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Learning to play the guitar, a cost effective venture
Monday, March 21, 2011
posted by SKWiley 1:17 AM
Learning to play an instrument has been proven to have amazing educational benefits in children. One of the most popular instruments for beginning musicians is the guitar. However, purchasing all the necessary equipment, like an amp, case and cables, can be an expensive venture. For kids guitars costs are significantly less however with a tight budget parents should consider cheap kids guitars because they are often of very good quality.
For beginner guitar players, there are some easy ways to save money while you learn the ropes. Look for discounted models in online stores; avoid buying secondhand, because you can’t be sure of the quality. Also, if you are just starting, you might want to purchase the guitar first and then go for the accessories after you or your child has played for awhile to see if it the guitar is right for you or your child.
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Christmas was almost two weeks ago and my son’s love for his new beginner electric guitar has not waned. He got a guitar for Christmas and my wife and I agree now more than ever that the money was well spent. I had such a ‘ball’ searching for childrens guitars and I found a great deal that now feels even greater as I see how much my son enjoys playing! At times we have to nudge him to get other things done, like keeping his room cleaned but I am happy that he seems to enjoy it so much! He really appears to be a quick learner and I know he hopes to play in a band in the not too distant future.
I am always happy to see my kids so happy and my wife and I were delighted when our daughter recently developed a love for playing the cello. I am glad that the beginner guitar has been such a hit with my son but even more, it’s just so great to see him smile!
Your kids are only young once and it just seems like they grow up before you can even turn around! Where did the time go? Was it just yesterday that we took the training wheels off my now seventeen year old daughter’s bicycle? Now more than ever my husband and I seem to want to relish the growing years of our six year old daughter before she loses that all too precious childlike joy and innocence! Our daughter just turned six on September 5th and before her birthday she informed us that a kids electric guitar would make her a very happy little girl on her birthday!. My husband and I weren’t sure quite where to find the best quality as well as affordable childrens electric guitars. The internet as always proved to be quite a help to us. We finally both agreed on a panda shaped guitar that we knew our daughter would just love!!
The day of her birthday arrived and presenting our daughter with this beginner guitar proved to be even more fun than originally anticipated! I don’t think I have ever seen someone more excited in my life and believe me her joy is also OUR joy! We can tolerate the noise because it just seems to make her SO happy! When she gets a little older should she still be interested in guitar, (and all indications make it appear that she will be), we will have her take guitar lessons. My very best to everyone, Happy fall and Happy Halloween!
With a big family you have a lot of birthdays and they seem to come up faster than you can turn around! We just celebrated our son’s 18th birthday. We had a lot of fun and we got him a new guitar amp, guitar stand and gig bag that he seemed to really love. But more importantly, he is so excited that he will be going off to college next year!, (I’m not sure his parents always share his enthusiasm!) Now our younger son wants to follow in his big brother’s footsteps. He too wants to play beginner guitar and as life seems to go, he too has a birthday in another month. My husband said “no way” another guitar is out of the question. I however feel that I can appease some of his concerns, (i.e. cost). After looking online yesterday I found some discount kids guitars that I think our young rocker may love!
My husband is still not totally onboard but I think we can tackle the cost as well as the inevitable noise that will ensue. I mean come on, we have to let him explore his creativity somehow!! If a kids guitar will make him happy than I think we should go for it!! I believe that the family that rocks together stays together. Amen!!
My son’s birthday was almost a month ago and my son’s love for his new beginner guitar has certainly not waned. He got a beginner electric guitar for his birthday and my husband and I couldn’t agree more that the money was well spent. At times we have to nudge him to complete less attractive activities like getting homework done, keeping his room clean but we are happy that he seems to love playing so much. He really appears to be a quick learner and we know he hopes to play in a band in the not too distant future.
It makes me happy to see my kids so happy and my husband and I were delighted when our daughter recently developed a love for figure skating. I am glad that the amateur guitar has been such a hit with my son but even more, it’s just so great to see him smile!
My husband loves country music and blue grass music just about more than anything else in life. His enthusiasm seems to have rubbed off our children, most particularly our son Ethan. My husband enjoys playing acoustic guitar and Ethan seems to relish the time he gets to spend with his father watching him play. We would love nothing more than to surprise Ethan this Christmas with his very own childrens acoustic guitar! My husband has a lot of connections and seems to have quite a lot of friends who really know guitars and know where to find quality beginner childrens guitars.
I am so excited to know that we can find a good affordable kids acoustic guitar and have it sent to us well before his birthday at the end of October! Ethan’s older brother also shares the family passion of loving to play guitar and is actually a bass guitarist in a local band. We also started him with a beginner guitar and saw amazing results! One day I know I’ll be sitting in the front row watching my husband and two sons play together!!
Finding Your Passion Makes Life’s Journey A Little Easier!!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
posted by Guitar Family Man 1:02 AM
My very dear son will turn fifteen in October and I want to get him what he wants the very most, a beginner electric guitar! He has shown some musical ability from an early age and we supported him when he wanted to play the drums at the age of seven. We bought him a kids drum set and he literally beat the thing to death!! Now I want to support his love of guitar and begin looking at amateur guitars.
Instead of surprising my son, I will take him with me to pick out the amateur guitar he really wants! He is looking forward to this and it may take several outings to find the beginner guitar that we want the most. My goal is to help my kids find their passion because life is hard enough but the journey is made easier if you can do things you genuinely enjoy along the way!
My nephew clearly has musical talent. This has been obvious for many years now. From singing to any instrument he has attempted to learn, (i.e. piano, violin) he has excelled without much difficulty. For the past three years he has been ‘dying’ to get his hands on his own electric guitar. He has borrowed guitars form friends including a hand me down from me but the boy really needs his own beginner electric guitar!! I love his parents dearly but they don’t seem to understand the importance of investing money in an amateur guitar because the kid is so talented and his love of guitar is not just a ‘passing phase’!
As an uncle I must not “overstep my bounds” but my nephew and I are so close that I really feel like a big brother to him! If I speak with my brother I know he’ll back me if I buy my nephew a beginner guitar for his birthday in November. You might even say it’s a combined birthday/Christmas present. I want nothing more than the very best for my nephew and hope that he can be the person he was truly meant to be! I think playing guitar might help him be able to express himself in a way he never has before. We’ll see!
Once you’ve purchased a beginner guitar and have begun taking lessons you will soon realize that it is necessary to learn how to play chords if you want to progress as a guitar player. Some guitar lessons for beginners will include a lesson on how to read chord charts. If your lessons do not include learning chords or reading chord charts, you can often find the resources you need online. A chord chart looks like a square filled with grid lines. Most of the time there is a letter printed above the box. This letter, which is sometimes a letter and a number or just two letters, indicates which chord is depicted by the chart. There are five columns within the grid and each vertical dividing line represents one of the six strings of the guitar. Filled-in circles are printed on various vertical lines, positioned between the horizontal lines indicating which frets should be played. Some chord charts may also have open circles positioned above the grid indicating that an open string should be played.
While it takes time and practice to learn how to play chords, online resources like free guitar lessons and chord charts make it easier and less costly for aspiring guitarists to develop their skills. Tit is often helpful to try a few different options to discover which works best for you. If you discover that simply practicing your chords is not working for you, you may need to seek additional instruction from a qualified professional or by enrolling in a guitar class. The very best of luck to you!
My daughter is a great kid and we have loved being her parents despite all the difficulties “parenthood” can bring. You see our daughter has had a lot of challenges and difficulties that have at times have lead her down a rocky road. She has dealt with learning disabilities in both math and reading requiring special accommodations at school and a lot of tutoring. At the age of eight she was diagnosed with ADHD and we have spent A LOT of time with therapists and behavior specialists to try and give her structure and teach her behavior modification. It has been very trying but as parents we delight in her growth and progress and because of all of the struggles, her progress means that much more to us!
When our daughter was eight years old we bought her a kids electric guitar at the recommendation of one of her trusted therapists who encouraged us to have her learn to play an instrument. It was a wonderful suggestion as it not only taught her a skill but also helped to teach her the values of patience and the feeling of satisfaction of having learned to play a new song! Now as she enters the pre-teens, she is asking us for an amateur guitar, since she has outgrown the 31 inch guitar we bought her five years ago. I think it is a very valid request and we will look for a very good quality beginner guitar. We are in it for the LONG haul and no matter what we will do whatever it takes to enhance the quality of her life and therefore the quality of our family’s life. God bless!