not really my thing). I think my sometimes “know it all son” has discovered that kids guitars are not as expensive as he thought. One day my son will understand the joy of being a grandparent. I mean you’re only eight once!
When choosing to play guitar as a hobby one must decide whether to purchase an electric, acoustic or even a classical guitar. If you want your child to play guitar there are many guitars for children available and affordable. You could begin with a kids acoustic guitar. Acoustic guitars will cost less and will allow for a lot of practice. There are two basic types of acoustic guitars: nylon-stringed and the steel-stringed. There are some people who would like to go with a nylon-stringed guitar since it would be easier on the fingertips. The strings are thicker and more flexible than steel. Steel strings can be pretty painful to play especially when the strings are taut.
The choice of guitar that you will purchase will actually depend on the music that you would like to play. Nylon strings are used for folk and classical music. Steel strings are best for rock, country and almost all other styles of music. Nylon strings produce a soft and classic sound of the guitar while the steel strings produce crisp and sharp sounds. A common misconception about nylon guitars is that your fingers won’t get sore. But that is just false. It is quite inevitable that your fingers get sore with both nylon and steel stringed guitars at the beginning. Nylon strings are less dense than steel strings. Therefore they are a lot easier to push down to form the chord. Steel strings can be pretty painful to push down since they are thinner and more difficult to push down. It takes a lot of getting used to make the soreness go away. And it is important that you practice to make sure that your fingers get used to the pushing down of the strings. Don’t give up because that breaking in period is well worth it!
Since when does a seven year old have all the answers? My daughter often tells me how life is. Sometimes she has me in stitches and I think to myself “if only the world was as sweet as she sees it!” My daughter assures me that many girls her age play guitar and that kids guitars are everywhere! Everywhere? I don’t know about everywhere but I will begin looking for them online. It has actually been pretty fun and I have enjoyed the variety of guitars for kids that are available!
My adorable daughter will however have to wait until June to get her cool little kids guitar because I don’t buy big gifts outside of Christmas and birthdays. My kids, (much to their chagrin) are well aware of this! I love my children to death but I will not spoil them. I want them to appreciate the world without a sense of self entitlement that at times seems so rampant today. So now I look forward to my daughter’s debut! Stay Tuned!
My wife and I have become “professional jugglers” like everyone else. Of course I don’t mean that we literally can juggle numerous objects without dropping any of them on the ground, but we feel forced as many of you do to have that “multi-tasking thing” down! Part of our juggling act this spring includes a birthday party for our five year old son! My wife usually does most of the planning since I think she believes that I will somehow mess it up. My task, she says is to choose a kids drum set to present to our son at the party. This will thrill our son BEYOND belief! He has been asking for a childrens drum set since Christmas.
A perusal of some local music stores and a search online has offered several different options for kids drum sets. I think I have it narrowed down to what our son will probably like best. I’m sure that on May 9th all our friends and family will (like it or not) get to hear our son’s enthusiastic first beat of the drum!